
TV: The Peripheral (Season 1)
An odd takeaway from season one of The Peripheral: while recognizably based on a William Gibson novel, it doesn’t…
March 21, 2023An odd takeaway from season one of The Peripheral: while recognizably based on a William Gibson novel, it doesn’t…
March 21, 2023Mick Herron’s superb Slough House novels are worthy enough in and of themselves, but now my enthusiasm is also…
March 18, 2023Mamoudou Athie made a distinct impression in the somber, surreal horror series Archive 81, and it made me curious…
March 18, 2023One late February weekend in 2020, as COVID-19 was just finding its legs, I was obliviously enjoying the Rainforest…
March 16, 2023On one level, it’s surprising a show like Poker Face could succeed in the current TV landscape, but on…
March 16, 2023Visitors exploring this site in recent weeks may have noticed missing photos and technical issues on old pages and…
March 13, 2023If Force Majeure established Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund’s bona fides as a cinema provocateur, Triangle of Sadness (2022) etches…
March 13, 2023Nobody was happier than I was when Marvel started to conquer Hollywood, but it’s been losing its mojo for…
March 7, 2023Voiceover narration can be a real turn-off, but Fleishman is in Trouble uses the device to good effect, giving…
March 7, 2023How should one categorize Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (2022)? A mainstream novel shot through with skiffy…
March 6, 2023Like most of the universe, I missed the train on John from Cincinnati, a one-season failure from co-creators Kem…
February 25, 2023While my interest World War II has cooled in recent years, I’m still intrigued by the era, especially when…
February 20, 2023I missed the hullabaloo surrounding Susanna Clarke’s debut, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, which didn’t seem like my kind…
February 18, 2023Dave Franco’s second directorial effort, Somebody I Used to Know (2023), isn’t quite as memorable as his first (The…
February 14, 2023We can add a new motivation to my list for figuring out what to watch next: will the streaming…
February 11, 2023