Propulsive drums, dense synthesizers, and Emily Haines’s enticing contralto are a reminder of Metric’s refreshingly kinetic, potent side.
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss try too hard to introduce an elemental aspect to Game of Thrones’s focus on the nature of power.
Commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, it’s no surprise that BAM150 is both celebratory and promotional.
The screenwriters are savvy enough to acknowledge that audiences have moved on from Ethan Hunt and the IMF.
One of Yossi’s virtues is Eytan Fox’s refusal to boil his main character down to an easy psychological framework.
Is it just me or is Hamilton Leithauser beginning to sound like Chris Martin?
The second season of Game of Thrones really hit its stride tonight with “Garden of Bones.”
The film makes a compelling case for Lepage’s vision and thrillingly chronicles the risks and excitement of a grand artistic endeavor.
With tonight’s episode, the writers of Game of Thrones continue the trend of organizing each episode of season two around a different theme.
Ahh, it came back and nearly all was right with the world.
The major criticism of Justified’s third season is that it’s included a few too many plot elements.
Liars’s “No. 1 Against the Rush” is a tight arrangement of gloomy dance music.
After last week’s remarkable season premiere of Game of Thrones, “The Night Lands” is a bit of a letdown.
If Justified feels plot heavy of late, it’s out of necessity given the premise of the third season.
“Kill for Love” is, on the surface, enraptured, but more than just a little creepy.
The most exciting thing about the season-two premiere of Game of Thrones is its refreshing sense of focus.
Critical praise is ever-present in posters and cover art, but rarely is it well incorporated into the design.
Bay of All Saints eschews stereotypical portrayals of Brazilian slums as the festering ground for prostitution and drug trafficking.
An episode like “Measures” seemed inevitable at this point in Justified’s third season.
There’s a reason the comments section of Howse’s “VBS” is littered with words like “boner” and “orgasm.”