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...
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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...
After a Decade, “McDreamy” Leaves Grey’s Anatomy
Shonda Rhimes has been breaking hearts on US television for over a decade, and the talented showrunner, writer, producer, and director doesn’t show signs of stopping any time soon. Last week marked...
(T)ERROR at the Tribeca Film Festival 2015: An Interview with Director David Felix Sutcliffe
Executive produced by Eugene Jarecki (“The House I Live In,” “Why We Fight”), and winner of the 2015 Sundance Special Jury Prize for Break Out First Feature, co-directors Lyric R. Cabral and...
Are US Procedurals Getting Boring?
As US television moves towards May sweeps, the inevitable discussion over bubble shows is beginning to percolate through gossip sites and trade magazines. Everyone wants to know which shows are in,...
Three Must-Sees at the Tribeca Film Festival 2015
Running April 15th-26th the Tribeca Film Festival, NYC’s own Hollywood on the Hudson, has become a borderline unwieldy affair over the past few years. In addition to the usual film festival talks,...
Review: Lost River
The “Lost River” of the title of Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut is actually a submerged series of towns deliberately drowned to make a reservoir and pump new life into Detroit’s...
Is Game of Thrones Getting Too Bloated?
Conspiracies wrapped in conspiracies, wrapped in feather comforter investments, because winter is coming—and it may be too big to fail. Game of Thrones slammed back onto US televisions this week in...