Rewatching The Wire
It’s been twenty years since The Wire debuted, and while its legacy may be eclipsed by more popular shows from …
Film: Kill the Messenger
The fact that I’m still pondering the historical veracity of Kill the Messenger (2014) is a good sign that it …
TV: Lovecraft Country
Sadly, it appears Lovecraft Country has joined the ranks of the cancelled-too-soon, an unfortunate fate for a lavish, unconventional saga …
Film: The Red Sea Diving Resort
As period-piece spy dramas go, The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019) is a respectable, if middling, one: well performed and …
Film: Inherent Vice
When Joaquin Phoenix and Katherine Waterston started mumbling their way through the first scene of Inherent Vice (2014), I had such …