Drama, Film
Film: The Group
Sidney Lumet’s directorial career is as vast and varied as they come. I’ve enjoyed enough of his films –…
October 2, 2022-
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Comedy, Drama, TelevisionTV: Mo (Season 1)
Structurally and tonally, Netflix’s new comedy Mo bears a striking resemblance to Hulu’s Ramy – which isn’t surprising, given…
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Drama, Spies, Television, ThrillerTV: The Old Man (Season 1)
When the spy genre is on its game, psychologically speaking, it can turn the twists and turns of plot…
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Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Television, ThrillerTV: Better Call Saul (Season 6)
The task of successfully ending any beloved television series must surely be difficult enough. But when you’re Better Call…
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Comedy, Drama, Television, ThrillerTV: The Flight Attendant (Season 2)
With a premise decidedly not built to last, The Flight Attendant must have generated too much buzz not to…
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Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, TelevisionTV: The Resort (Season 1)
In an incredible year of television, it’s impossible not to notice the pattern: the shows that speak to my…
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Comedy, Drama, TelevisionTV: The Bear (Season 1)
Amidst rumblings that the era of Peak TV may soon be on its way out (as streaming services scale…
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Drama, Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: For All Mankind (Season 3)
For All Mankind set a tough act to follow with its breathtaking first season, but even now, growing more…
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Comedy, Drama, FilmFilm: Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson’s films can be on the perverse side — almost always striking, compelling, and immersive, but often…
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Drama, FilmFilm: Madame Claude
Somewhere in Madame Claude (2021) is an interesting tale of historical intrigue, but it doesn’t quite make it out.…
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Drama, Film, ThrillerFilm: Poseidon
Disaster films are all about the spectacle, of course, and if gauged on that score alone, Poseidon (2006) –…
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Comedy, Drama, TelevisionTV: The Good Fight (Seasons 4 & 5)
When we re-upped Paramount Plus recently, the series I was most anxious to resume was Michelle and Robert King’s…
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Drama, Film, History, Spies, World War IIFilm: Operation Mincemeat
Back during the Spy 100 Project I rather enjoyed the staid spy film The Man Who Never Was, which…
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Drama, TelevisionTV: We Own This City
David Simon’s We Own This City (2022) is his third crime series to be set in Baltimore, and as…
June 27, 2022