Non-Fiction, Television
Non-Fiction: TV Milestones Series
Wayne State University’s TV Milestones series has a delicious concept: it identifies and evaluates groundbreaking television shows from across…
September 5, 2022-
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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…
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Drama, TelevisionRewatching The Wire
It’s been twenty years since The Wire debuted, and while its legacy may be eclipsed by more popular shows…
June 18, 2022 -
Drama, History, TelevisionTV: Generation Kill
Given that David Simon is one of TV’s most important auteurs, not to mention a personal favorite, it has…
December 10, 2021 -
Drama, History, Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: The Plot Against America
David Simon is one of the truly great auteurs of modern television, but I was a little surprised to…
September 16, 2021 -
Spies, TelevisionTV: Collateral
Points are certainly warranted for thematic ambition and thoroughly professional execution, but the four-episode miniseries Collateral ultimately can’t quite…
March 18, 2018 -
Non-Fiction, TelevisionNon-Fiction: TV (The Book) by Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz
No history of television can ever truly be complete while the medium still exists, but TV (The Book)…
December 30, 2016 -
Drama, TelevisionTV: Show Me a Hero
Nobody does television like David Simon, and there’s no bettter, more appropriate time to screen his 2015 miniseries Show Me…
July 15, 2016 -
Drama, Television, ThrillerTV: Breaking Bad
For years, I’ve wondered if a show would ever come along to dethrone The Wire, for me, as the…
May 12, 2014 -
Non-Fiction, TelevisionNon-Fiction: The Revolution Was Televised by Alan Sepinwall
I remember reading Alan Sepinwall’s NYPD Blue episode-by-episode reviews back when the Internet was young. He’s since gone on…
March 25, 2014 -
Drama, Music, TelevisionTV: Treme (Season Four)
In a way, it’s fitting that Treme should come quietly to a close with an abbreviated season. The series…
January 6, 2014 -
Drama, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Television, ThrillerNon-Fiction: Difficult Men by Brett Martin
A friend of mine at work loaned me Brett Martin’s Difficult Men (2013), an insightful look at the transformation…
December 29, 2013 -
Drama, Mystery, TelevisionTV: The Shield (Season 2)
Some people whose taste I trust convinced me to continue with The Shield, despite my middling reaction to its…
October 15, 2013 -
Film, ThrillerFilm: The Call
Brad Anderson is one of those directors whose films I go out of my way to see. Along with…
September 9, 2013 -
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Spies, TelevisionStress Era Viewing, Concluded
With the conclusion of the Great Condo Disaster (now on its last legs), time to catch up on the…
July 19, 2013