You’re never too old for ar trip with the besties. Starring screen legends Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field, “80 for Brady” follows four best friends who embark on a wild journey to fulfill a dream: to witness their hero Tom Brady play before he retires. “He’s almost 40 – that’s like 80 in people years,” Tomlin tells her friends in the trailer. “We’re 80 in people years!” Fonda quips.

The trailer sees the quartet of women, “tired of [their] same old boring lives,” making the spontaneous journey to the 2017 Super Bowl LI. But they discover a major oversight upon arrival: they don’t have tickets. 

Chaos

The Athena Film Festival at Barnard College (AFF) has announced Jennifer Vanderbes as the third winner of the annual Alfred P. Sloan Athena List Development Grant for her Athena List-winning script “The Gatekeeper.”

“The Gatekeeper” is a historical drama based on the story of Frances Kelsey, an FDA medical reviewer who fought a major pharmaceutical firm to keep the drug thalidomide off the American market in the early 1960s. The script is based on “Wonder Drug,” Vanderbes’ own non-fiction book, which was also supported by the Sloan Foundation. The book will be published by Random House in June 2023.

Vanderbes will receive $20,000 to help advance her script to the

“If it’s not revenge, what would you want?“ Anna Gunn is asked in a new trailer for Alison Star Locke’s first feature, “The Apology.” Penned by Locke, the horror pic stars the Emmy-winning “Breaking Bad” alumna as Darlene, a mother dealing with the aftermath of her daughter’s mysterious disappearance 20 years ago. “I could never feel whole again,” the grieving mother explains. 

“The Apology” sees Darlene, a recovering alcoholic, struggling to move on from the tragedy as she prepares for a Christmas family gathering with the help of her friend Gretchen (Janeane Garofalo, “Wet Hot American Summer”). In response to a news report about the still-unsolved case, Gretchen asks, “Why

I’ve been thinking about the portrayal of women’s trauma onscreen this fall. It started back at the Toronto International Film Festival with “The Woman King,” directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and “Women Talking,” written and directed by Sarah Polley. I saw those movies back-to-back on a September morning. I went from seeing a woman who took her trauma and became a literal warrior leader, to seeing women who were so traumatized by the men in their community that they had to make the most difficult decision imaginable: whether they should stay amongst their abusers or leave the only homes they have ever known. And then about a month later, I

Natasha Rothwell is following up her Emmy-nominated supporting role in one of last year’s hottest shows by leading her own series. Deadline reports that the “White Lotus” actress has has scored a series order from Onyx Collective for “How to Die Alone,” a comedy that she’ll star in, write, co-showrun, and exec produce. The eight-part, half-hour series will stream on Hulu.

“How to Die Alone” stars Rothwell as Melissa, “a fat, Black neurotic who’s never been in love,” the source details. After a near-death experience, Melissa is determined to live her best life and become “100% that bitch” no matter the cost.

Rothwell, who is under an overall deal with

“Darby and the Dead” is not about your average high schooler. “Are you sitting down for this? I see dead people. I help them pass on to the next realm,” Darby (Riele Downs, “Henry Danger”) expains in a new trailer for the Hulu comedy.

Written by Becca Greene (“Good Vibes”) and Wenonah Wilms (“Horsehead Girls”), “Darby and the Dead” follows a teen who gained the paranormal ability to see and communicate with the dead following a near-death childhood experience. But to the introverted Darby, counseling lonely spirits is still less gruesome than navigating high school, where she is subjected to constant mistreatment from head cheerleader Capri (Auli’i Cravalho, “Moana”)

Things

Kristen Stewart kicked off the year with her first Oscar nomination and is bookending it by casting the lead for her long-gestating feature directorial debut. According to Deadline, Imogen Poots will topline “The Chronology of Water,” Stewart’s adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s “The Chronology of Water.”

Published in 2011, Yuknavitch’s award-winning memoir tackles her bisexuality, motherhood, abuse, and addiction. It tells the story of a “young woman [who] finds her voice through the written word and her salvation as a swimmer — ultimately becoming a triumphant teacher, mother and a singular modern writer. A survivor’s story and a sexually abrasive and honest coming of age, the film is a physical memory

The PGA Awards is set to celebrate Mindy Kaling with a prestigious honor. The prolific screenwriter, actress, producer, and writer has been named as this year’s recipient of the Guild’s Norman Lear Achievement Award. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed the news. 

Given in recognition of a producer or producing team for their body of work on the small screen, the award counts Shonda Rhimes (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Bridgerton”), Marta Kauffman (“Friends,” “Grace and Frankie”), and Amy Sherman-Palladino (“Gilmore Girls,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) among its previous honorees.

Kaling will receive the award at the 34th annual PGA Awards, set to take place February 25.

“It is such an honor to be asked

How far would you go to save your own life? How far would you go to save the life of someone you love? Deceptively minimalist in its story and action, the Dominican Republic’s official Oscar entry “Bantú Mama” is a slow burner that rewards viewers with its poignant meditations on survival, the diaspora experience, and family, both biological and found. 

Clarisse Albrecht stars as Emmanuelle, AKA Emma, a Cameroonian-French embroiled in legal trouble after a botched attempt to smuggle cocaine into the Dominican Republic. After her arrest, the police car transporting Emma gets into a collision, killing the officer but sparing Emma, granting her a lifeline.

With nowhere to