Rian Johnson Q&A: On Faith, ‘Knives Out,’ and ‘Sesame Street’ Spoofs

Rian Johnson Q&A: On faith, ‘Knives Out,’ and ‘Sesame Street’ spoofs

For “Knives Out” series writer and director Rian Johnson, the third outing is not just a locked-room mystery, but an opportunity to examine religious faith.

Rian Johnson Talks New 'Knives Out' Movie; New Podcast Explores Strange Obsessions; Jay Som Performs Live; Golden Globe Nominations Are Out!

Loading... The third film in the Knives Out series is called "Wake Up Dead Man," in which Daniel Craig returns to the role of detective Benoit Blanc, trying to solve a Good Friday murder at a Catholic parish in upstate New York. The series' writer and director Rian Johnson talks about the latest installment of his series, available to stream on Netflix December 12.   In his new podcast "David Greene is Obsessed," former Morning Edition host Davi…

Knives Out: How faith and religion shaped Rian Johnson's "Wake Up Dead Man"

Director Rian Johnson makes faith personal in his third "Knives Out" film, drawing from his evangelical upbringing for the plot.

Wake Up Dead Man is the best Knives Out yet

Rian Johnson’s third Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man, is a perfectly balanced romp.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on Netflix — The Death of Dogma and the Resurrection of the Whodunit

Rian Johnson’s Knives Out project has always functioned as a sociological barometer disguised as a parlor game. If the inaugural film dissected the curdled nostalgia of old money and the American aristocracy, and Glass Onion satirized the vacuous transparency of the tech-disruptor class, the third installment, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, turns its gaze toward a more ancient and opaque institution: the church. Arriving on screens with…