Nathan Fielder has devoted the second season of his show The Rehearsal to aviation safety, arguing that if pilots and co-pilots were able to rehearse interacting with one another, they’d be less afraid to speak up or seize the controls if they happen to notice the person they’re flying with making a potentially fatal error. On Sunday night’s season finale, we open on Fielder auditioning actors to play passengers on a flight, and when he informs them that he’ll be the one flying the plane, it seems at first like another one of his experiments designed to prove that people would rather risk their own lives than have an awkward conversation.
As the Academy attempts to diversify its slate of nominees, it has admitted a large contingent of members from outside the United States. This, combined with Hollywood’s disinterest in making mid-budget movies for adults, means that foreign films have a lane to occupy and a voting base to appeal to; the Oscar race starts in Cannes now. Or would, in theory, but though the industry’s new independent, internationally inclined new arthouse power players, like Neon and Mubi, arrived at the festival ready to play for the long haul, I didn’t see many eight-figure domestic box office hits in the Competition this year, or more than one Best Picture nominee.
When deciding which wine to pair with a steak, it’s easy to reach for a big California cab and call it a day. Sure, that formula would work fine a lot of the time, but it’s not a perfect pairing for every cut or preparation.
As a steakhouse enthusiast myself, I’m always looking for something better and more interesting to drink with the succulent red meat, so I tapped a few pros to get the lowdown on the best wine pairings for steak, no matter the cut or preparation. Whether you’re getting gussied up for a night on the town or preparing a quiet dinner at home, you can’t go wrong with this expert advice.
