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Glass Onion has given a significant boost to the classic whodunit stories that have seen a resurgence in recent years, and deservedly so. While the ensemble murder mystery may have scored praise for its fun characters, brilliant twists, and thrilling plot, writer and director Rian Johnson also made sure he nailed the opening sequence, delivering a worthwhile introduction.  Speaking with Variety, Johnson insisted that the hardest part of movie making is the opening sequence, with many boxes needing to be ticked in order…

Within the grid-based continuum of contemporary electronic music, Rotherham producer Rian Treanor is an experimental outlier. Shunning four-to-the-floor kick drums and repetitive synth melodies, Treanor trades in squeals, shrieks and scattergun bass, stretching formulaic structures into amorphous tracks that veer between danceablity and cacophony.The cover of Rian Treanor and Ocen James: Saccades.Treanor’s influences span British computer music innovators such as Autechre, Aphex Twin, and his father, Mark Fell; his 2019…

Natasha Lyonne stars in Poker Face.Image: Peacock“If you could have one superpower, what would it be?” It’s a question we ask and have been asked a billion times. And while the most common answers are things like “super strength” or “flight” or “invisibility,” the upcoming show Poker Face throws a new one into the mix: what if you could tell, without a doubt,if a person is lying?Created by Rian Johnson (Knives Out, The Last Jedi) and Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll, American Pie), Poker Face is a new show coming to Peacock…

When it comes to murder mysteries, no one has spoiled us quite as densely as Rian Johnson. After immediately etching himself into the genre’s history back in 2019 with Knives Out, the entire world was reminded just a few weeks ago that’s he’s the uncontested murder mystery master of the modern era with Glass Onion, the second film in his Benoit Blanc-centric franchise that continuously flips the formula to the point of pure, delectable liquification. But, apparently, it’s not enough for Johnson to stick Daniel Craig’s…

Director Rian Johnson has shared that he tried to teach Murder, She Wrote star Angela Lansbury how to play Among Us for her cameo in Glass Onion, but admitted that she was “not a gamer”. Speaking to The New York Times, Johnson reflected on Lansbury’s cameo in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, which saw the late actress play Innersloth’s popular whodunnit game Among Us alongside Natasha Lyonne, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Stephen Sondheim, and Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig). Johnson shared that Lansbury “couldn’t have been…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeRian Johnson, the writer and director of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, has revealed he was originally opposed to the film’s big twist.The film, a sequel to the 2019 murder mystery Knives Out, starred Daniel Craig as ace detective Benoit Blanc, Edward Norton as tech billionaire Miles Bron, and Janelle Monáe as Andi Brand, Bron’s former business partner.Released on Netflix around…

Rian Johnson is the talk of the entertainment world with his recently released Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and the success of his star-powered Knives Out movie realm so far. From Jamie Lee Curtis and Chris Evans, to Dave Bautista and Janelle Monáe, Daniel Craig’s mystery-solving skills have partnered him with some of our favorite actors and actresses for two films, with a possible third on the horizon. That’s right, Johnson is already looking forward to a third installment, though the idea of them all having…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeRian Johnson is well aware of the “bizarre” similarities between Edward Norton’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery character and Elon Musk. Since the release of the director’s Knives Out sequel on 23 December, critics and viewers have called out the uncanny parallels between Norton’s tech billionaire Miles Bron and Twitter’s new overlord.However, according to Johnson, the perfect…

Having delivered what’s arguably one of the modern era’s finest sequels with Glass Onion, the speculation has already started turning towards what could be in store from Rian Johnson’s Knives Out 3. As before, all we can guarantee at this stage is that Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc will return to unravel another convoluted conspiracy, and there’s no doubt going to be a star-studded ensemble along for the ride. The movie’s official Twitter account has taken notice of the wish-lists being dreamed up by fans, but there’s one…

Rian Johnson is on a well-deserved victory lap after the global success of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, though his heart clearly still lies in a galaxy far, far away. He’s repeatedly said he wants to return to Star Wars to finally make his long-in-development movie trilogy, and indications are that Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy’s door is open to him. If he did return, then expect controversy, as many fans are still sore about 2017’s The Last Jedi. In an interview earlier this week, Johnson attempted to…