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The following contains spoilers for The Staircase (2022) Episode 4, “Common Sense” (written by Antonio Campos, Craig Shilowich, and Emily Kaczmarek, and directed by Antonio Campos). “Justice is a construct, little more than a game. A game that shapes the outcome of a man’s life,” Sophie Brunet (Juliette Binoche) says at the beginning of the […] More
The following contains spoilers for the Season 2 finale of The Wilds, S2E8, “Exodus” (written by Sarah Streicher and directed by Ben Young) For the first twenty minutes of the finale, it feels like The Wilds Season 1 again. The full focus is on The Unsinkable Eight. It’s their show once again, and what a […] More
The fears and shortcomings that emerged in the premiere of The Wilds Season 2 only become more exacerbated as the season progresses. It’s disappointing to see a show that handled mental health, sexual assault, and other heavy topics with grace and nuance devolve into something more akin to a soap opera. Similar intense topics are […] More
The following contains spoilers for the Season 2 premiere of The Wilds, S2E1, “Day 30/1” (written by Sarah Streicher and directed by Alison Maclean) Within the first few minutes of the opener of The Wilds Season 2, we get an answer about the fate of Nora (Helena Howard)…kind of. The audience sees the shark attack […] More
Based on the documentary of the same name, The Staircase tells the true story of the death of Kathleen Peterson (Toni Collette). Her husband, Michael (Colin Firth), claims a fall down the stairs in their family home resulted in her death. Given the unlikely circumstances, the house is almost immediately declared a crime scene and […] More
Before the women of Yellowjackets became the talk of TV, there was another group of young women whose plane crashed and who had to survive on their own. Instead of a chilly wilderness, the young women on The Wilds are trying to survive on a beach near Hawaii. Fatin (Sophia Ali), Dot (Shannon Berry), Martha […] More
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