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Jennifer’s Body: Low Shoulder For the Win
The reason this movie works is only in the film for about 10 minutes, total.
Jun 14
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The Exhausting Mrs. Maisel
It’s an old writer’s trick that never actually works.
May 31
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‘Inventing Anna’ and One Easy Trick
The art of the cliffhanger can be applied to any serialized story. It can also ruin them.
May 17
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‘X’ and the Horrors of Mortality
I will not accept a life I do not deserve.
Jun 21
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Russian Doll Season 2: The Desperation’s Gone
Sometimes we really don’t need a sequel.
Jun 7
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The Wire: Why Omar’s Character Ascended
Existing simultaneously inside and outside a narrative is powerful stuff.
Dec 28, 2021
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Hold Onto Your Hat: Miller’s Crossing and How to Do Symbolism
I was walkin' in the woods, I don't know why. Wind came up and blew me hat off.
May 24
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The Greatest Scene in Television History: The Wire’s Fuck Scene
It’s more than the poetic use of ‛fuck.’
Aug 10, 2021
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‘Yellowjackets’: All Knaves, No Knights
The reason this show works is because every character is an unreliable narrator in the best sense of the term.
Mar 1
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Emily in Paris: Postcards with No Edge
The difference between characters and archetypes is where this show lives.
Feb 1
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The Queen’s Gambit: The Iceberg Approach to Research
No one watched this show in order to learn chess.
Jul 20, 2021
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The Sound of Music: The Real Story's in the Details
From Maria’s clothes to Rolf’s Sexuality, the film is a treasure trove of detail.
Jan 25
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