Author: Meg Shields
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Amazon’s ‘Lore’ and the Gains and Losses of Adapting Podcasts
Just in time for Halloween, Lore brings together three of life’s greatest pleasures: podcasts, horror anthologies, and debates about when adaptations are justified.
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Serendipity, Sci-Fi, and Silliness: The Holistic Hijinx of ‘Dirk Gently’
Why Dirk Gently should be your go-to small-screen sci-fi for interconnectedness, coincidence, and the rarer, sexier coinky-dinks.
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What I’ve Seen With Your Eyes: The Influences of ‘Blade Runner’
From architects to comic strips: How Blade Runner blends media to create postmodern poetry.
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As Tom Cruise Gets Older, His On-Screen Love Interests Stay the Same Age
Tom Cruise has an age gap problem and it mirrors Hollywood’s bias against older actresses.
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TIFF 2017 Review: ‘Marrowbone’ Blends Sumptuous Visuals with Gothic Spooks
In his directorial debut, the screenwriter of The Orphanage delivers a suspenseful, twisty slow-burn horror.
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The Definitive Fall TV Survival Guide
Let us be your (TV) guide. The season of so much goddamn TV is upon us. And as we brace with excitement for the incoming…
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‘The Shape of Water’ and How Falling in Love with Monsters Can Set You Free
In praise of del Toro’s Gill-Man: Why fantasy is the political genre we need and deserve right now.
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Disaster Artists: Despotism, Directing, and the Troubled Production
Lights! Madmen! Action!
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Alfred Hitchcock and The Terrors of the Bathroom
Call the plumber. It’s an emergency.