Essays

True Detective Who Goes There

Re-entering the Void with the Best Episode of ‘True Detective’

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

Netflix You Food

How the Netflix Series ‘You’ Brings the Horror with Food

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

Halt And Catch Fire Ten Of Swords

‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Reinvented Itself Until The Very End

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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.

Fleabag Season 2 Episode4 Waller-Bridge

The Flashback Episode That Transformed ‘Fleabag’

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

Miami Vice

Navigating the Digital Landscape of Michael Mann’s ‘Miami Vice’

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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.

The Souvenir Part Ii

‘After Yang,’ ‘The Souvenir: Part II’ and Nature Cinematography as a Healing Art

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

Zack Snyder Watchmen

The Weird and Wild History of Zack Snyder’s Needle Drops

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

Mad Men ending first and Final Shots

The Ending of ‘Mad Men’ Explained

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