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| HBO Max | Season Premiere Date: July 21, 2022 |
Summary:
The six-part Ethan Hawke documentary about Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman features archival interviews of Woodward and Newman as well as new interviews with Sally Field, Melanie Griffith, and Martin Scorsese.
Genre(s):
Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary, Arts
Season 1 Episodes
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S1:E6. Chapter 6: Luck is an Art
Air Date: July 21, 2022
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S1:E5. Chapter 5: Against the Sky
Air Date: July 21, 2022
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S1:E4. Chapter 4: Paying the Price
Air Date: July 21, 2022
The Playlist
Jul 21, 2022
[Ethan Hawke] expertly weaves footage from their films that, when paired with the memoir audio, takes on autobiographical layers, unearthing them like an archaeologist finding these layers hidden in plain sight. ... While the doc’s exploration of Newman’s superstardom in the 1960s is strong, Hawke’s careful examination of how motherhood affected Woodward’s stardom is raw and powerful.
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TV Guide Magazine
Jul 21, 2022
Jul 29, 2022
Jul 19, 2022
This documentary series may not convince you its subjects were the last movie stars; their mastery of showing what they wanted the world to see feels utterly contemporary. But they’re unusually gifted ones — as, after spending six hours in their company, you’ll leave “The Last Movie Stars” wanting more.
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Jul 20, 2022
You get an almost visceral appreciation for Hawke’s unbridled and infectious love of movies and his undying passion for chronicling the life and times of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, the subjects of this brilliantly conceived, masterfully executed, admirably honest and consistently revealing series.
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Jul 19, 2022
The director/narrator's enthusiasm serves to undercut the importance of his subjects. ... Perhaps you have to be a fan of either of the actors already to burrow into "The Last Movie Stars," though in terms of film biography, or documentary in general, it's a remarkable piece of work in the way it toys with structure and freewheeling impressionistic portraiture and creates a knowing account of what it meant to have a life in pictures, and marry it to another, and then figure out who is going to be who, and which part to play. As a story about stars, it may be a period piece. As a story about relationships, it doesn't really have an expiration date.
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: July 21, 2022
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S1:E6. Chapter 6: Luck is an Art
Air Date: July 21, 2022
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S1:E5. Chapter 5: Against the Sky
Air Date: July 21, 2022
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S1:E4. Chapter 4: Paying the Price
Air Date: July 21, 2022
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S1:E3. Chapter 3: The Legend of Paul Leonard Newman
Air Date: July 21, 2022
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S1:E2. Chapter 2: A Star is Born
Air Date: July 21, 2022
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S1:E1. Chapter 1: Cosmic Orphans
Air Date: July 21, 2022
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Season 1 Overview