Review: True Detective
The only charitable thing we can really say about True Detective’s second season is that it’s over, which is a mercy for all and sundry. In the long term, the question of whether the show will...
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Review: Slow West
Former Beta Band member turned director John Maclean’s debut feature, “Slow West” looks and feels like a random train of thought, a glorious meandering diversion from “The Assassination of...
#SaveHannibal: Will Hannibal Be Resurrected?
Word broke this week that NBC’s Hannibal won’t be returning for a fourth season, much to the dismay of the show’s small but extremely dedicated fan base. Everyone’s favorite cannibal stirs...
Why Are People Suddenly Surprised Game of Thrones is Violent?
Game of Thrones aired another predictably bloody and explosive season finale on Sunday, sending the internet into a tizzy and leading readers of the books to note that finally everyone is in...
Sense8’s Brave New Transgender World
The Wachowski siblings have taken to an unusual new medium: Netflix. In Sense8, a Netflix Original science fiction series, the two are illustrating that the streaming giant has the ability to command...
Review: Spring
“We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.” Looking into the eyes of Evan’s dying...
We Are Not In TV’s Golden Age
As the internet squeals over Game of Thrones and the end of Mad Men, going wild on Thursday nights for Scandal and quivering with delight over upfronts, many are carrying on about how U.S. television...
Review: Nymphomaniac The Director’s Cut
How do you distil 50 years of life into just 5 hours? What unique qualities of the human condition are worth filming and preserving for eternity? How do we select the stories that define our...
Boy Meets Girl: A Giant Step for Transgender Representation
The words ‘transgender character’ and ‘comedy’ in the same sentence are enough to make most trans people twitch. Comedies typically use transgender characters as the butts of jokes and...
The Avengers: Age of Ultron
During the end credits of “Avengers Age of Ultron” the camera swoops majestically around a marble statue of our heroes battling against Ultron and his countless facets. Heroic music rises and...