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Film Review: “What Did Jack Do? — David Lynch’s Amusing Monkeyshine

January 26, 2020
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After rewatching What Did Jack Do? a few times, I still don’t really know what the hell I saw. But I decided that I don’t care, because I kept laughing my ass off anyway.

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WATCH CLOSELY: “Marianne” — Pure, Artful Evil

November 23, 2019
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Marianne is one of the slickest horror series I’ve seen on Netflix.

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Television Review: “Fire in the Maternity Ward ” — On the Knife-Edge Between Humor and Outrage

August 6, 2019
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If, like me, you tend to see laughter as a form of catharsis then a serious question is raised: is laughing at nihilistic humor all that healthy?

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Television Review: “Right Now” — Comedy in Jeopardy

July 18, 2019
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Aziz Ansari does get laughs throughout his set, but the tone of Right Now begins and ends on a note of sobriety.

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WATCH CLOSELY: “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” — Coming of Age Cauldron

April 6, 2019
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The series presents plausible, relatable social situations within a weird, dark, quasi-magical framework.

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WATCH CLOSELY: Ted Bundy, Archetypal Sociopath

February 2, 2019
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What is admirable about Conversations with a Killer is that it is as compelling an exploration of the monster’s victims as it is of Ted Bundy.

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Television Review: “Sex Education” — Making Love in High School

January 28, 2019
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One of the key reasons that Sex Education works is due to its frank depictions of what sex, or lack thereof, is actually like in high school.

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Television Review: “Shtisel” — A Charming Look at Jerusalem’s Ultra-Orthodox

December 25, 2018
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Shtisel offers a humane glimpse into the lives of people who would normally be shrouded from me by all sorts of religious and political barriers.

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Film Commentary: A Critical Dichotomy — Time to Resolve It

December 11, 2018
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It’s as if critics of silent films were barred from discussing talkies, or devotees of black and white were banned from discussing color.

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WATCH CLOSELY: Orson Welles — “The Other Side of the Wind”

November 29, 2018
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The Other Side of the Wind may inspire brooding melancholy in some, but it’s also pretty damned fine.

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