TV: Mrs. Davis
One has to admire the sheer chutzpah of Mrs. Davis, an unlikely contraption that one …
TV: The Big Door Prize (Season 1)
Panning for gold in the streams of streaming, one could be forgiven for overlooking The …
Film: Flux Gourmet
Weirdness for the sake of weirdness can have its charms, and in its own perverse …
TV: American Auto (Season 2)
For all its considerable attributes, something about American Auto doesn’t entirely work. Justin Spitzer’s follow-up …
TV: Beef
Road-rage thriller, dark comedy, empathetic drama, a tale of rival antiheroes—Netflix’s Beef ticks multiple boxes. …
Film: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
On the spectrum of D&D fandom, I’m somewhere in the middle: enough history with the …
TV: Extraordinary (Season 1)
The British live-action comedy-fantasy Extraordinary has an identical premise to the animated Disney film Encanto: what …
TV: Moone Boy (Season 1)
Moone Boy (2012–2015) might be viewed as an ancestor of Derry Girls: a quirky, off-the-wall …
Film: How It Ends
Future media historians writing about film production from the COVID-19 pandemic will find a perfect …
TV: Abbott Elementary (Season 2)
Abbott Elementary’s stock skyrocketed after a short inaugural year, including numerous awards, so it’s unsurprising …
Film: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Compared to many, I’ve been an infrequent passenger on the Nicholas Cage train, which should …
TV: Party Down (Season 3)
The timing just wasn’t right for Party Down when it arrived in 2009, too early …
TV: Shrinking (Season 1)
By no means an endorsement of therapy, Shrinking is nonetheless light, breezy fun that adds …
Film: Babylon
Hollywood does like to celebrate itself. There are films that genuinely create movie magic, and …
TV: Oh Jerome, No
Mamoudou Athie made a distinct impression in the somber, surreal horror series Archive 81, and …
TV: Poker Face (Season 1)
On one level, it’s surprising a show like Poker Face could succeed in the current …