Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Lurker” is a quiet thriller that lives in discomfort. Théodore Pellerin plays Matthew, a quiet young man who cannily navigates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Madekwe jokes that watching the Showtime series was “an [acting] exercise” for Lurker — which actually makes sense. Observing ...

A still from Lurker by Alex Russell (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) Using the lens of fame, L.A.-based writer/director Alex Russell explores why the need to belong brings out the worst behavior in ...

Taylor Gates is an Indiana native who earned her BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Evansville. She fell in love with entertainment by watching shows about chaotic families like Full House ...

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34-year-old Alex Russell cut his teeth as a writer on Dave before writing and producing on both The Bear and Beef. Essentially, he’s had his hands in some of the most critically beloved shows of ...

Matthew (Théodore Pellerin) has a cold, vacant, calculating stare that morphs suddenly, and consciously, to friendliness when pop star Oliver (Archie Madekwe) enters the Los Angeles clothing store ...

Fandom is a funny thing in the age of social media. Spend enough time scrolling and it’s easy to feel like you really know a celebrity, and all their friends. The new film “Lurker,” a Sundance ...

When I first started watching Alex Russell‘s feature film debut, Lurker, I was worried it would just be another movie that follows the typical narrative beats of an erotic thriller centered on a ...

How far would you go for a front-row seat to fame? That’s the question at the heart of Lurker, a new film from The Bear writer Alex Russell. In the movie, which hits theaters Aug. 22, Théodore ...