{"id":2087,"date":"2025-03-19T13:39:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T13:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/03\/19\/the-studio-review-a-tv-treat-for-cinephiles-everywhere\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T13:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T13:39:57","slug":"the-studio-review-a-tv-treat-for-cinephiles-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/03\/19\/the-studio-review-a-tv-treat-for-cinephiles-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Studio\u2019 Review: A TV Treat for Cinephiles Everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Hahn, Chase Sui Wonders and Seth Rogen in The Studio<\/em>. Courtesy of Apple TV+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHere at Continental, we don\u2019t make films, we make movies<\/i>,\u201d declares CEO Griffin Mills (Bryan Cranston<\/a>) as he promotes long-suffering suit Matt Remick (Seth Rogen<\/a>) to head of the century-old Continental Studios. And though there isn\u2019t a term to make the same kind of highbrow vs. lowbrow, pretentious vs. popcorn distinction for TV, The Studio <\/i>falls on the \u201cfilm\u201d end of the spectrum while still managing to be \u201cmovie\u201d-level entertaining.<\/p>\n

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The new comedy series by Rogen and Evan Goldberg<\/a> sees Hollywood at its most comically cutthroat. Having essentially ousted his mentor and industry legend Patty (Catherine O\u2019Hara), Matt finds himself quite a bit out of his depth as a studio head. He\u2019s desperate for the talent to like him, to put money behind artsy fartsy films and elevate auteurs, but his career now depends on an IP-driven bottom line. His team of creative execs brings plenty of pressure too, from his ride-or-die pal Sal (Ike Barinholtz<\/a>) to his ambitious former assistant Quinn (Chase Sui Wonders<\/a>) to Continental\u2019s inappropriately appropriative marketing head Maya (Kathryn Hahn<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The first few episodes make The Studio <\/i>into a director-of-the-week show, the likes of Ron Howard<\/a> and Olivia Wilde<\/a> playing with their reputations or Martin Scorsese<\/a> (whose Guest Actor Emmy campaign begins NOW) and Sarah Polley<\/a> agonizing over how Matt is ruining their creative visions. These are among the best episodes that the series has to offer, largely because of the care put into the craft. Rogen and Goldberg direct the entirety of The Studio<\/i>, adapting visual style and tone to fit each episode. For instance, Sarah Polley\u2019s work involves shooting a painstaking oner, and the episode is shot to look like it\u2019s one take too; when Olivia Wilde is making a thinly veiled Chinatown <\/i>rip-off, the show leans magnificently into noir tropes. At its core, the series is for film nerds, for people who can appreciate The Studio<\/i>\u2019s appreciation for the medium.<\/p>\n