Film: American Sweatshop
I’d like to imagine there may yet be a reformed, sensible future wherein the sheer […]
Film: The Secret Agent
While The Secret Agent (2025) is far from a traditional spy film, it’s the first
Film: Zabriskie Point
Given how much I enjoyed Michelangelo Antonioni’s The Passenger, it’s astonishing how ineffective I found
TV: Task (Season 1)
Task is outwardly unassuming and not particularly high concept, but writer/creator Brad Ingelsby — who
TV: Dispatches from Elsewhere
Given the numerous flips and tumbles it executes during its ten-episode routine, it’s unsurprising that
TV: Steal (Season 1)
Eat-the-rich TV is everywhere these days; how weird to find it on Amazon Prime, but
Film: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025) doesn’t have an especially novel
Film: Arlington Road
Rewatching Arlington Road (1999) for the first time in over twenty years is a weird
TV: The Lowdown (Season 1)
Those still grieving the end of Sterling Harjo’s Reservation Dogs can take more than just
Film: The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The trappings are dated and the science is totally sus, but there’s nonetheless something prescient
Film: One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson made an indelible mark back in the day with Boogie Nights and
TV: Pluribus (Season 1)
Full disclosure: I couldn’t have been more predisposed toward Pluribus, Vince Gilligan’s first new project
TV: Happy Valley (Season 3)
Sally Wainwright’s remarkable crime drama Happy Valley must have fallen through a time warp. Finally
Film: Possession
In striking, unhinged fashion, the personal and the political collide in Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession (1981),
Film: A House of Dynamite
In case you didn’t have enough to worry about, Kathryn Bigelow adds nightmare fuel to
Film: Warfare
Alex Garland’s previous film, Civil War, felt less like a story of political science fiction
TV: Person of Interest (Seasons 1–5)
The primary reason I went back to Person of Interest (2011–2016) should be obvious: it’s