With each successive episode of The Wire’s final season, it seems, fans have become more firmly split into two camps.
I love how Torchwood can take a fracture in time that threatens to undo our reality and use that crisis to frame a story about love and sacrifice.
In principle, I’m not against a story involving Jason becoming a father, but in this context it leaves a lot to be desired.
Martin McDonagh is the Quentin Tarantino of the theater, which is descriptive shorthand for something quite extraordinary.
Has cinema recovered from The Jazz Singer?
Two months after the crash of Oceanic 815, all aboard are found dead in the wreckage in a deep trench near Bali. Or not.
Vampire Weekend has Death Cab for Cutie’s cross-over potential while actually deserving it.
André Téchiné moves his narrative along with a perilous kind of speed.
I doubt many folks would disagree if I described the narrative momentum of The Wire’s fifth season as freight train-esque.
The Spectacle of a Sport showcases so much of what is brilliant about the series.
After the entertaining fluff of “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,” season two’s follow-up effort hits hard.
When Tyra seeks advice from her mom about the issue, her mom’s blunt words are one she clearly should have taken as a warning.
With Lost’s fourth season running only eight episodes, any rescue looks unlikely.
Blind spots. They’re like that itch located smack in the center of our backs.
D.A. Pennebaker’s film is a veritable Rorschach test.
The idea for this podcast was hatched after Vadim, John, and Keith Uhlich met at a screening of There Will Be Blood.
You may wonder where this column has been if you’re one of the poor souls who dares read it—or if you’re my mother. Hi mom!
Jia knows that we often understand the world by conferring meaning upon a set of widely shared images and artifacts.
Still Life directly transplants its unwitting central figure from the margins of history to its turbulent center.
When Torchwood’s second season debut opens with a cliché-ridden car chase, you can’t help but wonder if the show runners are trying too hard.