Sitemap - 2022 - Writing Without Rules: Deep Dives
Triangle of Sadness: Why You Need to Have Faith
Pearl: A Perfectly Cromulent Horror Movie
‘Bullet Train’ and The Empty World
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles: The Best-Written, Most Boring Movie Ever Made
Nope: The Forest for the Trees
‘Barbarian’: Building a Mystery
‘It’s Called Manslaughter’: Cliff Booth and Solid Character Work
Feature Creep and Star Wars: Force Whatnow?
‘Hellraiser’ 2022: Selfless, Cold, and Composed
‘The Old Man’ and Why the Rug Pull is Bullshit
‘House of the Dragon’: Let’s (Not) Do the Time Jump Again
‘Velvet Was the Night’ and The Case of the Obvious MacGuffin
'Avenue 5' and Overplaying Your Hand
'The Rings of Power': These Go to Eleven
The Surprising Subtlety of 'Industry'
No Hugging, No Learning: “Better Call Saul” and a Lack of Good Guys
Let’s (Not) Do the Time Warp Again: Origin Stories
The Sticky Horrors of ‘Peaky Blinders’
‘Daisy Jones and The Six’: You're So Vain
‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ and Pulling Your Punches
‘Stranger Things’ and The Case of The Too Many Side Quests
‘The Bear’ and How to Not Exposition
‘Barry’ and The Sociopaths Next Door
'Downton Abbey: The New Era' and Villain Decay
‘X’ and the Horrors of Mortality
Jennifer’s Body: Low Shoulder For the Win
Russian Doll Season 2: The Desperation’s Gone
Hold Onto Your Hat: Miller’s Crossing and How to Do Symbolism
‘Inventing Anna’ and One Easy Trick
‘Ozark’ and The Making of the Sausage
‘The Batman’: The Ensmallening of Batman
The Lazy Writer’s Guide to Vaguely-Defined Evil International Organizations
Atlanta: The Most Subtle Horror Movie of All Time
‘The French Dispatch’: Selfless, Cold, and Composed
‘Fresh’: Levels to It, You and I Know
The Abyss: An Ending that Shouldn't Exist
Opening Credits That Do the Work
‘The Gilded Age’: Bare Necessity Writing
The Most Important Episode of ‘The Sopranos’
‘Yellowjackets’: All Knaves, No Knights
'And Just Like That': How the Hella Rich Live
The Greatest Scene in the MCU: The ‘Winter Soldier’ Elevator Fight
Dazed and Confused: Getting High School Right
Emily in Paris: Postcards with No Edge
The Sound of Music: The Real Story's in the Details
The Boomer Logic of ‘Lord of the Rings'