Re-entering the Void with the Best Episode of ‘True Detective’
The surreal HBO series' first-season midpoint -- "Who Goes There?" -- careens into epically cinematic chaos. Read More
October 30, 2021
Essays
How the Netflix Series ‘You’ Brings the Horror with Food
This might just be one of the best cooking shows in years. Read More
October 21, 2021
‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Reinvented Itself Until The Very End
The series about the early days of the tech industry was in love with reinvention, and its series finale, "Ten… Read More
September 29, 2021
The Flashback Episode That Transformed ‘Fleabag’
The fourth episode of Series 2 is sexy, sad, and the emotional key to the whole show. Read More
August 5, 2021
Navigating the Digital Landscape of Michael Mann’s ‘Miami Vice’
The masterful big-screen adaptation has a polarizing and distinct mid-2000s look to it, but that's all part of what makes… Read More
July 28, 2021
‘After Yang,’ ‘The Souvenir: Part II’ and Nature Cinematography as a Healing Art
Kogonada and Joanna Hogg prove themselves masters of capturing the natural world in step with the narrative. Read More
July 15, 2021
Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Subversion of German Expressionism in ‘The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant’
The 1971 masterpiece explores the complicated history of German cinema. Read More
July 15, 2021
The Weird and Wild History of Zack Snyder’s Needle Drops
From "Down With The Sickness" to "Zombie," Snyder is the king of not-so-subtle musical cues. Read More
July 10, 2021
The Ending of ‘Mad Men’ Explained
We look back at the ending of the iconic TV series and consider two ways of looking at Don Draper's… Read More
June 29, 2021
‘A.I. Artificial Intelligence’ and the Question of Robotic Love
Are machines really capable of feeling emotion? And what is love, really, anyway? Read More
June 29, 2021