Film: Asteroid City
The pandemic utterly destroyed moviegoing for me over the past few years, so Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City (2023) is the first film I’ve seen on the big screen since Star …
Novel: London Rules by Mick Herron
How long can an open-ended series stay fresh and original? When it comes to Mick Herron’s Slough House series, I’m buckled in to find out. Volume five of the series …
TV: Silo (Season 1)
Hugh Howey’s Wool series comes to life in Silo, a richly produced mystery box with a first-rate cast. In an environmentally devastated future, a construct called the Silo extends deep …
Film: X
Given promising recent developments in the horror genre, I decided to give low-budget slasher flick X (2022) a look. This one generated considerable buzz for its cagey, retro approach, but …
TV: Bad Sisters (Season 1)
The depth and quality of Apple’s content library continues to impress with Bad Sisters, a time-jumping, seriocomic mystery about complicated, highly dysfunctional families. This Ireland-based series involves the tight-knit but sketchy …
Novelette: After the Tide by Jessie Kwak
Forthcoming from Fairwood Press’s novelette line in August, Jessie Kwak’s After the Tide (2023) is a fast-paced, inventive read I was fortunate enough to get my hands on early. On …
Novelette: The Archronology of Love by Caroline M. Yoachim
Fairwood Press has a unique series of standalone novelettes. Originally published in Lightspeed, Caroline M. Yoachim’s The Archronology of Love (2020) is my first foray into the series, and it’s …
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Film: Earthquake
My fascination with the seventies disaster film continues: Earthquake (1974) is yet another in a long line of big, dumb survival adventures that throws styrofoam bricks at an all-star cast, …
TV: Black Mirror (Season 6)
Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror is polarizing at the best of times, and since its move to Netflix, reactions to the series have been mixed, with critics complaining it’s too predictably …
Novella: Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee
Fonda Lee’s Green Bone Saga is one of the most immersive, enjoyable reading experiences I’ve had this past decade. My fandom for the author’s work continues with her standalone novella …
Film: The Town
A solid, star-studded crime thriller, The Town (2010) is a diverting but slight watch, full of great performances without leaving a deep impression. Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck, who also directs) …
TV – Kolchak: The Night Stalker
It took me a long time to work my way through Kolchak: The Night Stalker, and it may, in fact, be overly generous to say that I truly watched it. But …
Novel: The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
Annalee Newitz’s work usually blends gonzo creative energy with thoughtful sociopolitical commentary, and The Terraformers (2023) successfully continues in that vein. This time, there’s a unique auctorial challenge in the …
TV: Black Butterflies
If you can look past its inherent, excessive depravity—and it ain’t always easy—there’s an awful lot to admire about Black Butterflies. This intricate French thriller combines the bloody trappings of …
Film: Best Sellers
Indie dramedy Best Sellers (2021) gets off to a rocky start before settling into something reasonably enjoyable, but it’s mainly just a reminder that Aubrey Plaza is worth watching in …
TV: Ted Lasso (Season 3)
Ted Lasso arrived like a meteor, and it was the show the world needed right when it needed it most. It departs, almost four years later, an awkward shadow of …