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Television Review: Marc Maron’s “End Times Fun” — Getting Creative About Extinction

April 13, 2020
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One thing that gives Marc Maron’s comedy a certain punch is that he is an equal-opportunity crank.

WATCH CLOSELY: “Killing Eve” Season 3 — Still Suspenseful, But More Muddled

April 12, 2020
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Killing Eve is as exciting and compelling as ever. But its narrative structure is becoming somewhat fractured and increasingly odd.

Television Review: Netflix’s “The English Game” — The Sport of Class Warfare

April 7, 2020
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For those averse to sports, The English Game is focused more on attitudes and mores of the time than on the game itself.

Television Review: “The Virtues” — The Twisted Path to Redemption

April 4, 2020
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The pace of this superb mini-series is keyed to generating intimacy with the characters and their struggles.

Television Review: “Tiger King” — King of the American Jungle

April 3, 2020
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What’s so appealing about Tiger King? Perhaps it is that the lurid goings-on are so distinctively American.

WATCH CLOSELY: Netflix’s “Pandemic” is Harrowing, Prescient

March 27, 2020
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The sheer breadth of information presented here will, at the very least, raise public awareness by deepening our understanding of how pandemics work and why it is important to prepare for the inevitable.

WATCH CLOSELY: A Holland of the Mind — “Ares” is a Cultic Thriller

March 23, 2020
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Netflix’s Ares is a glossy sociopolitical/supernatural thriller from the Netherlands.

Television Review: “Little Fires Everywhere” — Suburbia Ablaze

March 22, 2020
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Little Fires Everywhere borders on being binge worthy; it’s a shame Hulu didn’t release all the episodes of the series at once.

WATCH CLOSELY: Peg’s Pandemic Picks — Medieval Plague Edition

March 18, 2020
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This new series will offer ideas for movies and series that have stories or themes at least marginally related to the pandemic we’re all living through.

WATCH CLOSELY: “Luna Nera” — Witch Hunt!

March 9, 2020
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Luna Nera is mainly produced and written by women and proffers a satisfyingly feminist, woman-centric aesthetic — as witch narratives seem to do more and more these days.

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