True Detective Archives

February 14, 2019By M.G McIntyre

One Last Midnight: The Philosophy of ‘True Detective’

Take a ride through Carcossa with this video primer on the cosmic horror and philosophy of ‘True Detective.’

January 18, 2019By Jack Giroux

For showrunner and creator Nic Pizzolatto, True Detective season 3 was one big math problem.

January 16, 2019By Liz Baessler

Dragons, Gods, Detectives, and More.

November 6, 2018By Pierce Singgih

Watch this video essay that demonstrates how tracking shots take audiences into and through a film along with the characters.

August 27, 2018By Sheryl Oh

The first footage of the Nic Pizzolatto drama does well to hone in on Mahershala Ali’s demons.

These whodunits are perfectly bingeable.

April 3, 2018By Matthew Monagle

We try to figure out what, if anything, Jeremy Saulnier’s departure from ‘True Detective’ means for the future of the show.

September 1, 2017By Matthew Monagle

HBO is lining up a bunch of very talented people for the return of ‘True Detective.’

June 20, 2017By H. Perry Horton

A must-see video essay.