TV: Bodkin (Season 1)
Bodkin may be one of the more peculiar shows I’ve watched recently, a grimly comic […]
TV: The Bear (Season 5)
For four seasons, The Bear has ebbed and flowed and soared and spiraled, always riveting,
Film: Obsession (2025)
Comedy and horror thrive on surprise, but Obsession (2025) — a buzzy comedy-horror that unsettlingly
TV: Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed (Season 1)
These days, finding a show to watch is an ironic blend of option paralysis and
Film: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
Some films don’t try for much but succeed precisely in their aims. Then there are
TV: Widow’s Bay (Season 1)
Ever since the glory years of HBO in the early 2000s, there always seems to
TV: The Diplomat (Season 3)
A dazzling actor’s showcase that miraculously makes you care about American politicians
TV: DTF St. Louis
A swirling, elliptical structure delivers a bland, conventional start to a genre-subverting resolution
TV: Wonder Man (Season 1)
After overplaying its hand for years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe seems to have finally learned
TV: Shrinking (Season 3)
Ending with an episode entitled “And That’s Our Time,” Shrinking’s third season indeed feels like
TV: St. Denis Medical (Season 2)
Sitcoms often require a little runway to truly take flight, but St. Denis Medical was
Novel: Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
Jackson Brodie returns for a sixth turn on the dance floor in Kate Atkinson’s delightful
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TV: The Chair Company (Season 1)
Initially, the buzz around Tim Robinson’s The Chair Company didn’t lure me; given my prickly
TV: Dispatches from Elsewhere
Given the numerous flips and tumbles it executes during its ten-episode routine, it’s unsurprising that
TV: A Man on the Inside (Season 2)
Michael Schur’s A Man on the Inside didn’t look like a series built to last,