Kyle McGovern

This might sound hyperbolic, but here goes: You’ve never seen a movie quite like Roma before. Director Alfonso Cuarón’s newest feature is a sort of memoir, rendered on the scale of a historical epic. To follow up his breathtaking 2013 film Gravity…

If you’ve seen any advertisements or trailers for Green Book, odds are you’re pretty familiar with the bits being pushed by the movie’s marketing team. The new film from director Peter Farrelly — yes, of the Farrelly brothers; yes, those Farrelly…

Welcome to Hype Daily, Mic’s morning entertainment roundup. Here’s everything you need to catch up on in the entertainment world and what to look forward to today. Want to receive this as a daily email in your inbox? Subscribe here. Happy Friday,…

HBO’s fantasy epic Game of Thrones took home the top trophy at the Emmys Monday night, earning the award for outstanding drama series. Co-creators and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss stood at the front of the stage to thank the cast and…

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel was crowned outstanding comedy series at the 70th annual Emmys on Monday night. Daniel Palladino, husband and creative partner of creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, accepted the award on behalf of the production;…

The FX true crime drama The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American True Crime Story nabbed the award for outstanding limited series at the 70th annual Emmys on Monday night. Director Ryan Murphy, who also won earlier in the night for outstanding…

Bill Hader won the trophy for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series at Monday’s Emmy Awards for his role in Barry, the dark comedy about a hitman-turned-struggling-actor. “I did not think this was gonna happen,” Hader said as he took the stage…

Amy Sherman-Palladino won the award for outstanding writing for a comedy series at Monday night’s 70th annual Emmy Awards. Sherman-Palladino won the trophy for writing the pilot of Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. While accepting her award,…

It’s that time of year again: The Emmys are here to celebrate excellence in television. In anticipation of Monday’s ceremony, which will be hosted by Saturday Night Live duo Colin Jost and Michael Che at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, some of…

Sacha Baron Cohen’s journey to answer the question of Who Is America? has come to an end. The half-hour Showtime series finished its seven-episode run on Sunday night, and, if Cohen’s Twitter is to be believed, the season finale was actually a…

Another week, another deluge of apologies. In Who’s Sorry This Week? Mic tracks down the most prominent mea culpas from celebrities, companies and other public entities trying to make amends for their various screwups. This week actually did have a…

(Editor’s note: Spoilers for BlacKkKlansman ahead.) Spike Lee waits until the very end of BlacKkKlansman to bust out his signature shot. The film’s plot, based on a true story — a black police officer in 1970s Colorado Springs, Colorado, infiltrates…

There are certain conditions required for optimal viewing of past episodes of CNN’s Parts Unknown. First, it should be the weekend — one of those lazy Saturday or Sunday mornings when you don’t have anywhere to be and the sunlight feels fresh. You…

Jennifer Fox has been making documentaries for decades, but her latest project is both her first narrative film and her first about her own life. Set to premiere Saturday on HBO, The Tale dramatizes how the writer-director was sexually abused as a…

Paul Schrader has, in a sense, achieved redemption. The 71-year-old screenwriter and director — who worked as a film critic before going on to write classics like Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Raging Bull and becoming an acclaimed auteur in his…

“They gave it to the wrong movie.” Complaining about which movies win at the Oscars is as much a part of Oscars tradition as red carpet interviews and sweaty opening monologues. But that’s part of the fun: arguing over which movie is the most…

Michael B. Jordan already has an impressive resume — stints on The Wire and Friday Night Lights, starring roles in Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station and Creed — but the 30-year-old actor just recently added another skill to his repertoire: directing.…

There was no escaping 2017 in 2017. Even in the realm of television, it felt as though pretty much everything was somehow a comment on “The Trump Era” or “The Way We Live Now.” It was exhausting at times, but also fascinating to see TV creators work…

In My First Record, we ask some of our favorite musicians to reminisce about the first albums they ever bought, and the effect those records had on them growing up. Not that long ago, Shamir Bailey wasn’t sure if he was going to keep making music.…