DECEMBER 14, 2021

'Succession' Creator on the Season 3 Ending, Cliffhangers, and Children's Books Jesse Armstrong spoke to IndieWire about Kendall's pool scene, Tom's shocking twist, and how the Berenstain Bears left their mark on Season … By Ben Travers

'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Review: Hero Wrestles with Place in Universe in Emotional, Unsteady Sequel Surprises abound as Peter Parker attempts to understand his spot in the universe(s) in this often thrilling, occasionally muddled sequel.  By Kate Erbland	Indie Spirit Award Noms Advance Oscar Contenders 'The Lost Daughter,' 'Flee,' 'Drive My Car' The Indie Spirits will air three weeks ahead of the Oscars, but their honorees are unlikely to have much in common.  By Anne Thompson

VOD Success for 'Grinch' and 'Elf' Suggests a New Streaming Future for Holiday Favorites Older titles ruled this week's chart, including a trio of holiday faves whose success might inspire some fresh appraisals by their home stud … By Tom Brueggemann	Jodie Turner-Smith Says There's a Much Larger Audience Interested in 'Color Conscious' Casting "There's a much larger audience who's tired of seeing features with only white people," Turner-Smith said.  By Kristen Lopez

	Fact: Critics Choice Nominations Predict Oscars Better Than the Golden Globes Even in their heyday the Golden Globes were disdained by Academy voters.  By Anne Thompson
	'Nightmare Alley': Scoring Guillermo del Toro's Noir Fable Around Beauty and Ugliness Composer Nathan Johnson begins with a single, repeating piano motif, which develops into an experimental orchestral score.  By Bill Desowitz
	'Fellowship of the Ring,' 'Return of the Jedi,' 'WALL-E,' and 23 More Movies Join National Film Registry The new class of films poised for preservation by the Library of Congress also includes "Selena," "The Watermelon Woman," and "Strangers on … By Ryan Lattanzio
	'The King's Man' Review: Matthew Vaughn's Spy Prequel Is Incoherent, Cynical, and Dull Ralph Fiennes stars as an aristocratic pacifist who learns to serve his country in a self-serious origin story that's just as juvenile as th … By Vikram Murthi
	Television Academies Announce Overhaul of Primetime and Daytime Emmy Award Categories The TV academies declared that eligibility for the Daytime and Primetime Emmy Awards respectively will now have nothing to do with timeslots … By Libby Hill