Television

WATCH CLOSELY: “Roseanne” — In Trumplandia, Women are the Losers

April 29, 2018
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For me, the experience of watching Roseanne is annoying and unpleasant.

Television Review: “Wild Wild Country” — Scruffily Corporatized Love-in

April 25, 2018
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Wild Wild Country details the insane clusterfuck that results when faith, fundamentalism, and media hype intersect.

WATCH CLOSELY: “Requiem” — A Stylish, But Uneven, Occult Thriller

April 5, 2018
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If you’ve seen The Wicker Man and/or Hot Fuzz, you may recognize and appreciate the tone of these folk horror underpinnings.

WATCH CLOSELY: “The Exorcist” — The Devil and the Deep State

March 14, 2018
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TV’s The Exorcist reinvents its source material for an occult-savvy (not to mention cinema-savvy) audience.

WATCH CLOSELY: The End of the F***ing World — Coming-of-Age Nihilism

February 6, 2018
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The show is tightly put together, brilliantly balancing black humor with just the right amount of dramatic pathos.

WATCH CLOSELY: “The Last Five Years” — David Bowie’s Immortal Artistic Vision

January 18, 2018
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To the end of his life, David Bowie was excited about creating innovative sounds and collaborating with new musicians.

WATCH CLOSELY: “Black Mirror” — Reflecting Our Dark Days

January 4, 2018
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What has Black Mirror been good for, beyond entertainment, if not drawing our attention to escalating social and technological perils?

Television Review: “Wormwood” — Errol Morris’ Brilliant Bricolage

December 20, 2017
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Wormwood is full of secrets, some revealed, some tantalizingly unknowable.

Television Review: “Too Funny to Fail” — Timeless Comedy

November 17, 2017
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It always takes a while for the culture to catch up with the best and brightest; what’s on the cutting edge today becomes tomorrow’s gold standard.

Film/TV Review: “Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive” — A Fresh Look

October 30, 2017
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive does an honorable service for the writer who embodied, as well as created, “The Imp of the Perverse.”

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