Already teased at Disney’s D23 Expo this past August, Pixar is making some minor revisions to its upcoming TV slate. Pixar Animation Studios revealed a sneak peek at two new upcoming Pixar TV series—the first of its kind for the company— the limited, four-part series “Dream Productions,” a spin-off of “Inside Out,” and the all-new original series “Win or Lose” featuring the intertwined stories of different characters as they each prepare for their big championship softball game.

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The artisanally-hand crafted worlds of Wes Anderson are obviously whimsically delicate, precious, often delightful, frequently ornate, and are globally renowned for their visual distinctiveness: precise, symmetrical, soft-hued pastel color-inflected, and rigorous to the point of being lovingly caricatured on social media TikTok videos. Perhaps what isn’t as apparent to the viewer is just how detailed and fastidious Anderson’s screenplays have become in recent years, like prescriptive miniature novels in their own right.

In other words, the written word is really just as important to Anderson’s film, though often overshadowed by his eccentric and idiosyncratic visual style (though he’s been nominated for Best Original Screenplay three times, so someone is paying attention).

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How far would you go to win every bet?  Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Henry Sugar in “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.” The short film, based on a Roald Dahl story, sees a rich man seek his own rewards over doing the right thing; in the process, he seeks out a guru who may give him a gambling advantage. What follows is a story that shows what we wish for and what we get are two very different things. 

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Are you familiar with the phrase, “The rich get richer?” Well, in the case of Wes Anderson, that is most definitely the case. With every new film project the director works on, he brings in more and more big-name actors to join his ever-growing troupe. It’s bad enough the man was able to snag Tom Hanks and Margot Robbie for the upcoming “Asteroid City.” But for his new-new film, “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” Anderson got Benedict Cumberbatch to headline.

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Joanna Hogg’s 2019 film “The Souvenir” made a big splash at its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival that year. The film went on to win the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the festival that year and was a critic’s favorite, ending up on several Top 10 lists at year’s end. Now, Hogg’s follow-up “The Souvenir Part II” gets its New York premiere with a screening at the New York Film Festival this week, after its world premiere earlier this year in Cannes.

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Midway through Joanna Hogg’s seismic “The Souvenir: Part II,” a continuation to her 2019 feature begotten from personal remembrances, her fictional alter ego, Julie (Honor Swinton-Byrne), sits in a van surrounded by the team of student filmmakers helping with her thesis project. The director of photography berates them for the inconsistency of the production attributed to Julie’s scattered-brained process.

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She remains silent, but anger punctures her.

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One imagines it would be incredibly intimidating for any woman to perform opposite Tilda Swinton in their first major role, imagine if the Academy Award-winning acting idol was also your mother. Honor Swinton Byrne will likely not be accused of having a career owed to nepotism, going off earlier reactions to “The Souvenir” – winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Award at this past Sundance.

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Nothing has been traditional about Radiohead‘s release of their latest album, A Moon Shaped Pool, but that’s just the way fans like it. The band completely wiped all their social media accounts earlier this year, only to then quickly announce and suddenly release their new LP, continuing their side-stepping of the industry playbook. And while they’ve had a couple of standard videos for songs on the album (including one directed by Paul Thomas Anderson), they’ve also been very busy on Instagram, posting a stream of abstract imagery, along with vignettes from a variety of directors, set to different songs from the album.

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Watch: Richard Ayoade Makes Jesse Eisenberg Laugh A Lot In 30-Minute Interview For 'The Double'

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Review: Richard Ayoade's 'The Double' Starring Jesse Eisenberg Is Bonkers, Hilarious And Wickedly Clever

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Director Richard Ayoade Shares The 5 Films That Influenced ‘The Double’

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Watch: 30 Minute Talk With Director Richard Ayoade About Making 'The Double,' Working Avi Korine & More

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Watch: 10-Minute Talk With Director Richard Ayoade About The Making Of 'The Double'

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Watch: Hear The Story Of Two Snakes In New Trailer For 'The Double' Starring Jesse Eisenberg & Mia Wasikowska

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TIFF Review: Richard Ayoade's Daring 'The Double' Starring Jesse Eisenberg & Mia Wasikowska

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New Images From Richard Ayoade's TIFF Bound 'The Double' Starring Jesse Eisenberg & Mia Wasikowska

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Review: ‘The Watch’ Is A Lifeless Sci-Fi Comedy With Moments Of Spirited Improv

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First Look At 'Wrath Of The Titans' & 'Neighborhood Watch' With Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill, Vince Vaughn & Richard Ayoade

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