Godard said all you need for a movie is a girl and a gun, but did he ever really consider the cinematic possibilities of a sloth with a sword? The minds behind the horror-comedy Slotherhouse did, and we thank them for it.
As Golda Meir, Helen Mirren gives a showy but shallow impersonation, in a disappointing historical biopic more emotional than illuminating.
My choices for who will win, who should win, and who must not be allowed to win at the 96th Annual Academy Awards.
In which I look back on my preposterous (and predictably failed) attempt to write about every movie that opened this summer.
Denzel Washington eats, prays, loves, maims, mutilates, and murders in Anton Fuqua's The Equalizer 3 (2023), a dumb and dour action thriller that is both unpleasant to watch and bad for the world.
What shall it profit a man if he gains the Iron Throne, but loses his soul?
Who can be trusted on Orphan Black? The answer may be more troubling than we thought…
The season premiere of Hannibal has a serious question for us: are we observing, or are we participating?
Game of Thrones has always been about "us vs. them," but former enemies are finding common ground as the walls tumble down around them.
In which we spend some time on Planet Alison, and explore Orphan Black's "pro-family" agenda…
After a season of empathy, Louie hits the road and lets himself be an asshole.
As snow descends on Westeros, the battle lines between ice and fire are becoming clearer.
Mercifully, it's the end of the line for one of Orphan Black's most frustrating and problematic characters.
Mad Men's ending is as perfect as we could ask, and nowhere near as cynical as it appears.
Plot developments can be logical, realistic, and narratively justified, and still be a mistake.
On Orphan Black, love is short, and forgetting is so long, and some wounds are very slow to heal.
In the penultimate episode of Mad Men, it's still all about the journey, not the destination.
Louie is surrounded by screaming children, in an episode that's ultimately about childhood's end.
Mad Men has always been about individuals, but at its end it may be about a changing culture that has little room for individualism.
What's an apology worth, when there's been so much pain and bloodshed? And which sins are truly unforgivable?
The horror genre can be dehumanizing, but not on Orphan Black…
The sleep of empathy brings forth monsters in a nightmarish episode of Louie.
This week, as men fight back against progress, we think about the weapons women have at their disposal.
Orphan Black is a daring TV experiment, but is it spiraling out of control?
Every ending is a new beginning…until one comes along that isn't.
"It's only a name," the High Sparrow says—but names are important on Game of Thrones.
In its third season, it looks like Orphan Black will begin exploring its core issue—misogyny—through the eyes of men.
With its trademark precision, sympathy, and discomfort, Louie takes a sideways look at police brutality.
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