Review: Elementary
Sherlock fever has struck on both sides of the Atlantic, no mean feat for a character who first appeared 125 years ago. The BBC’s hit Sherlock under the command of Steven Moffat is an intricately...
Review: 666 Park Avenue
Sleepy Sundays no more; starting with Once Upon A Time, following with Revenge, and ending with 666 Park Avenue, ABC aims to keep viewers up past their bedtime this fall. 666 Park Avenue is the...
Is Australia in Danger of Becoming Greece? Austerity and Blackmail Down Under
It might have escaped your notice, but apparently a Mediterranean climate and robust olive oil are not the only things Australia has in common with Greece. This week, prominent Australian banker...
Homeland: Race and Islam in Showtime’s Award-Winning CIA Drama
There are two one-hour CIA dramas on cable networks right now: One of them, USA’s "Covert Affairs," is a law enforcement romcom in the same genre as "Bones" or "Castle," this time with an...
“Won’t Back Down”: One More Ode to Privatized Life in Late Capitalism
Hollywood’s latest ode to the “empowering” nature of privatizing the public is called “Won’t Back Down.” The drama, which stars a host of fabulous actors known for portraying strong women...
The End of Downton? Nostalgia for the Gilded Age
Downton Abbey is back on the airwaves after entirely too long away, just in time for a big round of Emmy nominations (and, sadly, relatively few wins). The ITV drama won’t be hitting US shores...
Interview: Iepe Rubingh
Iepe Rubingh is a Berlin-based, Dutch performance/visual artist whose last foray into filmmaking involved designing a large-scale installation for Tom Tykwer’s cinematic love triangle “3”....
No War But the Class War: Occupy’s Second Year Begins
As a first-birthday gift, Occupy Wall Street was treated to a hefty round of dismissals, roasts and obituaries from the mainstream media, none of whom saw fit to hire journalists to, say, report on...
Stakes Is High: Boardwalk Empire’s New Dark Season
It’s 1923 in Atlantic City, and no holds are barred on Boardwalk Empire, where the stakes just went up. ‘Resolution’ makes a curious title for an episode that seems to be based less in...
On Benghazi, Cairo and American Foreign Policy as Theatre of the Absurd
The developments of this week were truly remarkable: Alleged protests outside the US embassies in Benghazi* and Cairo that culminated in the killings of four US diplomats – and all of it allegedly...