Essays Archives

The surreal HBO series’ first-season midpoint — “Who Goes There?” — careens into epically cinematic chaos.

This might just be one of the best cooking shows in years.

The series about the early days of the tech industry was in love with reinvention, and its series finale, “Ten of Swords,” made us love it too.

The fourth episode of Series 2 is sexy, sad, and the emotional key to the whole show.

The masterful big-screen adaptation has a polarizing and distinct mid-2000s look to it, but that’s all part of what makes it great.

Kogonada and Joanna Hogg prove themselves masters of capturing the natural world in step with the narrative.

The 1971 masterpiece explores the complicated history of German cinema.

From “Down With The Sickness” to “Zombie,” Snyder is the king of not-so-subtle musical cues.

We look back at the ending of the iconic TV series and consider two ways of looking at Don Draper’s final epiphany.