You can tell if somebody’s watched German Netflix series Dark by the furrow in their brow and the delirium in their eyes. The 2017 – 2020 time-travel mystery required a flip-chart of graphs and diagrams to explain, but proved a cult hit for Netflix and led to its creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar signing a deal with the streamer. 1899 (read our spoiler-free review here) is the result.
“Knowing that we did Dark, everyone can be assured that [1899] is going to be something weird and wild and crazy,” Friese promised Deadline about her and Odar’s new Netflix series. The writer-directors vowed not to repeat themselves with the new eight-episode period drama, but still to give their audience a fun puzzle that returns to the pair’s mystery roots.
Job done. 1899 is an addictive game for viewers to play. Set aboard a steam ship crossing from England to America at...
“Knowing that we did Dark, everyone can be assured that [1899] is going to be something weird and wild and crazy,” Friese promised Deadline about her and Odar’s new Netflix series. The writer-directors vowed not to repeat themselves with the new eight-episode period drama, but still to give their audience a fun puzzle that returns to the pair’s mystery roots.
Job done. 1899 is an addictive game for viewers to play. Set aboard a steam ship crossing from England to America at...
- 11/17/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Angela Lansbury, who has died aged 96, once had to step in after her daughter fell in with Charles Manson.
The Murder, She Wrote actor revealed in an interview that, while based in LA, her daughter Dierdre fell in with a crowd that was led by the cult leader.
In 1969, Manson orchestrated a string of killings that were carried out by his “family” of young followers.
Manson ordered his followers to kill nine people, including actress Sharon Tate, who was pregnant at the time.
Speaking to MailOnline in 2014, Beauty and the Beast voice star Lansbury said that her daughter, who is now 69, was “fascinated” by Manson.
“There were factions up in the hills above Malibu that were dedicated to deadly pursuit,” Lansbury said, adding: “It pains me to say it but, at one stage, Deidre was in with a crowd led by Charles Manson.”
The actor continued: “She was one of...
The Murder, She Wrote actor revealed in an interview that, while based in LA, her daughter Dierdre fell in with a crowd that was led by the cult leader.
In 1969, Manson orchestrated a string of killings that were carried out by his “family” of young followers.
Manson ordered his followers to kill nine people, including actress Sharon Tate, who was pregnant at the time.
Speaking to MailOnline in 2014, Beauty and the Beast voice star Lansbury said that her daughter, who is now 69, was “fascinated” by Manson.
“There were factions up in the hills above Malibu that were dedicated to deadly pursuit,” Lansbury said, adding: “It pains me to say it but, at one stage, Deidre was in with a crowd led by Charles Manson.”
The actor continued: “She was one of...
- 10/12/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
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