Author: Swapna Kumari
Swapna Kumari
A journalist and film critic by trade, she holds a degree in Film History and Criticism from Jadavpur University in Kolkata. She has been with entertnr.com as a co-founder and writer since 2026. Her work also includes critical essays on cinema, something she has been at since the publication of her first book in 2017 and does in addition to her regular entertainment reporting.
There is no mistaking Netflix’s hold on the high end of international content, and its strategy keeps producing breakout material. South Korean television in particular has an unyielding command of global viewership charts. Case in point is The East Palace, an atmospheric dark-fantasy that has made quick work of climbing to the top tier of international streaming. In just three days since its debut, the show has seized the global zeitgeist despite having no legacy franchise to prop it up. The eight-episode series is a deft blend of action folklore, historical drama, and the supernatural. It takes place in a…
Lena Waithe’s The Chi has made its official exit. The Showtime series (available to stream on Paramount+), an eight-season fixture that put the socio-economic currents and hardy community ties of Chicago’s South Side under a microscope, is no more. With “The Last Dance,” the showrunners have put a definitive period to what they called the “coldest winter ever” for their cast, eschewing the kind of high-body-count spectacle one might expect from urban television in favor of something more reflective and concerned with legacy. It was fitting for a series that has always managed to straddle the line between gritty street…
It is a hard rule, and one Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) seems to have forgotten as House of the Dragon enters its third season. The Black faction is on the verge of an internal collapse under the weight of military, financial and administrative woes. The royal coffers are empty, Gold Cloaks are being found dead in the King’s Landing alleys and Aemond with Vhagar is an unaccounted for danger. But in the fifth episode of the new season, Rhaenyra’s most damaging misstep is not to be found on the battlefield. It is a diplomatic gaffe that risks putting a…