The film stumbles sluggishly from one chapter in Foreman’s life to the next.
Steven Soderbergh’s film considers modern media as a vehicle for revising white patriarchal capitalism.
Carcetti is keen to meddle, but knows what to leave be.
Those who grasp the personal consequences of the election play the angles with greater care.
Allying with rivals to thwart a third party is the cold calculus of the city’s politicians as well.
The dealers know the kids, and the kids know the cops.
The slippery slope of civilization is already in place on The Wire and Simon is just out to document how each and every person survives.
On The Wire, everyone’s in school.
A hugely ambitious and hugely successful crime epic whose plot tentacles just keep on spreading, wonderfully so.
The best crime show out there, deserving of any and all hype.