I’m excited by its proficiency with an unorthodox brand of suburban drama, part Left Behind and part Leave It to Beaver.
I wasn’t the only person to see the connection to Porky’s.
It’s hard to know where to situate “Two Boats and a Helicopter,” the stellar third episode of The Leftovers, within the HBO drama’s still-elusive arc.
If there’s one constant in Mel Gibson’s film career, it’s vengeance.
Compared to “Pilot,” “Penguins One, Us Zero” is more focused, but the ambivalence it provokes remains the same.
This comedy is best revisited as an unintended rumination on the queasy moral crises of Reaganomics-era America.
In the beginning, at least, The Leftovers sounds familiar.
Chief among the film’s beauties is the simplicity of the setting itself.
Burton puts more of a premium on sound and image to suggest character depths than the more prosaic Christopher Nolan does.
The episode is best understood as a microcosm of the previous nine episodes.
The Liberator is upfront about lensing the world psychologically through Simón Bolívar’s eyes.
If “Elevator” proved a sweet treatise on being with someone to stave off loneliness, “Pamela” at last lets Louie ease his way into a real relationship.
The Supreme Price leaves you in awe of Hafsat Abiola’s grit and grateful for her tenacity.
Game of Thrones tends to peak with its penultimate episode, leaving finales open to operate as a form of self-summary.
You know by now that I take Orphan Black’s allusions to the prolific work of English philosopher and scientist Francis Bacon seriously.
All of these images had some connection to the artist’s documentaries, a thematic link reinforced by the layout of the exhibit.
There’s something undeniably special about viewing silent films at the Castro.
Though many have focused on The Final Frontier’s failings, the truth is that it has many virtues as well.
For the most part, however, the episode unspools as a dreary, clichéd story about Louie’s first exposure to pot.
This minimal setup stands in sharp contrast to the previous season’s showstoppers.