MAY 22, 2023

'Succession' Review: Episode 9 Says Goodbye to a Father and Hello to the World He's Wrought The HBO drama's penultimate episode is a story of three eulogies, where the fourth is all that matters.  By Ben Travers

'The Little Mermaid' Review: Disney's Latest Live-Action Remake Desperately Wants to Be Part of Your World Rob Marshall's update on the classic mermaid myth will make Halle Bailey a movie star, but the rest of it treads water.  By Kate Erbland	The Latest 'Barry' Is as Funny as Hopeless Desperation Can Get The last episode before next week's big goodbye proved why this show can be brutal in ways it's already set up.  By Steve Greene

'Fast X' Opening Meets Box-Office Expectations, but at What Cost? The 10th entry in the long-running franchise has a strong opening by any standard — other than what it needs to make money.  By Tom Brueggemann	Martin Scorsese on Scrapping the Original 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Script: 'It's Not a Whodunnit, It's Who Didn't Do It' At his Cannes press conference, the director recalled the moment when he and Leonardo DiCaprio knew the film had to shift its focus from the … By Christian Zilko

	'The Great' Pulled Off Its Own 'Succession'-Like Shocker to Perfection One of Hulu's best featured a big May exit and power struggle, finding its own fascinating way to answer "What now...?"  By Steve Greene
	'The Last of Us,' 'Mrs. Davis,' and 'Wednesday' Had Some Surprising Emmys Craft Submissions Thanks to a crowded fantasy/sci-fi Emmys field, several new shows are opting to compete in contemporary craft categories.  By Bill Desowitz
	Tom Hanks and Liev Schrieber Try to Escape with a Death Ray in New 'Asteroid City' Clip - Watch Wes Anderson's latest visual feast premieres at Cannes this week before opening nationwide on June 16.  By Christian Zilko
	France's Ministry of Culture Is a Model Example of How the Government Can Support the Movies IndieWire speaks with French cultural minister Rima Abdul-Malak for insight into why this role matters.  By Eric Kohn
	AI Becomes Him: How De-Aging Progressed from 'Benjamin Button' to 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' Harrison Ford's Indy finale is a breakthrough in AI-generated de-aging. Here's a recap of how far we've come in the last 15 years.  By Bill Desowitz