See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. On December 9, 2001, Michael Peterson's wife, Kathleen Peterson, was ...

Since HBO Max released The Staircase, there’s been a constant comparison of the drama series to the original documentary, which follows Michael Peterson’s court case after Kathleen Peterson died at ...

The BBC has picked up Jean-Xavier de Lestrade‘s TV thriller Sambre – Anatomy of a Crime, which was titled Samber in France. A wealth of other broadcasters including Spain’s Movistar and Portugal’s Nos ...

“The Staircase," the new HBO Max dramatic series, is a dramatization of French filmmaker Jean-Xavier de Lestrade’s docuseries of the same name — which is depicted in the new show. The fiction series ...

This story first appeared in the Emmy Race Begins issue of TheWrap magazine. The critical response to HBO Max’s limited series “The Staircase” has been overwhelmingly positive. But Jean-Xavier de ...

Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind docuseries “The Staircase,” has once again struck a chord with “Samber,” a limited series about a French serial rapist that explores the ...

The documentary filmmakers behind “The Staircase” are not thrilled with the new dramatized version of the case. French filmmaker Jean-Xavier de Lestrade has stated that he feels “betrayed” by the new ...

"The Staircase" subject Michael Peterson said the HBO series contains "egregious fabrications." The series is based on a documentary by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade about the death of Peterson's wife.

Antonio Campos’ depiction of documentary filmmakers Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and Sophie Brunet in HBO Max’s “The Staircase” has led to a public dispute over their portrayal in the miniseries adaptation ...