Laura Linney, Channing Tatum and bank holiday films

The Independent’s entertainment newsletter [View in browser]( [The Independent]( April 16, 2022 [The Independent]( Written by Louis Chilton   The IndyArts Newsletter   Hello, and welcome to another instalment of the IndyArts newsletter. I’m Louis Chilton. Happy Easter to those who celebrate! How’s everyone planning on spending their bank holidays? Solemnly watching Passion of the Christ, I imagine. But I for one will be passing the time by going to see a couple of films (The Northman and Benedetta are now out in cinemas), eating a roast dinner, and, of course, re-reading the excellent selection of features The Independent’s arts desk has put out this week. Game of Thrones’ Iain Glen [spoke to James Rampton]( for one such feature, telling him about his new series The Cane Field Killings and offering his thoughts on the infamous Thrones finale. Kevin EG Perry, meanwhile, wrote [this terrific piece]( about the demolition of Hollywood’s (in)famous venue The Viper Room. Iain Glen: ‘Where Game of Thrones landed in the end was not what a lot of people wanted’ (Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images)   Speaking of The Northman – a film Clarisse Loughrey [raved about in her review]( – Annabel Nugent [chatted with its director, Robert Eggers](. Film fanatics will surely know Eggers from his idiosyncratic historical horror The Witch, or the briny, homoerotic mind-melter The Lighthouse. Adam White also made me laugh out loud at points in [this piece about Channing Tatum](, described in the headline as “Hollywood’s himbo king”. And [Kevin's deep-dive into the making of Hanson's "MMMBop"]( was the oral history you never knew you needed.   [The Saturday Interview – Laura Linney]( [Oscars image]( Laura Linney: ‘I had no problem being a side-line to Jason Bateman – I just wanted to make sure that side-line was interesting’ (Nino Muñoz/Netflix) The [Saturday Interview]( this week sees Patrick Smith interview Laura Linney. The actor chats about the final season of Ozark, falling in love, and why suppressing the LGBT+ community does a disservice to everyone. She also addresses some of her past projects, including Love Actually and Frasier, on which she appeared for six episodes at the very end of the series' run. [Oscars image]( Jason Bateman and Laura Linney in 'Ozark' (Tina Rowden/Netflix) Read an extract from our Saturday Interview below… “There’s a lot that I love about this character,” says Linney [of her Ozark role]. “She is constantly changing, going deeper and deeper into a vulnerable place where a survival instinct hijacked her entire being. Which I think fuelled her intellectual decisions, her emotional outbursts, her strategy. She is very shrewd but makes terrible decisions. She’s immature; she’s not wise. And then, as the series goes on, you learn about her mental illnesses and her family: that allowed me a wider berth in which to veer out into more impulsive behaviours.” When Linney first saw the script, however, she thought Wendy needed more depth. The role, she told The Guardian in 2017, felt “typical” of “a female character in a male-driven show”. She asked that the part be rewritten. “I had no problem being a sideline to Jason Bateman under any circumstances,” she explains. “I just wanted to make sure that sideline was interesting. If I was going to commit to a multi-year endeavour, I would need to be able to bring something to it that would keep me engaged. If you have just one character that never changes, you can become subconsciously disinterested and start to detach.” [Read the full interview here]( What to binge this week Bill Hader and Henry Winkler in 'Barry' (HBO) Barry It’s hard to exactly define Barry, Alec Berg and Bill Hader’s brilliant comedy-drama about Barry Berkman (Hader), an elite assassin who starts taking acting lessons. Co-starring the wonderful Stephen Root and Henry Winkler (as well as lesser-known stars Sarah Goldberg and Anthony Carrigan, both brilliant), Barry is by turns funny, surreal, and sometimes extremely tense. Action set pieces are carried out with aplomb; lighthearted Hollywood satire lands just as successfully. The series returns for season three in just over a week – get watching. ‘Barry’ can be streamed now on Sky or NOW Out and about [The 47th – Old Vic]( A speculative satire set in a chillingly plausible world where Donald Trump is once again running for president, Mike Bartlett's The 47th [impressed The Independent](['s Anya Ryan.]( Come for the sociopolitical commentary, stay for Bertie Carvel's absolutely transformative depiction of Trump. [Buy tickets here]( [Wolf Cub – Hampstead Theatre]( This one-woman show from Ché Walker follows the somewhat animalistic Maxine (Clare Latham) through various stages of her life, from childhood through to her early twenties. The Independent's Isobel Lewis describes Latham as a "mesmerising performer" in tomorrow's theatre roundup, awarding the production three stars. [Buy tickets here]( [Benedetta – in cinemas]( Paul Verhovoen's provocative film about a 17th-century nun thrown into prison for her sexual relationship with another sister has prompted outrage and [condemnation from some religious groups](. In her four-star review, however, Clarisse Loughrey found much to admire in this violent, sex-filled story of lust and piety that "demolishes the line between the sacred and the profane". 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