Well, everyone, it's been 8 years. Not for all of us, as we watch week to week the latest horrifying exploits of hitman/actor Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) in the HBO show "Barry." But for Barry and Sally Reed (Sarah Goldberg), it's been 8 years since the events of last week's episode, in which Barry had escaped from prison and hid in Sally's apartment, to find that she was surprisingly willing to join him in Witness Protection for having named names to the FBI. Last week's installment ended with the shock that a long enough period of time had elapsed so that Barry and Sally not only had new identities in the middle of the country, but also had a son named John (Zachary Golinger). "tricky legacies", marking the start of the back half of the show's final season, is not remotely as eventful as last week's episode, which not only featured...
- 5/8/2023
- by Josh Spiegel
- Slash Film
The final chapter of Bill Hader’s HBO comedy “Barry” started off strong and is only getting better each week. The season’s third episode, ironically titled “you’re charming,” explored the uglier parts of the show’s messed-up characters. It’s with this method that Emmy nominee Sarah Goldberg‘s character, Sally Reed, places all her bets to revive her acting career. Sally’s attempts to return to the Hollywood map have been unsuccessful. Still, the actress that plays her seems to only thrive on her character’s misfortunes.
The final season’s plot development builds up to a major emotional journey for Sally. Even at this point in the show, Goldberg holds a highly promising seventh spot in our Best Comedy Supporting Actress odds. This year the actress is going up against some solid competitors, although the absence of 2022 nominees Kate McKinnon (“Saturday Night Live”) and Hannah Einbinder...
The final season’s plot development builds up to a major emotional journey for Sally. Even at this point in the show, Goldberg holds a highly promising seventh spot in our Best Comedy Supporting Actress odds. This year the actress is going up against some solid competitors, although the absence of 2022 nominees Kate McKinnon (“Saturday Night Live”) and Hannah Einbinder...
- 5/5/2023
- by Daria Kakhnovskaia
- Gold Derby
Throughout the course of its stellar four-season run, HBO's "Barry" has featured a number of cameo appearances. Most of these took the form of fictional guest characters, from Vanessa Bayer as a vapid TV executive in season 3 to the third episode of the current season, which featured both filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro as a crime lord (not coincidentally named "Toro") and co-creator Bill Hader's old Saturday Night Live cast member Fred Armisen as a doomed assassin.
Less common within the show (but just as welcome) are the cameo appearances from Hollywood figures playing themselves, such as Jon Hamm's portrayal of himself in a fantasy sequence from season 1. The latest episode of "Barry" happened to include another filmmaker playing themselves: director Sian Heder, whose 2021 film "Coda" won several Academy Awards (including Best Picture).
While most of the cameos in "Barry" act as visual gags, Heder's part in season 4 episode...
Less common within the show (but just as welcome) are the cameo appearances from Hollywood figures playing themselves, such as Jon Hamm's portrayal of himself in a fantasy sequence from season 1. The latest episode of "Barry" happened to include another filmmaker playing themselves: director Sian Heder, whose 2021 film "Coda" won several Academy Awards (including Best Picture).
While most of the cameos in "Barry" act as visual gags, Heder's part in season 4 episode...
- 5/3/2023
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
We don't have to wonder if Barry will be cancelled or renewed for a fifth season since it's already been announced that the HBO series ends with the current fourth season. However, reboots and spin-offs are very popular these days. Could some characters return someday in a fifth season of Barry or perhaps their own show? Stay tuned.
A dark comedy crime series, the Barry TV show stars Bill Hader, Stephen Root; Sarah Goldberg; Anthony Carrigan; Henry Winkler; and Robert Wisdom, with Michael Irby, Fred Melamed, Andrew Leeds, Patrick Fischler, and Jessy Hodges in recurring roles. The story begins as former Marine Barry Berkman (Hader), a Cleveland hitman travels to Los Angeles to kill someone. He joins an acting class taught by self-obsessed Gene Cousineau (Winkler). There, Barry meets aspiring actress Sally Reed (Goldberg) and falls in love with the craft and wants to change...
A dark comedy crime series, the Barry TV show stars Bill Hader, Stephen Root; Sarah Goldberg; Anthony Carrigan; Henry Winkler; and Robert Wisdom, with Michael Irby, Fred Melamed, Andrew Leeds, Patrick Fischler, and Jessy Hodges in recurring roles. The story begins as former Marine Barry Berkman (Hader), a Cleveland hitman travels to Los Angeles to kill someone. He joins an acting class taught by self-obsessed Gene Cousineau (Winkler). There, Barry meets aspiring actress Sally Reed (Goldberg) and falls in love with the craft and wants to change...
- 4/18/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
This article contains mild spoilers for "Barry" season 4.Through the first two episodes of "Barry" season 4 (read /Film's review), Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) is getting adjusted to life behind bars after his acting teacher and mentor, Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler), helped capture him to avenge his girlfriend, Detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome). After getting confirmation from Cousineau that he worked with Janice's father, Jim Moss (Robert Wisdom), to arrest him, Barry is understandably shattered. Betrayed, he phones his ex-girlfriend Sally (Sarah Goldberg) who promptly tells him to never contact her again.
It's a devastating blow for Barry who is still coming to terms with the fact that becoming an actor didn't quell his desire to kill. In fact, unlocking his emotions only exacerbated the problem. Acting was supposed to be his creative outlet, but instead, moonlighting as an assassin was still his true, dark calling.
Without Sally, Barry immediately...
It's a devastating blow for Barry who is still coming to terms with the fact that becoming an actor didn't quell his desire to kill. In fact, unlocking his emotions only exacerbated the problem. Acting was supposed to be his creative outlet, but instead, moonlighting as an assassin was still his true, dark calling.
Without Sally, Barry immediately...
- 4/17/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for "Barry" season 4, episode 1, "yikes," and episode 2, "bestest place on the earth."
One of the most important relationships in "Barry" is between the eponymous hitman turned actor (Bill Hader) and his handler/honorary uncle, Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root). Fuches is the one who turned Barry into a hitman (he was already a killer from his military service in Afghanistan). So when Barry wants to try a new vocation and join the acting class of Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler), Fuches objects, knowing that spells the end of his gravy train. Their partnership falls apart over season 1, and they've now tried to kill each other multiple times.
Season 3 of "Barry" ended with a sense of comeuppance. After entrapment by Cousineau, Barry was finally arrested for killing Detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome) — Cousineau's girlfriend — back in the season 1 finale. Fuches was arrested too, courtesy of Janice's father Jim...
One of the most important relationships in "Barry" is between the eponymous hitman turned actor (Bill Hader) and his handler/honorary uncle, Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root). Fuches is the one who turned Barry into a hitman (he was already a killer from his military service in Afghanistan). So when Barry wants to try a new vocation and join the acting class of Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler), Fuches objects, knowing that spells the end of his gravy train. Their partnership falls apart over season 1, and they've now tried to kill each other multiple times.
Season 3 of "Barry" ended with a sense of comeuppance. After entrapment by Cousineau, Barry was finally arrested for killing Detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome) — Cousineau's girlfriend — back in the season 1 finale. Fuches was arrested too, courtesy of Janice's father Jim...
- 4/17/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
May will be a brutal month for fans of great television. Succession hangs up its necktie on 28 May at the end of its fourth season, bringing an end to the best drama of the last decade or so. The same night, on the same channel (HBO in the US; Sky and Now in the UK), Barry will also finish up its own stellar four-season run. Bill Hader’s showbiz satire/crime drama fusion has never quite hit the zeitgeist like its HBO compatriot, but those who did tune in have been transfixed by its inventive, blackly comic sensibility and first-rate performances. Season four, thankfully, sees it go out on a high.
The series picks back up with assassin-turned-actor Barry Berkman (Hader) at a low point, locked up in prison for the murder of police officer Janice Moss. Having been turned in by his former acting coach, the conceited Gene Cousineau...
The series picks back up with assassin-turned-actor Barry Berkman (Hader) at a low point, locked up in prison for the murder of police officer Janice Moss. Having been turned in by his former acting coach, the conceited Gene Cousineau...
- 4/17/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
The following contains spoilers for "Barry."
Sally Reed (Sarah Goldberg) had a rough go of it in "Barry" season 3. She had a brief moment on the top of the world in the fourth episode, "all the sauces," when her semi-autobiographical streaming series "Joplin" (named after her Missouri hometown) premiered to rave reviews. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to save the series from cancelation by streaming service BanShe's almighty algorithm.
Over the season's second half, a distraught Sally blew up at her assistant Natalie (D'Arcy Carden), was dropped by her agent Lindsay (Jessy Hodges), and then murdered a home invader (Anthony Molinari) in self-defense. So, she decided to leave Los Angeles entirely and go back home.
When we catch up with Sally in the season 4 premiere, "yikes," she's asleep on the flight to Joplin. So, she missed the news of Barry's arrest. When she wakes up, she checks her phone and finds...
Sally Reed (Sarah Goldberg) had a rough go of it in "Barry" season 3. She had a brief moment on the top of the world in the fourth episode, "all the sauces," when her semi-autobiographical streaming series "Joplin" (named after her Missouri hometown) premiered to rave reviews. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to save the series from cancelation by streaming service BanShe's almighty algorithm.
Over the season's second half, a distraught Sally blew up at her assistant Natalie (D'Arcy Carden), was dropped by her agent Lindsay (Jessy Hodges), and then murdered a home invader (Anthony Molinari) in self-defense. So, she decided to leave Los Angeles entirely and go back home.
When we catch up with Sally in the season 4 premiere, "yikes," she's asleep on the flight to Joplin. So, she missed the news of Barry's arrest. When she wakes up, she checks her phone and finds...
- 4/17/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Part of why it’s going to be so hard to say goodbye to Barry when it ends, other than how fantastic it is, is because it’s filled with so many good scenes and memorable moments. It’s hard for us to pick our favorites, but how about the cast? Bill Hader, who not only stars as the titular character but is also co-creator, writer, and director of the HBO comedy, looks back at the oner (a continuous shot designed to look like one take) he directed where Sarah Goldberg (who plays Sally Reed) walks in in the Season 3 premiere. “That was really fun. That was the first day of shooting, Season 3, first day after the pandemic. A lot of us hadn’t seen each other in a year and a half, two years,” he recalls to TV Insider. “When we got it, everybody applauded, and that was ...
- 4/14/2023
- TV Insider
The 2023 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations were announced on January 11 in film and television, as voted on by members of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. Who will prevail in the category of Best Comedy Actor during Netflix’s YouTube ceremony on Sunday, February 26? This year’s five nominees are Anthony Carrigan (“Barry”), Bill Hader (“Barry”), Steve Martin (“Only Murders in the Building”), Martin Short (“Only Murders in the Building”) and Jeremy Allen White (“The Bear”).
Scroll down to see Gold Derby’s 2023 SAG Awards TV Predictions for Best Comedy Actor, listed in order of their racetrack odds. Our SAG Awards odds are based on the combined forecasts of thousands of readers, including Experts we’ve polled from major media outlets, Editors who cover awards year-round for this website, Top 24 Users who did the best predicting the winners last time, All-Star Users who had the best prediction scores over the last two years,...
Scroll down to see Gold Derby’s 2023 SAG Awards TV Predictions for Best Comedy Actor, listed in order of their racetrack odds. Our SAG Awards odds are based on the combined forecasts of thousands of readers, including Experts we’ve polled from major media outlets, Editors who cover awards year-round for this website, Top 24 Users who did the best predicting the winners last time, All-Star Users who had the best prediction scores over the last two years,...
- 2/21/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
“Everybody deserves a second chance,” but will Barry (Bill Hader) ever find his?
Hader stars as the titular former hitman whose acting career is finally finding its footing, while his personal life is still in disarray. Season 3 of HBO’s hit series “Barry” premieres April 24, and a new teaser shows that Barry is trying even harder to be the version of himself that he’s been striving to embody.
But as ex-boss Fuches (Stephen Root) continues to conspire against Army vet Barry, and acting coach Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) thinks that Barry is to blame for the death of his police officer girlfriend, the tension will inevitably boil over. Add in Barry’s fraught relationship with fellow acting classmate Sally Reed (Sarah Goldberg) and a Chechen mob boss (Anthony Carrigan), and Barry’s life is anything but breezy.
Per the teaser, Barry’s forgiveness may have to be earned after all.
Hader stars as the titular former hitman whose acting career is finally finding its footing, while his personal life is still in disarray. Season 3 of HBO’s hit series “Barry” premieres April 24, and a new teaser shows that Barry is trying even harder to be the version of himself that he’s been striving to embody.
But as ex-boss Fuches (Stephen Root) continues to conspire against Army vet Barry, and acting coach Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) thinks that Barry is to blame for the death of his police officer girlfriend, the tension will inevitably boil over. Add in Barry’s fraught relationship with fellow acting classmate Sally Reed (Sarah Goldberg) and a Chechen mob boss (Anthony Carrigan), and Barry’s life is anything but breezy.
Per the teaser, Barry’s forgiveness may have to be earned after all.
- 3/16/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
After a three-year delay, Barry Berkman is stepping back into his spotlight.
HBO has released the official trailer for Season 3 of “Barry,” the critically-acclaimed comedy and crime series created by and starring Bill Hader.
Hader stars as Barry Berkman, a marine-turned-hitman who attempts to abandon his deadly profession after he discovers a love for acting, joining a community of aspiring Los Angeles theater performers. But his connections to the criminal world refuse to let go, and Barry finds himself having to live a very violent double life. In addition to Hader, the series also stars Henry Winkler as Barry’s vain acting coach Gene Cousineau; Stephen Root as Barry’s handler Monroe Fuches; Sarah Goldberg as Barry’s love interest, aspiring actress Sally Reed; Anthony Carrigan as mob leader NoHo Hank; and Sarah Burns as May, a detective investigating Barry.
Season 2 of “Barry” ended on a huge cliffhanger for the series,...
HBO has released the official trailer for Season 3 of “Barry,” the critically-acclaimed comedy and crime series created by and starring Bill Hader.
Hader stars as Barry Berkman, a marine-turned-hitman who attempts to abandon his deadly profession after he discovers a love for acting, joining a community of aspiring Los Angeles theater performers. But his connections to the criminal world refuse to let go, and Barry finds himself having to live a very violent double life. In addition to Hader, the series also stars Henry Winkler as Barry’s vain acting coach Gene Cousineau; Stephen Root as Barry’s handler Monroe Fuches; Sarah Goldberg as Barry’s love interest, aspiring actress Sally Reed; Anthony Carrigan as mob leader NoHo Hank; and Sarah Burns as May, a detective investigating Barry.
Season 2 of “Barry” ended on a huge cliffhanger for the series,...
- 3/16/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Sarah Goldberg (Barry) and Jimmy Akingbola (In The Long Run) have joined the cast of UK thriller Freegard, which is in production in London.
As previously revealed, cast is led by James Norton (Little Women), Gemma Arterton (The King’s Man), Shazad Latif (Star Trek Discovery), Marisa Abela (Industry), Edwina Findley (The Wire), and Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh).
Based on true events, the movie will chart the story of career conman, Robert Freegard, played by Norton, with Gemma Arterton as the woman who brought him down.
Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn are directing from a script by Michael Bronner (The Mauritanian), Patterson and Lawn (The Salisbury Poisonings). Rabbit Track Pictures and The Development Partnership produce with backing from Night Train Media.
Goldberg is best known for her portrayal of Sally Reed in HBO series Barry, which earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
As previously revealed, cast is led by James Norton (Little Women), Gemma Arterton (The King’s Man), Shazad Latif (Star Trek Discovery), Marisa Abela (Industry), Edwina Findley (The Wire), and Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh).
Based on true events, the movie will chart the story of career conman, Robert Freegard, played by Norton, with Gemma Arterton as the woman who brought him down.
Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn are directing from a script by Michael Bronner (The Mauritanian), Patterson and Lawn (The Salisbury Poisonings). Rabbit Track Pictures and The Development Partnership produce with backing from Night Train Media.
Goldberg is best known for her portrayal of Sally Reed in HBO series Barry, which earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
- 7/2/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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