Pick of the week
The Studio
Does the head of a Hollywood studio need to care about films? This cringe comedy stars Seth Rogen as Matt Remick, a movie obsessive whose rise to the helm of the fictional Continental Studios suggests it might be the worst quality to possess. Matt wants to make great films – but his boss Griffin Mill (a superbly villainous Bryan Cranston) sees things differently. Before he knows it, Matt is greenlighting a Kool-Aid movie, doing the dirty on his mentor Patty (Catherine O’Hara) and breaking Martin Scorsese’s heart. The sheer quality of the Hollywood cameos (Steve Buscemi, Charlize Theron and more) suggests something about the satirical message at the show’s core rings uncomfortably true.
Apple TV+, from Wednesday 26 March
