When Jesse Colin Young’s death was announced on Monday, it was inevitable that “Get Together” — the peace-and-brotherhood anthem that he and the Youngbloods turned into a decades-long radio staple —would be mentioned first. Young neither wrote it nor was the first to record it. But even after it’s been covered by everyone from Joni Mitchell and Jefferson Airplane to Kelly Clarkson, the Youngbloods’ version, with its snuggly harmonies and spiraling guitar, remains definitive, the most reassuring of them all.
That said, Young had more to offer than that song.
That said, Young had more to offer than that song.
- 3/18/2025
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Jesse Colin Young, the singer, songwriter and founding member of the Youngbloods, the 1960s group best known for their top 10 hit “Get Together,” has died. He was 83.
Young died Sunday in his home in Aiken, South Carolina, his wife and manager, Connie Young, announced.
As the frontman of the Youngbloods, Young brought forth the ideals of the Woodstock generation with his band’s version of Chet Powers’ “Get Together.” The song, which called for peace and brotherhood, came off their debut album in 1967 and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 two years later.
After the group’s breakup in 1972, Young thrived as a solo artist, releasing albums that mixed socially conscious lyrics with outstanding guitar work and warm tenor vocals. He also was known for such other tunes as “Four in the Morning,” “Sunlight,” “Darkness, Darkness,” “Quicksand” and “Peace Song.”
Born Perry Miller in 1941 in Queens, Young was raised on Long Island.
Young died Sunday in his home in Aiken, South Carolina, his wife and manager, Connie Young, announced.
As the frontman of the Youngbloods, Young brought forth the ideals of the Woodstock generation with his band’s version of Chet Powers’ “Get Together.” The song, which called for peace and brotherhood, came off their debut album in 1967 and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 two years later.
After the group’s breakup in 1972, Young thrived as a solo artist, releasing albums that mixed socially conscious lyrics with outstanding guitar work and warm tenor vocals. He also was known for such other tunes as “Four in the Morning,” “Sunlight,” “Darkness, Darkness,” “Quicksand” and “Peace Song.”
Born Perry Miller in 1941 in Queens, Young was raised on Long Island.
- 3/17/2025
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[This story contains major spoilers from the season finale of Disclaimer.]
Cate Blanchett says it was an enormous relief when she finally filmed the finale of her Apple series Disclaimer.
“To finally have given voice to that trauma, to be able to tell the story in its entirety,” she says, was so monumental that she actually felt a physical reaction. “I didn’t realize how tense I was for six months until we finally filmed the confrontation scene with Kevin [Kline] where I could finally speak.”
Blanchett’s Catherine Ravenscroft is finally given the space to tell her story in that finale scene, and the one that she tells reframes everything the characters in the Alfonso Cuarón miniseries thought they knew. The flip on the show’s narrative also forces the audience to confront their own judgments made across the seven-episode series.
Up until that scene, Catherine, an acclaimed journalist, had been vilified and essentially canceled after a novel, called The Perfect Stranger,...
Cate Blanchett says it was an enormous relief when she finally filmed the finale of her Apple series Disclaimer.
“To finally have given voice to that trauma, to be able to tell the story in its entirety,” she says, was so monumental that she actually felt a physical reaction. “I didn’t realize how tense I was for six months until we finally filmed the confrontation scene with Kevin [Kline] where I could finally speak.”
Blanchett’s Catherine Ravenscroft is finally given the space to tell her story in that finale scene, and the one that she tells reframes everything the characters in the Alfonso Cuarón miniseries thought they knew. The flip on the show’s narrative also forces the audience to confront their own judgments made across the seven-episode series.
Up until that scene, Catherine, an acclaimed journalist, had been vilified and essentially canceled after a novel, called The Perfect Stranger,...
- 11/15/2024
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[This story contains major spoilers from the Disclaimer season finale.]
By the end of Disclaimer, viewers realize they were wrong.
The Apple TV+ series starring Cate Blanchett and from writer-director Alfonso Cuarón in the filmmaker’s first foray into television has been telling a multi-narrative story. There are four sets of storytellers in the seven-part series. There’s Kevin Kline’s first-person narrator, Blanchett’s second-person narrator, there are the people around Blanchett’s character (played by Sacha Baron Cohen and Kodi Smit-McPhee), and then there’s the contents of the book in the series, The Perfect Stranger. Not until the finale do viewers realize that they have been listening to everyone’s point of view except for Blanchett’s, and have created an unreliable narrative.
After six episodes of acclaimed journalist Catherine Ravenscroft (Blanchett) being painted as a terrible mother and wife, whose self-absorbed affair with 19-year-old stranger Jonathan (Louis Partridge) while on vacation in Italy led to his...
By the end of Disclaimer, viewers realize they were wrong.
The Apple TV+ series starring Cate Blanchett and from writer-director Alfonso Cuarón in the filmmaker’s first foray into television has been telling a multi-narrative story. There are four sets of storytellers in the seven-part series. There’s Kevin Kline’s first-person narrator, Blanchett’s second-person narrator, there are the people around Blanchett’s character (played by Sacha Baron Cohen and Kodi Smit-McPhee), and then there’s the contents of the book in the series, The Perfect Stranger. Not until the finale do viewers realize that they have been listening to everyone’s point of view except for Blanchett’s, and have created an unreliable narrative.
After six episodes of acclaimed journalist Catherine Ravenscroft (Blanchett) being painted as a terrible mother and wife, whose self-absorbed affair with 19-year-old stranger Jonathan (Louis Partridge) while on vacation in Italy led to his...
- 11/11/2024
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The cast of the Apple TV+ drama Disclaimer opened up about the shocking twist in the series final episode. The psychological thriller, written and directed by Oscar-winner Alfonso Cuarn and based on Rene Knights 2015 novel, stars Cate Blanchett as Catherine Ravenscroft, an acclaimed documentary journalist who becomes the subject of a mysterious novel that seems to expose a long-buried secret from her past. The story unfolds in a non-linear format, revealing crucial events from a young Catherines (Leila George) sordid affair in Italy with Jonathan (Louis Partridge) and its present-day repercussions.
In an interview with USA Today, George and Partridge discussed the intensity of their roles at the center of the series twist. The series finale reveals that Catherine was actually the victim of a series of sexual assaults by Jonathan, portrayed as the innocent victim in The Perfect Stranger, the novel written by his mother, Nancy, that haunts Catherine throughout the series.
In an interview with USA Today, George and Partridge discussed the intensity of their roles at the center of the series twist. The series finale reveals that Catherine was actually the victim of a series of sexual assaults by Jonathan, portrayed as the innocent victim in The Perfect Stranger, the novel written by his mother, Nancy, that haunts Catherine throughout the series.
- 11/11/2024
- by Bella Garcia
- ScreenRant
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Disclaimer's series finale.
The shocking twist ending of Apple's thriller series Disclaimer leaves several unanswered questions about Jonathan's motivations and Catherine's next steps forward. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight.
The majority of Disclaimer's episodes cast Catherine as a villain responsible for the death of a vacationing American twenty-something named Jonathan. Disclaimer is primarily told through the fictional lens of Catherine and Jonathan's experience in Italy through the imagination of Jonathan's grieving mother, Nancy. The Perfect Stranger novel is a culmination of Nancy's mourning and denial of a...
The shocking twist ending of Apple's thriller series Disclaimer leaves several unanswered questions about Jonathan's motivations and Catherine's next steps forward. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight.
The majority of Disclaimer's episodes cast Catherine as a villain responsible for the death of a vacationing American twenty-something named Jonathan. Disclaimer is primarily told through the fictional lens of Catherine and Jonathan's experience in Italy through the imagination of Jonathan's grieving mother, Nancy. The Perfect Stranger novel is a culmination of Nancy's mourning and denial of a...
- 11/11/2024
- by Greg MacArthur
- ScreenRant
Contains discussion of sexual assault.
Warning: Contains Spoilers for Disclaimer episode 7.Disclaimer episode 7 finally reveals what really happened between Catherine Ravenscroft and Jonathan Brigstocke, but the truth was hiding in plain sight all along. Disclaimer's ending allows Catherine to tell her version of events about Italy - and there's no mistaking that this is the true version. Jonathan started stalking her on the beach and at the hotel, and then, after she went back to her hotel room, he entered it and sexually assaulted her.
It's a shocking, horrifying twist, but does make sense in the wider context of the show. This was, after all, a story in many ways about how a story is told, who gets to see it, and how people will believe what they want to hear. Disclaimer not only explores Catherine's trauma as a survivor, but how everyone around her - most notably her husband,...
Warning: Contains Spoilers for Disclaimer episode 7.Disclaimer episode 7 finally reveals what really happened between Catherine Ravenscroft and Jonathan Brigstocke, but the truth was hiding in plain sight all along. Disclaimer's ending allows Catherine to tell her version of events about Italy - and there's no mistaking that this is the true version. Jonathan started stalking her on the beach and at the hotel, and then, after she went back to her hotel room, he entered it and sexually assaulted her.
It's a shocking, horrifying twist, but does make sense in the wider context of the show. This was, after all, a story in many ways about how a story is told, who gets to see it, and how people will believe what they want to hear. Disclaimer not only explores Catherine's trauma as a survivor, but how everyone around her - most notably her husband,...
- 11/9/2024
- by James Hunt
- ScreenRant
[This story contains major spoilers from the season finale of Disclaimer.]
It’s late into the evening when Louis Partridge finally finds time to talk to The Hollywood Reporter.
The British star is shooting House of Guinness, a new Netflix series from Peaky Blinders mastermind Steven Knight. Partridge explains that he is playing a young Edward Guinness, effortlessly transitioning into a spot-on Dublin accent as he speaks: “It’s a posh, Dublin, Rp in 1869, so he talked like that. It’s not like the Dublin that you hear today, which is more like [boxer] Conor McGregor.”
As you read on, you’ll see the young actor has a knack for impressions. His acting chops are landing him bigger and bigger roles. Partridge’s big break came with Netflix’s mystery movie Enola Holmes, starring opposite Millie Bobby Brown as her love interest. At just 21, he’s now worked with the likes of Danny Boyle, Paul King, and is set to star in...
It’s late into the evening when Louis Partridge finally finds time to talk to The Hollywood Reporter.
The British star is shooting House of Guinness, a new Netflix series from Peaky Blinders mastermind Steven Knight. Partridge explains that he is playing a young Edward Guinness, effortlessly transitioning into a spot-on Dublin accent as he speaks: “It’s a posh, Dublin, Rp in 1869, so he talked like that. It’s not like the Dublin that you hear today, which is more like [boxer] Conor McGregor.”
As you read on, you’ll see the young actor has a knack for impressions. His acting chops are landing him bigger and bigger roles. Partridge’s big break came with Netflix’s mystery movie Enola Holmes, starring opposite Millie Bobby Brown as her love interest. At just 21, he’s now worked with the likes of Danny Boyle, Paul King, and is set to star in...
- 11/9/2024
- by Lily Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Disclaimer's finale.
The ending of Apple's Disclaimer shows Stephen grabbing one of Jonathan's photographs out of the fire as he burns them after learning the disturbing truth about his son. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight.
The majority of Disclaimer's episodes cast Catherine as a villain responsible for the death of a vacationing American twenty-something named Jonathan. Disclaimer is primarily told through the fictional lens of Catherine and Jonathan's experience in Italy through the imagination of Jonathan's grieving mother, Nancy. The Perfect Stranger novel is a culmination of...
The ending of Apple's Disclaimer shows Stephen grabbing one of Jonathan's photographs out of the fire as he burns them after learning the disturbing truth about his son. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight.
The majority of Disclaimer's episodes cast Catherine as a villain responsible for the death of a vacationing American twenty-something named Jonathan. Disclaimer is primarily told through the fictional lens of Catherine and Jonathan's experience in Italy through the imagination of Jonathan's grieving mother, Nancy. The Perfect Stranger novel is a culmination of...
- 11/8/2024
- by Greg MacArthur
- ScreenRant
It is evident that discovering a secret about a loved one, especially someone with whom we’ve shared a significant part of our lives, can be devastating. As we scrutinize the relationship, trust comes into question, and doubts begin to creep in. But how often do we verify that the information is accurate, or consider that there may be another side to the story? How often do we give the other person an opportunity to explain or share an alternate perspective? Based on Renée Knight’s titular novel Disclaimer, a psychological miniseries written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón explores these themes. Currently streaming on Apple TV+, it delves into the complexities of trust, perception, and the hidden truths that can reshape our understanding of those closest to us. By exploring obsessions with love, jealousy, the male ego, and the pleasures of activities like eating, drinking alcohol, and smoking, Cuarón’s...
- 11/8/2024
- by Dipankar Sarkar
- Talking Films
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Disclaimer” Episode 7 (“VII”) — the series finale — including its ending. For further coverage, read IndieWire’s episode reviews and spoiler-free full-season review.]
The first half of the “Disclaimer” finale dedicates itself entirely to Catherine (Cate Blanchett) — her story, from her point of view, in the way she wants to tell it — and, fittingly for a series as meticulously constructed as one would expect from writer-director Alfonso Cuarón, the very first sentence she speaks works as both ominous foreshadowing for the revelations to come, as well as a useful complement to last week’s opening line. Then, she started by saying, “The truth is,” and now, she starts by referring to Jonathan (Louis Partridge) as “the stranger.” Via voiceover, she says, “As soon as I got back to my room, the stranger immediately disappeared from my mind.” For Catherine, that’s all he was: an unknown man whose formal identity she only learned in death, and whose innermost monster she discovered the night prior.
“The truth is [Jonathan] is a stranger.
The first half of the “Disclaimer” finale dedicates itself entirely to Catherine (Cate Blanchett) — her story, from her point of view, in the way she wants to tell it — and, fittingly for a series as meticulously constructed as one would expect from writer-director Alfonso Cuarón, the very first sentence she speaks works as both ominous foreshadowing for the revelations to come, as well as a useful complement to last week’s opening line. Then, she started by saying, “The truth is,” and now, she starts by referring to Jonathan (Louis Partridge) as “the stranger.” Via voiceover, she says, “As soon as I got back to my room, the stranger immediately disappeared from my mind.” For Catherine, that’s all he was: an unknown man whose formal identity she only learned in death, and whose innermost monster she discovered the night prior.
“The truth is [Jonathan] is a stranger.
- 11/8/2024
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
This article mentions sexual abuse and contains Spoilers for Disclaimer episode 8.
The ending of Apple's Disclaimer reveals what actually happened between Catherine and Jonathan in Italy and finally reveals Catherine's account of the story. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight.
The majority of Disclaimer's episodes cast Catherine as a villain responsible for the death of a vacationing American twenty-something named Jonathan. Disclaimer is primarily told through the fictional lens of Catherine and Jonathan's experience in Italy through the imagination of Jonathan's grieving mother, Nancy. The Perfect Stranger novel is a culmination of...
The ending of Apple's Disclaimer reveals what actually happened between Catherine and Jonathan in Italy and finally reveals Catherine's account of the story. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight.
The majority of Disclaimer's episodes cast Catherine as a villain responsible for the death of a vacationing American twenty-something named Jonathan. Disclaimer is primarily told through the fictional lens of Catherine and Jonathan's experience in Italy through the imagination of Jonathan's grieving mother, Nancy. The Perfect Stranger novel is a culmination of...
- 11/8/2024
- by Greg MacArthur
- ScreenRant
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Disclaimer's finale.
The final episode of Apple's Disclaimer series is dedicated to producers Steve Golin and Lynn Fainchtein. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight.
The Disclaimer series finale revealed a shocking twist about Jonathan and Catherine that absolutely floors Robert and stops Stephen's vindictive path of treachery. As Alfonso Cuaron's long-waited reunion with director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki, Disclaimer did not disappoint in delivering one of the most stunning twist endings of any series released this year. In the end, however, Stephen could not have been more wrong about his son,...
The final episode of Apple's Disclaimer series is dedicated to producers Steve Golin and Lynn Fainchtein. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight.
The Disclaimer series finale revealed a shocking twist about Jonathan and Catherine that absolutely floors Robert and stops Stephen's vindictive path of treachery. As Alfonso Cuaron's long-waited reunion with director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki, Disclaimer did not disappoint in delivering one of the most stunning twist endings of any series released this year. In the end, however, Stephen could not have been more wrong about his son,...
- 11/8/2024
- by Greg MacArthur
- ScreenRant
The fact that while depicting this weird journey of revenge through biased perspectives, Disclaimer’s narrative has never so much as hinted at the possibility of sexual assault being one of the key factors in the story, says a lot about how the whole thing has played out. While everyone was busy trying to figure out if Catherine was an awful person or just a regular woman things got too complicated for, we never really considered that she might’ve been a victim beyond what Stephen’s been doing to her through the course of the show. And now that everything’s put into perspective and a much bigger crisis is averted in the final episode of Disclaimer, you almost feel a touch of the same guilt that Stephen and Robert will feel for the rest of their lives. None of us were unaffected by the bias. None of us...
- 11/8/2024
- by Lopamudra Mukherjee
- DMT
Given Disclaimer was Alfonso Cuaron’s first time making a show that came out weekly, his lack of experience with the format was evident in the way the episodes varied wildly, especially in terms of narrative progression. A couple of the early episodes especially were clearly struggling to move the story forward in any meaningful way. But since an overall underwhelming experience can never be expected from someone like Cuaron, he really proved his storytelling mastery with the last few episodes of Apple TV’s Disclaimer. The Cate Blanchett starrer mystery thriller could have gone one of two ways. We could either be stranded in the middle of nowhere in this mazy tale of perspectives with no emotional resolve in sight, or we could land somewhere that at least gave us the feeling of closure. I’m glad to say that the ending episode of Disclaimer has chosen the latter.
- 11/8/2024
- by Lopamudra Mukherjee
- DMT
Apple TV+’s new psychological thriller, Disclaimer, takes its audience into a tense, layered world where truth and deception blur between personal histories and manipulative narratives. Written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, the series stars Cate Blanchett as Catherine Ravenscroft, a journalist whose life is upended by a mysterious novel that seems to mirror a traumatic chapter from her own past. As she faces accusations, estranged family bonds, and the resurgence of buried secrets, Disclaimer delves deeply into the complex web of relationships—between husband and wife, parent and child, victim and accuser. With a cast featuring Kevin Kline, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Lesley Manville, the show explores how storytelling can be wielded as a weapon, reframing personal history with a hauntingly distorted lens.
In this article, we will explore the twists and turns of Disclaimer (2024), uncover the truth about Catherine’s horrifying dark secrets, and determine whether she was...
In this article, we will explore the twists and turns of Disclaimer (2024), uncover the truth about Catherine’s horrifying dark secrets, and determine whether she was...
- 11/8/2024
- by Deepshikha Deb
- High on Films
This article mentions sexual abuse and contains Spoilers for Disclaimer episode 6.
Apple's Disclaimer episode 6 hints at what may have actually gone down between Jonathan and Sasha in Italy, which could completely flip the script on Stephen's revenge plan against Catherine. The first four episodes of Disclaimer mostly chronicled what was published in The Perfect Stranger novel, which was written by Jonathan's mother Nancy and published under a pseudonym by Stephen. This was the planted seed in an elaborate attempt to ruin Catherine's life for allegedly causing Jonathan's death by drowning.
Disclaimer episode 5 was the first episode of the 7-part miniseries to suggest that Nancy's view of the events, which are taken as fact by Catherine's coworkers and husband, Robert, were intentionally skewed to paint Catherine in a devious, and potentially criminal, light. By the end of Disclaimer episode 6, the penultimate episode of the Apple limited series based on the...
Apple's Disclaimer episode 6 hints at what may have actually gone down between Jonathan and Sasha in Italy, which could completely flip the script on Stephen's revenge plan against Catherine. The first four episodes of Disclaimer mostly chronicled what was published in The Perfect Stranger novel, which was written by Jonathan's mother Nancy and published under a pseudonym by Stephen. This was the planted seed in an elaborate attempt to ruin Catherine's life for allegedly causing Jonathan's death by drowning.
Disclaimer episode 5 was the first episode of the 7-part miniseries to suggest that Nancy's view of the events, which are taken as fact by Catherine's coworkers and husband, Robert, were intentionally skewed to paint Catherine in a devious, and potentially criminal, light. By the end of Disclaimer episode 6, the penultimate episode of the Apple limited series based on the...
- 11/2/2024
- by Greg MacArthur
- ScreenRant
Disclaimer: What Really Happened Between Catherine and Jonathan in Italy? Episode 6 Unravels the Truth - Main Image
The recently aired episode 6 of the Apple TV+ series Disclaimer has given fans clues on what really happened between Catherine and Jonathan's alleged affair in Italy.
Throughout the show, we've seen a version of the events through Nancy's writing in The Perfect Stranger novel. However, we have seen clues that it might be far from the reality that happened.
What We Know So Far About Catherine and Jonathan's Alleged Italy Affair
According to Nancy's writing of The Perfect Stranger (which she based on Jonathan's photographs), Catherine and Jonathan have a highly sexualized romantic affair in Italy.
Catherine and Jonathan crossed paths in a resort hotel after Robert left the family vacation early due to work issues back in London.
After some intense romantic sparks between the two, they slept in Catherine's room where...
The recently aired episode 6 of the Apple TV+ series Disclaimer has given fans clues on what really happened between Catherine and Jonathan's alleged affair in Italy.
Throughout the show, we've seen a version of the events through Nancy's writing in The Perfect Stranger novel. However, we have seen clues that it might be far from the reality that happened.
What We Know So Far About Catherine and Jonathan's Alleged Italy Affair
According to Nancy's writing of The Perfect Stranger (which she based on Jonathan's photographs), Catherine and Jonathan have a highly sexualized romantic affair in Italy.
Catherine and Jonathan crossed paths in a resort hotel after Robert left the family vacation early due to work issues back in London.
After some intense romantic sparks between the two, they slept in Catherine's room where...
- 11/1/2024
- EpicStream
Warning: Contains Spoilers for Disclaimer episode 6.Disclaimer episode 6 ends with one of the show's biggest cliffhangers yet, as things begin to come to a head between Catherine Revenscroft (Cate Blanchett) and Stephen Brigstocke (Kevin Kline). The truth about what happened between Catherine and Jonathan (Louis Partridge) in Disclaimer has not yet been fully revealed, but the sixth and penultimate episode does start twisting the narrative away from the events depicted in the book The Perfect Stranger, and perhaps towards reality.
Throughout the episode, flashbacks to Italy in Disclaimer's past timeline are now narrated by Blanchett herself, allowing Catherine to tell her side of the story: that she and Jonathan did not have an affair, but rather that he was creepy, and seemingly stalking her. It's part of a complicated episode that ratchets up the tension, including Stephen's plan to murder Nicholas (Kodi Smit-McPhee), and ends with a confrontation, finally, between...
Throughout the episode, flashbacks to Italy in Disclaimer's past timeline are now narrated by Blanchett herself, allowing Catherine to tell her side of the story: that she and Jonathan did not have an affair, but rather that he was creepy, and seemingly stalking her. It's part of a complicated episode that ratchets up the tension, including Stephen's plan to murder Nicholas (Kodi Smit-McPhee), and ends with a confrontation, finally, between...
- 11/1/2024
- by James Hunt
- ScreenRant
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Disclaimer episode 6.
Apple's mystery thriller series Disclaimer depicts a heated affair between Jonathan and Catherine that leads to a tragic death. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer also stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Robert, Catherine's husband, Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nicholas, Robert and Catherine's son, and Kevin Kline as Stephen Brigstocke, a local London man who has lost his wife and son.
Created by Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarn, Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight. The show offers up a twisted, complicated narrative that obfuscates the truth, telling a story-within-a-story where viewers are left trying...
Apple's mystery thriller series Disclaimer depicts a heated affair between Jonathan and Catherine that leads to a tragic death. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer also stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Robert, Catherine's husband, Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nicholas, Robert and Catherine's son, and Kevin Kline as Stephen Brigstocke, a local London man who has lost his wife and son.
Created by Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarn, Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight. The show offers up a twisted, complicated narrative that obfuscates the truth, telling a story-within-a-story where viewers are left trying...
- 11/1/2024
- by Greg MacArthur, James Hunt
- ScreenRant
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Disclaimer” Episode 5 (“V”).]
Throughout the first four episodes of “Disclaimer,” we’ve noted how little Catherine (Cate Blanchett) has been able to speak for herself. The award-winning documentarian has yet to voice her version of the events depicted in Nancy’s (Lesley Manville) book — her attempts repeatedly suppressed as others rush to judgment. Mr. Ravenscroft (Sacha Baron Cohen) is so upset by what he reads about his wife’s alleged affair that he flees their home before evicting her from it. This week, in Episode 5 (“V”), her colleagues have a similar reaction — choosing first to believe the tidbits teased by Stephen Brigstocke (Kevin Kline), and then elevating his printed accusations to emergency status (purportedly out of fear for the company’s reputation). Stephen won’t even hear from Catherine — ignoring her calls, hiding from her in his own home while she peeps through the mail slot, the cowardly professor’s dodgy evasion coming...
Throughout the first four episodes of “Disclaimer,” we’ve noted how little Catherine (Cate Blanchett) has been able to speak for herself. The award-winning documentarian has yet to voice her version of the events depicted in Nancy’s (Lesley Manville) book — her attempts repeatedly suppressed as others rush to judgment. Mr. Ravenscroft (Sacha Baron Cohen) is so upset by what he reads about his wife’s alleged affair that he flees their home before evicting her from it. This week, in Episode 5 (“V”), her colleagues have a similar reaction — choosing first to believe the tidbits teased by Stephen Brigstocke (Kevin Kline), and then elevating his printed accusations to emergency status (purportedly out of fear for the company’s reputation). Stephen won’t even hear from Catherine — ignoring her calls, hiding from her in his own home while she peeps through the mail slot, the cowardly professor’s dodgy evasion coming...
- 10/25/2024
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Are you a fan of clever, suspenseful storytelling paired with a talented cast? Then you need to be watching Disclaimer on Apple TV+ if you aren’t already. The streamer’s gripping new series is one of the year's best shows, and a new episode just dropped.
Episode 5 sees Catherine Ravencrof’s (Cate Blanchett) life plummet quickly, showcasing Stephen Brigstocke’s (Kevin Kline) ruthlessness. He is determined to get his revenge on Catherine and will stop at nothing to achieve her absolute downfall. But before we continue dissecting Disclaimer’s latest chapter, here’s your spoiler warning.
Spoiler alert! Go stream Disclaimer episode 5 as there are spoilers ahead.
Robert (Sacha Baron Cohen) is So done with Catherine. And not to defend Catherine here, but Robert didn’t even allow Catherine to get a word out. He didn’t ask for space or even time. Robert simply kicked Catherine out of the house.
Episode 5 sees Catherine Ravencrof’s (Cate Blanchett) life plummet quickly, showcasing Stephen Brigstocke’s (Kevin Kline) ruthlessness. He is determined to get his revenge on Catherine and will stop at nothing to achieve her absolute downfall. But before we continue dissecting Disclaimer’s latest chapter, here’s your spoiler warning.
Spoiler alert! Go stream Disclaimer episode 5 as there are spoilers ahead.
Robert (Sacha Baron Cohen) is So done with Catherine. And not to defend Catherine here, but Robert didn’t even allow Catherine to get a word out. He didn’t ask for space or even time. Robert simply kicked Catherine out of the house.
- 10/25/2024
- by Sandy C.
- ShowSnob
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Disclaimer episode 5.
The ending of Disclaimer episode 5 leaves Nicholas' fate ambiguous after his struggle with heroin addiction is revealed. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer also stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Robert, Catherine's husband, Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nicholas, Robert and Catherine's son, and Kevin Kline as Stephen Brigstocke, a local London man who has lost his wife and son.
Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight. After four episodes of Disclaimer, the affair between Catherine and Jonathan is revealed to Robert after Stephen gives him the photographs for proof. Robert becomes furious and kicks Catherine...
The ending of Disclaimer episode 5 leaves Nicholas' fate ambiguous after his struggle with heroin addiction is revealed. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer also stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Robert, Catherine's husband, Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nicholas, Robert and Catherine's son, and Kevin Kline as Stephen Brigstocke, a local London man who has lost his wife and son.
Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight. After four episodes of Disclaimer, the affair between Catherine and Jonathan is revealed to Robert after Stephen gives him the photographs for proof. Robert becomes furious and kicks Catherine...
- 10/25/2024
- by Greg MacArthur
- ScreenRant
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Disclaimer episodes 3 & 4.
Two distinct animals could be thematically linked to the plot in Apple's new mystery thriller series Disclaimer. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer also stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Robert, Catherine's husband, Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nicholas, Robert and Catherine's son, and Kevin Kline as Stephen Brigstocke, a local London man who has lost his wife and son.
Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight. The Apple series marks Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarn's first return to television since 2014's Believe. Cuarn has won two Best Directing Academy Awards, one for 2013's Gravity starring...
Two distinct animals could be thematically linked to the plot in Apple's new mystery thriller series Disclaimer. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer also stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Robert, Catherine's husband, Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nicholas, Robert and Catherine's son, and Kevin Kline as Stephen Brigstocke, a local London man who has lost his wife and son.
Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight. The Apple series marks Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarn's first return to television since 2014's Believe. Cuarn has won two Best Directing Academy Awards, one for 2013's Gravity starring...
- 10/19/2024
- by Greg MacArthur
- ScreenRant
Episodes 3 and 4 of Disclaimer, Alfonso Cuarón’s Apple TV+ thriller, bring emotional turmoil to the forefront as secrets unravel. As Cate Blanchett’s Catherine navigates her past and present, and those around her wrestle with grief and betrayal, these episodes provide crucial revelations that deepen the mystery. Here are five key takeaways:
1. Catherine’s Silence Was a Shield for Her Son
Catherine reveals that her silence surrounding past events wasn’t for her own protection, but to shield her son, Nicholas, from further pain. The death of Jonathan, an important figure in her past, had sealed her decision. Yet, this act of “protection” seems to ripple outward, causing more suffering as the truth remains buried.
2. Stephen’s Grief Transforms into Vengeful Obsession
Stephen Brigstocke, portrayed by Kevin Kline, is consumed by grief over his son Jonathan’s death. His suffering turns to obsession, driving him to seek vengeance against Catherine.
1. Catherine’s Silence Was a Shield for Her Son
Catherine reveals that her silence surrounding past events wasn’t for her own protection, but to shield her son, Nicholas, from further pain. The death of Jonathan, an important figure in her past, had sealed her decision. Yet, this act of “protection” seems to ripple outward, causing more suffering as the truth remains buried.
2. Stephen’s Grief Transforms into Vengeful Obsession
Stephen Brigstocke, portrayed by Kevin Kline, is consumed by grief over his son Jonathan’s death. His suffering turns to obsession, driving him to seek vengeance against Catherine.
- 10/19/2024
- by Naveed Zahir
- High on Films
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Disclaimer episodes 3 & 4.
Jonathan has a mysterious cut on his arm in Apple's new mystery thriller series Disclaimer. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer also stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Robert, Catherine's husband, Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nicholas, Robert and Catherine's son, and Kevin Kline as Stephen Brigstocke, a local London man who has lost his wife and son.
Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight. The Apple series marks Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarn's first return to television since 2014's Believe. Cuarn has won two Best Directing Academy Awards, one for 2013's Gravity starring Sandra Bullock...
Jonathan has a mysterious cut on his arm in Apple's new mystery thriller series Disclaimer. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer also stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Robert, Catherine's husband, Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nicholas, Robert and Catherine's son, and Kevin Kline as Stephen Brigstocke, a local London man who has lost his wife and son.
Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight. The Apple series marks Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarn's first return to television since 2014's Believe. Cuarn has won two Best Directing Academy Awards, one for 2013's Gravity starring Sandra Bullock...
- 10/18/2024
- by Greg MacArthur
- ScreenRant
‘Disclaimer’ Episode 3 Recap & Ending Explained: Does Catherine Know Stephen Has Published The Book?
In the second episode of Disclaimer, it was revealed that Nancy Brigstocke did confront Catherine Ravenscroft regarding her involvement in her son, Jonathan’s death. Nancy lambasted Catherine for not even showing up at Jonathan’s funeral, even though the teen had died saving Catherine’s son, Nicholas. To make things worse, when the authorities questioned Catherine about whether or not she knew Jonathan, she denied having any connections to that kid, despite having posed for some explicit pictures that were found on Jonathan’s camera. Talking about the photos, Stephen personally sent a copy of them to Robert, which caused him to spiral out and leave Catherine. Stephen had also laid the foundations of furthering the discord between Catherine and Nicholas by delivering a copy of The Perfect Stranger to the young man at his workplace, thereby following through on Nancy’s “a son for a son” crusade. In today’s episode of Disclaimer,...
- 10/18/2024
- by Pramit Chatterjee
- DMT
Apple TV+'s buzzy new mystery meets psychological thriller Disclaimer features an intriguing narration style that keeps viewers on their toes. Disclaimer focuses on successful documentary filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft (Cate Blanchett), who receives a novel in the mail that details the true story of a deeply personal secret from 25 years earlier. The show marks acclaimed director Alfonso Cuarn's television debut, following his Academy Awards for 2013's Gravity and 2018's Roma.
Catherine's secret is her previous affair with a 19-year-old Jonathan Brigstocke (Louis Partridge) on an Italian beach vacation years earlier, while her husband Robert (Sascha Baron Cohen) was away on business. Jonathan drowned saving her toddler-aged son on the beach, and Catherine seemingly lied to local police about not knowing him personally. Disclaimer's alternating narration, relayed largely by Indira Varma, shows the characters' varying perspectives on Jonathan's untimely death and its aftermath.
Indira Varma Narrates Disclaimer - But Who Is The Character?...
Catherine's secret is her previous affair with a 19-year-old Jonathan Brigstocke (Louis Partridge) on an Italian beach vacation years earlier, while her husband Robert (Sascha Baron Cohen) was away on business. Jonathan drowned saving her toddler-aged son on the beach, and Catherine seemingly lied to local police about not knowing him personally. Disclaimer's alternating narration, relayed largely by Indira Varma, shows the characters' varying perspectives on Jonathan's untimely death and its aftermath.
Indira Varma Narrates Disclaimer - But Who Is The Character?...
- 10/17/2024
- by Madison E. Goldberg
- ScreenRant
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Disclaimer episodes 1 & 2.
Apple's new mystery thriller series Disclaimer is told over several overlapping timelines that combine into one overarching story. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer also stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Robert, Catherine's husband, Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nicholas, Robert and Catherine's son, and Kevin Kline as Stephen Brigstocke, a local London man who has lost his wife and son.
Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight. The Apple series marks Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarn's first return to television since 2014's Believe. Cuarn has won two Best Directing Academy Awards, one for 2013's Gravity...
Apple's new mystery thriller series Disclaimer is told over several overlapping timelines that combine into one overarching story. Cate Blanchett leads a talented ensemble cast of Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft, a hard-working and acclaimed television documentary journalist out of London, England. Catherine's world unravels once a mysterious novel titled The Perfect Stranger arrives at her doorstep, bringing up memories of one of her deepest and darkest secrets. Disclaimer also stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Robert, Catherine's husband, Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nicholas, Robert and Catherine's son, and Kevin Kline as Stephen Brigstocke, a local London man who has lost his wife and son.
Disclaimer is based on the 2015 book of the same name written by Rene Knight. The Apple series marks Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarn's first return to television since 2014's Believe. Cuarn has won two Best Directing Academy Awards, one for 2013's Gravity...
- 10/17/2024
- by Greg MacArthur
- ScreenRant
It’s right there at the beginning of Episode 1 of the Apple TV+ limited series, “Disclaimer” writer/director Alfonso Cuarón all but announces his intentions in a scene in which real-life journalist Christiane Amanpour presents an award to series’ fictional documentarian Catherine Ravenscroft (Cate Blanchett).
“Beware of narrative and form,” says Amanpour. “Their power can bring us closer to the truth, but they can also be a weapon with a great power to manipulate.”
While a guest on an upcoming episode of the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, Cuarón discussed the pronouncement, “We decided to be bold and to begin with a warning. In other words audiences are warned.” But as Cuarón explained, he’s not worried about proclaiming his storytelling intentions — there’s no reason to hide the ball when the real game, the real discovery is how each viewer will react.
“What Christiane Amanpour says is that the only reason...
“Beware of narrative and form,” says Amanpour. “Their power can bring us closer to the truth, but they can also be a weapon with a great power to manipulate.”
While a guest on an upcoming episode of the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, Cuarón discussed the pronouncement, “We decided to be bold and to begin with a warning. In other words audiences are warned.” But as Cuarón explained, he’s not worried about proclaiming his storytelling intentions — there’s no reason to hide the ball when the real game, the real discovery is how each viewer will react.
“What Christiane Amanpour says is that the only reason...
- 10/12/2024
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
It takes quite some time to get the ball rolling in Apple TV’s Disclaimer, which is based on Renee Knight’s 2015 novel of the same name. That’s kind of unforgivable considering the expectation here is humongous—with someone like Alfonso Cuaron behind the camera and Cate Blanchett being the face of the show. There’s no denying that Cuaron is a master storyteller, which starts to show after a while. By episode two, Disclaimer is unputdownable, and you can’t wait to find out what really happened to Jonathan Brigstocke. That’s what seems like the central mystery at this point, but of course, there are many other questions, and I really hope we don’t end up being “lost” by the end of it. The non-linear narrative of Disclaimer is confusing at times, but it also yields a lot of fun. Let us now look into the...
- 10/11/2024
- by Rohitavra Majumdar
- Film Fugitives
Disclaimer is a slow burn.
You’ll understand it within seconds of tuning in as the first two installments go so slowly that there’s a real risk that some will check out before we delve deeper into the plot.
Whether or not that will be a mistake on their part is yet to be determined, but we have Cate Blanchett, and the series is incredibly pretty.
(Courtesy of Apple TV+) Disclaimer’s Identity Crisis is Wildly Fascinating
Pardon the candor, but it’s a cinephile’s wet dream.
Remarkably, Disclaimer somehow simultaneously occupies the space of a prestigious cinematic adaptation with its grandiose stylistic choices and atmospheric execution and a potentially pulpy Lifetime popcorn thriller.
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For that fascinating merging quality alone,...
You’ll understand it within seconds of tuning in as the first two installments go so slowly that there’s a real risk that some will check out before we delve deeper into the plot.
Whether or not that will be a mistake on their part is yet to be determined, but we have Cate Blanchett, and the series is incredibly pretty.
(Courtesy of Apple TV+) Disclaimer’s Identity Crisis is Wildly Fascinating
Pardon the candor, but it’s a cinephile’s wet dream.
Remarkably, Disclaimer somehow simultaneously occupies the space of a prestigious cinematic adaptation with its grandiose stylistic choices and atmospheric execution and a potentially pulpy Lifetime popcorn thriller.
Three Women Season 1 Episode 5 Review: Giaby Laura Nowak Disclaimer Season Premiere Review: A Visually Stunning Exercise in Patienceby Jasmine Blu Pachinko Season 2 Episode 8 Review: The Wheel Of Historyby Paullette Gaudet
For that fascinating merging quality alone,...
- 10/11/2024
- by Jasmine Blu
- TVfanatic
No one films the ocean as a proxy for emotional extremes like Alfonso Cuarón. In films like “Children of Men,” “Gravity” and “Roma,” the Mexican director — often in conjunction with Oscar-winning cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki — makes roiling waves a metaphor for everything from rebirth to safety to cathartic release. In this respect, the new Apple TV+ series “Disclaimer,” which Cuarón wrote and directed in its entirety, is a perfect fit for the “Y tu mamá también” auteur. “Disclaimer” centers on competing accounts of a young man’s fatal drowning on an Italian beach, and you can bet your bottom lira there are numerous and lengthy scenes built around the rhythmic crash of water.
But Cuarón is a much less intuitive match for other aspects of “Disclaimer,” which he adapted from Renée Knight’s 2015 novel of the same name. “Disclaimer” is, at its core, a talky, interpersonal drama about grief, self-deception and storytelling,...
But Cuarón is a much less intuitive match for other aspects of “Disclaimer,” which he adapted from Renée Knight’s 2015 novel of the same name. “Disclaimer” is, at its core, a talky, interpersonal drama about grief, self-deception and storytelling,...
- 10/11/2024
- by Alison Herman
- Variety Film + TV
Cate Blanchett‘s Disclaimer role turned out to be much more than an epic performance of a celebrated documentarian watching her life fall apart: She learned to debone a fish and tame cats, too.
It turns out, in Alfonso Cuarón’s AppleTV+ thriller, the animal friends of Blanchett and Sacha Baron Cohen’s characters are integral to the show’s layered symbolism. The cast — including Blanchett, Baron Cohen, Kevin Kline, Louis Partridge, Leila George and HoYeon Jung — spoke to audiences after a BFI London Film Festival screening of the program’s first three episodes Thursday.
The seven-part series follows the acclaimed creative Catherine Ravenscroft (Blanchett) and her wealthy husband Robert (Baron Cohen), whose lives are turned upside down when a book named The Perfect Stranger is posted to Catherine and — to her horror — divulges a secret of hers that she hoped had been long buried. At the same time, the...
It turns out, in Alfonso Cuarón’s AppleTV+ thriller, the animal friends of Blanchett and Sacha Baron Cohen’s characters are integral to the show’s layered symbolism. The cast — including Blanchett, Baron Cohen, Kevin Kline, Louis Partridge, Leila George and HoYeon Jung — spoke to audiences after a BFI London Film Festival screening of the program’s first three episodes Thursday.
The seven-part series follows the acclaimed creative Catherine Ravenscroft (Blanchett) and her wealthy husband Robert (Baron Cohen), whose lives are turned upside down when a book named The Perfect Stranger is posted to Catherine and — to her horror — divulges a secret of hers that she hoped had been long buried. At the same time, the...
- 10/11/2024
- by Lily Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If the pilot’s how the rest of Alfonso Cuaron’s miniseries is supposed to go, I think what we have in our hands with Disclaimer is one of those really pretty but sort of meaningless things we can’t find a use for. You look at it, appreciate the work that went into it, and in your head, you kinda go, “What am I supposed to do with this?” That is not to say that Apple TV+’s newest adaptation of Renee Knight’s novel of the same name is without substance. The stakes are pretty high for Catherine. The reputation that she’s so painstakingly garnered as a journalist who unmasks uncomfortable truths and the family that she is very evidently insecure about–all of it is under threat when something from her past comes back to wreck her present.
Spoiler Alert
A new kind of grief
Something’s been bothering Stephen.
Spoiler Alert
A new kind of grief
Something’s been bothering Stephen.
- 10/11/2024
- by Lopamudra Mukherjee
- DMT
Unlike most novels, the self-published The Perfect Stranger includes a disclaimer that “any resemblance to persons living or dead is not a coincidence.” Is it fiction or fact? Whatever the case, this slim volume shatters the composure of acclaimed British documentary filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft (a sublime Cate Blanchett), who sees herself and the exposure of her darkest secret in those pages. That’s the premise of Oscar-winning writer-director Alfonso Cuarón’s mesmerizing seven-part mystery-drama Disclaimer, based on Renée Wright’s brilliant page-turner. Cuarón announces early on to “beware of narrative and form” as this twisty tale unfolds from multiple perspectives and not always reliable points of view, with a mix of first-person and omniscient third-person narrators. Lauded as a “beacon of truth” at an awards ceremony by no less than TV journalist Christiane Amanpour, Catherine panics when The Perfect Stranger appears in her mail, attempting to burn it while telling...
- 10/10/2024
- TV Insider
"Beware of narrative and form. Their power can bring us closer to the truth, but they can also be a weapon with a great power to manipulate." These words are spoken early in Disclaimer's first episode, when journalist and documentarian Catherine Ravenscroft (Cate Blanchett) is being presented with an award for having "cut through narratives and form that distract us from hidden truths." They presage the way Catherine's life is about to be dramatically upended, but the warning is also sincere. Writer-director Alfonso Cuarn is telling us to beware of how this story is told.
Disclaimer
Cast Whitney Kehinde, Hoyeon, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Cate Blanchett, Sacha Baron Cohen, Louis Partridge, Lesley Manville, Kevin KlineRelease Date October 10, 2024Seasons 1Genres Drama, Mystery, ThrillerMain Genre Drama
I suggest you think of that warning more as a recommendation this show is best suited to wary viewers. Disclaimer is a seven-episode exploration of the power narrative has to manipulate us,...
Disclaimer
Cast Whitney Kehinde, Hoyeon, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Cate Blanchett, Sacha Baron Cohen, Louis Partridge, Lesley Manville, Kevin KlineRelease Date October 10, 2024Seasons 1Genres Drama, Mystery, ThrillerMain Genre Drama
I suggest you think of that warning more as a recommendation this show is best suited to wary viewers. Disclaimer is a seven-episode exploration of the power narrative has to manipulate us,...
- 10/8/2024
- by Alex Harrison
- ScreenRant
What if a novel showed up on your doorstep, and you were not only a main character in it, but its villain? And what if copies of the book — which begins by noting that “any resemblance to persons living or dead is not a coincidence” — started appearing in the hands of everyone you knew and cared about?
That’s the nightmarish, addictive premise of Disclaimer, a new Apple miniseries adapted by writer-director Alfonso Cuarón (Roma) from the book by Renée Knight. Catherine Ravenscroft (Cate Blanchett) is an acclaimed documentary filmmaker...
That’s the nightmarish, addictive premise of Disclaimer, a new Apple miniseries adapted by writer-director Alfonso Cuarón (Roma) from the book by Renée Knight. Catherine Ravenscroft (Cate Blanchett) is an acclaimed documentary filmmaker...
- 10/7/2024
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Alfonso Cuarón’s potboiler Disclaimer, an adaptation of the Renee Knight’s 2015 novel of the same name, begins with famed documentarian Catherine (Cate Blanchett) being fêted at an awards ceremony. Scenes of Catherine and her husband, Roger (Sacha Baron Cohen), living a posh life in their gorgeous London rowhouse are intercut with a storyline about a pair of students, Jonathan (Louis Partridge) and Sasha (Liv Hill), having a gap-year escapade in Italy. Meanwhile, a gloomier third narrative tracks Stephen (Kevin Kline), a widowed schoolteacher who seems to have lost every reason for living except for the drive to exact vengeance on Catherine for a crime that he believes she got away with.
These plot strands are at first loosely knit together, but Cuarón pulls the strings tighter and tighter throughout the first few episodes. Catherine receives a novel, The Perfect Stranger, privately published by Stephen, which seems to mirror a...
These plot strands are at first loosely knit together, but Cuarón pulls the strings tighter and tighter throughout the first few episodes. Catherine receives a novel, The Perfect Stranger, privately published by Stephen, which seems to mirror a...
- 10/3/2024
- by Chris Barsanti
- Slant Magazine
Across Oscars, BAFTAs, Golden Globes, and more, filmmaker Alfonso Cuarn has a statuette-proven track record (if we give credence to such committee-dispensed laurels) to warrant curiosity about any project he puts his name on. He is, after all, the director of Children of Men (2006), not just one of the best sci-fi films of the past 20 years, but a classic, full stop. Add to the gumbo immensely gifted performers Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Lesley Manville, Sacha Baron Cohen, and veteran Coen Brothers collaborators Emmanuel Lubezki and Bruno Delbonnel on cinematography, and the notion of "prestige TV" seems to have some real weight behind it.
The project that unites these big names is Disclaimer, based on the novel of the same name by Rene Knight. Cuarn, who directs every episode of the series, also maintains sole credit for adapting the book for Apple TV+. While series bibles provide cohesion across writers and directors,...
The project that unites these big names is Disclaimer, based on the novel of the same name by Rene Knight. Cuarn, who directs every episode of the series, also maintains sole credit for adapting the book for Apple TV+. While series bibles provide cohesion across writers and directors,...
- 9/3/2024
- by Howard Waldstein
- CBR
Exclusive: Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón is studying the possibility of creating a version of his acclaimed seven hour Apple TV+ production Disclaimer that can qualify for Academy Award consideration.
The phenomenal work directed and adapted by Cuarón from Renée Knight’s 2015 unputdownable novel, about a documentary filmmaker by the name of Catherine Ravenscroft, brilliantly played at different stages of her life by Leila George and Cate Blanchett, whose “mask has fallen” when she receives a manuscript of a supposedly fictional tale called The Perfect Stranger.
There’s something in that book that connects to an incident in Ravenscroft’s life that she has kept secret for two decades.
The seven-part Apple TV+ drama received its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and was shown in two parts at the Telluride Film Festival over the Labor Day weekend.
I was able to watch the thriller — well, it’s at once...
The phenomenal work directed and adapted by Cuarón from Renée Knight’s 2015 unputdownable novel, about a documentary filmmaker by the name of Catherine Ravenscroft, brilliantly played at different stages of her life by Leila George and Cate Blanchett, whose “mask has fallen” when she receives a manuscript of a supposedly fictional tale called The Perfect Stranger.
There’s something in that book that connects to an incident in Ravenscroft’s life that she has kept secret for two decades.
The seven-part Apple TV+ drama received its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and was shown in two parts at the Telluride Film Festival over the Labor Day weekend.
I was able to watch the thriller — well, it’s at once...
- 9/3/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Form trumps function in Alfonso Cuaron’s new, star-studded limited series Disclaimer, a somewhat too obvious piece of narrative sleight of hand, in which the mechanics of the narrative are captivating and the narrative itself is largely perfunctory.
Of course, if you accept that the narrative of this adaptation of Renée Knight’s novel is entirely about how the mechanics of narrativizing can get in the way of the truth … well, the truth is that Disclaimer, driven by tricky and playful lead performances from Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline, may be one of those shows that’s more fascinating to talk circles around than to actually watch. This is already what critics are going to have to do in order to review without spoiling anything.
Sound frustrating? Perhaps a little.
Blanchett plays Catherine Ravenscroft, an acclaimed documentarian with a blandly wealthy husband (Sacha Baron Cohen’s Robert), a directionless son...
Of course, if you accept that the narrative of this adaptation of Renée Knight’s novel is entirely about how the mechanics of narrativizing can get in the way of the truth … well, the truth is that Disclaimer, driven by tricky and playful lead performances from Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline, may be one of those shows that’s more fascinating to talk circles around than to actually watch. This is already what critics are going to have to do in order to review without spoiling anything.
Sound frustrating? Perhaps a little.
Blanchett plays Catherine Ravenscroft, an acclaimed documentarian with a blandly wealthy husband (Sacha Baron Cohen’s Robert), a directionless son...
- 8/30/2024
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A few months ago we shared Anthony Simon’s Pure Flix and Chill, a found footage biography of the Christian movie company’s founder David A.R. White in his own unreliable words. Now we’re pleased to share Simon’s latest Christian found footage work, which is very funny and unsettlingly indelible. Writes Simon, this is “A re-edit of the straight-to-video Christian series The Perfect Stranger, written, directed by and starring Jefferson Moore. In each original episode, Moore seeks out a vulnerable stranger and proceeds to convince them he’s Jesus. Seduced by Jesus functions as a pick-up-artist parody, fueled by the creepy conceit of the […]...
- 9/27/2018
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
A few months ago we shared Anthony Simon’s Pure Flix and Chill, a found footage biography of the Christian movie company’s founder David A.R. White in his own unreliable words. Now we’re pleased to share Simon’s latest Christian found footage work, which is very funny and unsettlingly indelible. Writes Simon, this is “A re-edit of the straight-to-video Christian series The Perfect Stranger, written, directed by and starring Jefferson Moore. In each original episode, Moore seeks out a vulnerable stranger and proceeds to convince them he’s Jesus. Seduced by Jesus functions as a pick-up-artist parody, fueled by the creepy conceit of the […]...
- 9/27/2018
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
It’s almost the start of a new month and that means Netflix is about to refresh their content by adding a lot of new titles and removing some as well. Some of the titles we’re losing include Fargo, Stand By Me, and Batman & Robin, oh no! But some of the highlights for November include the first season of Bob Odenkirk and David Cross’s new Netflix show With Bob and David; Marvel’s Jessica Jones, and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. Check out the full listings below:
All Title Dates are Subject to Change
Netflix U.S. Release Dates Only
Available 11/1
Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure (2011)
Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce: Season 1
Idris Elba: Mandela, My Dad and Me (2015)
Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
Pasion de Gavilanes (2003)
Robot Overlords (2015)
Seven Deadly Sins: Season 1 — Netflix Original
Smithsonian Channel: The Day Kennedy Died (2013)
The Last Time You Had Fun (2014)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie...
All Title Dates are Subject to Change
Netflix U.S. Release Dates Only
Available 11/1
Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure (2011)
Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce: Season 1
Idris Elba: Mandela, My Dad and Me (2015)
Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
Pasion de Gavilanes (2003)
Robot Overlords (2015)
Seven Deadly Sins: Season 1 — Netflix Original
Smithsonian Channel: The Day Kennedy Died (2013)
The Last Time You Had Fun (2014)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie...
- 10/27/2015
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
Halloween is ending abruptly on Netflix: You only have until midnight on October 31st to stream "Scream" and several "Saw" installments as these horror films are all expiring on November 1.
And if you want to watch "Fargo" (1996), "Rudy" (1993), "Stand by Me," or "The Blues Brothers" (1980), they're also vanishing on November 1.
Here's the complete list of what's leaving Netflix streaming in November 2015.
Leaving November 1
"1492: Conquest of Paradise" (1992)
"America in Primetime" (2011)
"Bali": Season 1 (2006)
"Balto 3: Wings of Change" (2004)
"Batman & Robin" (1997)
"Best Kept Secret" (2013)
"Best Laid Plans" (1999)
"Changing Lanes" (2002)
"Cleopatra" (1963)
"Conspiracy Theory" (1997)
"Death Warrant" (1990)
"Fargo" (1996)
"Fela Kuti: Music Is the Weapon" (1982)
"Funny Games" (1997)
"Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" (2012)
"Hero and Terror" (1988)
"House of Flying Daggers" (2004)
"Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie" (2002)
"Lunopolis" (2009)
"Move Over, Darling" (1963)
"Norman" (2010)
"Pajanimals": Season 1 (2010)
"Rudy" (1993)
"Saw" (2004)
"Saw II" (2005)
"Saw III" (2006)
"Saw IV" (2007)
"Saw V" (2008)
"Scream" (1996)
"Secrets of Mary Magdalene" (2006)
"Soul Plane" (2004)
"Stand by Me...
And if you want to watch "Fargo" (1996), "Rudy" (1993), "Stand by Me," or "The Blues Brothers" (1980), they're also vanishing on November 1.
Here's the complete list of what's leaving Netflix streaming in November 2015.
Leaving November 1
"1492: Conquest of Paradise" (1992)
"America in Primetime" (2011)
"Bali": Season 1 (2006)
"Balto 3: Wings of Change" (2004)
"Batman & Robin" (1997)
"Best Kept Secret" (2013)
"Best Laid Plans" (1999)
"Changing Lanes" (2002)
"Cleopatra" (1963)
"Conspiracy Theory" (1997)
"Death Warrant" (1990)
"Fargo" (1996)
"Fela Kuti: Music Is the Weapon" (1982)
"Funny Games" (1997)
"Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" (2012)
"Hero and Terror" (1988)
"House of Flying Daggers" (2004)
"Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie" (2002)
"Lunopolis" (2009)
"Move Over, Darling" (1963)
"Norman" (2010)
"Pajanimals": Season 1 (2010)
"Rudy" (1993)
"Saw" (2004)
"Saw II" (2005)
"Saw III" (2006)
"Saw IV" (2007)
"Saw V" (2008)
"Scream" (1996)
"Secrets of Mary Magdalene" (2006)
"Soul Plane" (2004)
"Stand by Me...
- 10/21/2015
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
By Jeffrey Matulef
Remember Perfect Strangers? Of course you do! Who could forget the quirky antics of Bronson Pinchot as Balki Bartokomous, his uptight, but well meaning Cousin Larry Appleton, and that song? Oh god, that song! I recall very little about my life prior to my teenage years, but that theme song permanently burned itself into my long term memory like no other.
Now, you can vicariously live through Balki as he chases his dream in a celebration of all that is good and pure in this world in Perfect Strangers: Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now. In a brilliant touch, you're able to change Balki's dream to whatever your heart desires. Unless your dream is to forget The Perfect Stranger's Theme song. Good luck with that.
Sometimes, the world looks perfect.
[Source: Joystiq]
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Remember Perfect Strangers? Of course you do! Who could forget the quirky antics of Bronson Pinchot as Balki Bartokomous, his uptight, but well meaning Cousin Larry Appleton, and that song? Oh god, that song! I recall very little about my life prior to my teenage years, but that theme song permanently burned itself into my long term memory like no other.
Now, you can vicariously live through Balki as he chases his dream in a celebration of all that is good and pure in this world in Perfect Strangers: Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now. In a brilliant touch, you're able to change Balki's dream to whatever your heart desires. Unless your dream is to forget The Perfect Stranger's Theme song. Good luck with that.
Sometimes, the world looks perfect.
[Source: Joystiq]
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- 5/3/2012
- by MTV Video Games
- MTV Multiplayer
'Parked', the directorial debut from Irish director Darragh Byrne (Starstruck, The Suicide Club) starring Colm Meaney (The Perfect Stranger, Whole Lot of Sole) and Colin Morgan (Merlin) has won the top prize at the Mannheim-Heidelberg film festival, a festival dedicated to up and coming new directors. The award was collected by producer Dominic Wright and Colin Morgan at the festival on Sunday night.
- 11/23/2011
- IFTN
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