Trying to extract any secrets out of the creator of “The X-Files” is a fool’s game. But at the same time, it’s always a pleasure to hear Chris Carter reflect on the show that changed the game for network television in the 1990s. Nominated for 21 Emmys over the course of its original run, the sci-fi drama made international stars out of Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny, and broke ground in how genre could mix comedy with drama over 22 episodes a season. And when the show returned to Fox this spring for a six-episode limited run, Carter took pride in the fact that &l ... [Continua a leggere]

On the other end of the phone, near the end of our conversation, Gillian Anderson laughed. “Did you think that your entire interview was going to have to do with hair?” The answer was no, that had not been the plan. But the topic proved to be surprisingly insightful. Anderson has been called the Queen of TV upon multiple occasions — such as when, in 2014, she starred on three different series (“Crisis,” “The Fall” and “Hannibal”) while also turning in acclaimed work on the stage as the doomed Blanche of “A Streetcar Named Desire.&rd ... [Continua a leggere]

The prevailing feeling one gets after watching the first two hours of NBC’s new series "Crisis," which premieres this Sunday, March 16 at 10pm, is that it’s incredibly tense. Starring Gillian Anderson, Dermot Mulroney and Rachael Taylor, the show feels like it could easily be another crisis-of-the-week episodic thriller, but once you realize that "Crisis" is a serialized drama with a longer endgame, it begins to reveal its true potential and feels much more in line with the network's recent slate of dramas that include the critically acclaimed "Hannibal" (on which Anderson also app ... [Continua a leggere]

Just over 20 years ago, a little science fiction drama named "The X-Files" premiered on Fox in the television wasteland that is the Friday night time slot. Experts can argue over when today's "golden age of television" officially began, but to ignore the impact that "The X-Files" has had on TV since the first little gray alien scampered across our screens would be a mistake. Stars Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny first met when the future Dana Scully asked the future Fox Mulder to run lines before their audition. The duo reunited at the Paley Center for Media in New York on this past weeke ... [Continua a leggere]

Chris Carter is responsible for the nightmares of a generation. As the creator of "The X-Files" and "Millennium," he shepherded in a new wave of horror and suspense on television, and his legacy can be seen in the success of everything from “Fringe” to “The Walking Dead.” For his contributions to the medium, Carter received the Outstanding Television Writer award from the Austin Film Festival, where he appeared on several panels and presented a pair of episodes from his best-known series. Indiewire got a chance to sit down with him in Austin to talk about everything fr ... [Continua a leggere]