Comedy, Drama, Television
TV: High Fidelity
When I put on High Fidelity (2020), I was just looking for something light and casual to fold laundry…
December 27, 2022-
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Comedy, Film, MysteryFilm – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Rian Johnson’s hit Knives Out was bound to be a tough trick to replicate, but Glass Onion: A Knives…
December 26, 2022 -
FictionNovel: Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet
Lydia Millet is nothing if not versatile, and Dinosaurs (2022) shows her in my favorite mode: a contemporary setting,…
December 26, 2022 -
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, FilmFilm: Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022) is one of those rare films where…
December 26, 2022 -
Drama, Science Fiction, Television, ThrillerTV: Shining Girls
Based on the novel by Lauren Beukes, Shining Girls is another accomplished effort from Apple, a creepy crime tale…
December 18, 2022 -
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, TelevisionTV: The White Lotus (Season 2)
Not many shows count as appointment television these days—especially for us card-carrying wait-for-it bingers—but HBO’s The White Lotus is…
December 18, 2022 -
Fiction, Science FictionNovel: The City Inside by Samit Basu
Sometimes it’s impossible to turn off your internal editor/writer brain when you’re reading, and while that can be horribly…
December 17, 2022 -
LifeSo Long, Cairo
Last week, on Saturday, our beloved Cairo, the loving elder statesman of our cat trio, passed away. He was…
December 12, 2022 -
Comedy, Drama, TelevisionTV: Ramy (Season 3)
Hulu’s Ramy has always been a serious show, despite its many eccentric, humorous moments. But the series’ long-delayed third…
December 12, 2022 -
Comedy, TelevisionTV: Freaks and Geeks
Sometimes when you miss the moment, it’s too late to go back. I thought that might be the case…
December 12, 2022 -
Science Fiction, Spies, TelevisionTV: Andor (Season 1)
I can’t be alone in my complicated relationship with Star Wars; the franchise did, after all, play a huge…
December 4, 2022 -
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Drama, Film, Science FictionFilm: High-Rise
Somehow, I made it through High-Rise (2015) without knowing it was based on a J.G. Ballard novel—which, in retrospect,…
November 22, 2022 -
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, TelevisionTV: The Good Fight (Season 6)
Can it be possible we’ve seen the last of Christine Baranski’s bravura turn as complex feminist lawyer Diane Lockhart?…
November 16, 2022 -
Fiction, Science FictionNovel: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
For accessible, engaging storytelling, Emily St. John Mandel’s Sea of Tranqiuility (2022) is unsurprisingly successful, a quick and effortless…
November 16, 2022