Black Mirror
Black Mirror is an anthology series created by Charlie Brooker. The first two series aired on Channel 4 in the UK before the show moved to Netflix for subsequent seasons. Exploring our relationships to technology, both of the present and an imagined future, Black Mirror raises a number of questions worth interrogating at length.
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in EpisodesBlack Mirror: “Beyond the Sea” Recap and Review
The following recap and review contains spoilers for Black Mirror, “Beyond the Sea” (written by Charlie Brooker and directed by John Crowley) “Beyond the Sea” is one of five episodes just released as part of Season 6 of Black Mirror. This was the first episode I chose to watch as the description piqued my interest. I […] More
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“Mazey Day” Is Not a Black Mirror Episode (Recap and Review)
The following recap and review contains spoilers for Black Mirror, “Mazey Day” (written by Charlie Brooker and directed by Uta Briesewitz) When you think about it, it’s kind of messed up that anyone can just take your picture without your consent. It’s something I started thinking about a lot as social media took hold, where […] More
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Black Mirror: “Joan Is Awful” Recap and Analysis
The following recap and analysis contains spoilers for Black Mirror, “Joan Is Awful” (written by Charlie Brooker and directed by Ally Pankiw) Let’s start with what’s least interesting about “Joan Is Awful” and the criticisms I have of this particular episode of Black Mirror, to get that out of the way so we can focus on […] More
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Black Mirror: “Loch Henry” Recap and Review
The following recap and review contains spoilers for Black Mirror, “Loch Henry” (written by Charlie Brooker and directed by Sam Miller) “Loch Henry” is the second episode of the sixth season of Black Mirror. Davis (Samuel Blenkin), a filmmaker, and his girlfriend, Pia (Myha’la Herrold), also a filmmaker, have come to his childhood home on […] More
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Black Mirror Season 6 Gets June 15 Release Date: Analysis of the Trailer and Episode Descriptions
It’s been a long time since new episodes of Black Mirror have graced our screens, with Season 5 having released back in 2019, which feels like a century ago. Even if some thought we didn’t need Black Mirror during the distressing times that have followed, and even if Charlie Brooker was one of those people, […] More
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The 2010s Ended the World As We Knew It: The Decade in TV
When we first started talking about end of the decade coverage, I said that I didn’t feel like I had much of a sense of this as a decade. Certainly I don’t in the same way as one might for various decades in the 20th century, from those I lived through (the ‘80s and ‘90s) […] More
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Black Mirror: “Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too” (Recap and Analysis)
God money I’ll do anything for you God money just tell me what you want me to God money nail me up against the wall God money don’t want everything he wants it all – Nine Inch Nails (and Ashley Too) I wrote in my piece on “Smithereens” that I love the way in which […] More
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Black Mirror: “Smithereens” Recap and Analysis
The following recap and analysis contains spoilers for Black Mirror, “Smitherreens” You’re just too good to be true I can’t take my eyes off you You’d be like heaven to touch I wanna hold you so much At long last love has arrived And I thank God I’m alive You’re just too good to be […] More
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Black Mirror: “Striking Vipers” Recap and Analysis
The following recap and analysis contains spoilers for Black Mirror, “Striking Vipers” Black Mirror is fundamentally about holding the dark parts of ourselves, as they are exacerbated by technology, up to us for us to look at. This has been its consistent theme: the black mirror is at once the dark screen looking back at […] More
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Let’s Obsess Over These Black Mirror Trailers Until We Get Season 5
The first trailer for Season 5 of Black Mirror was released about a week and a half ago, revealing a premiere date of June 5, 2019, but little other information. It cut between the three episodes of the upcoming season and was more a series of suggestive images and lines than anything else. Since then, […] More
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Netflix’s Black Mirror Returns With Season 5 Trailer
Black Mirror has firmly established itself as The Twilight Zone of the digital age. Creator Charlie Brooker’s anthology series captures all of the fears and anxieties of living in a technologically-dependent world. Over the course of four seasons the series has covered everything from love to death through a post-social media lens. Each episode tells a standalone story […] More
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The Masked Singer, Murakami, and More!
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, where members of our staff will be providing you with recommendations on a weekly basis. This week’s entries come include Fontaines D.C., Kim’s Convenience, and The Masked Singer. Laura Stewart: Dublin quintet Fontaines D.C. released their new single, “Too Real” on December 21st and I haven’t stopped listening to it […] More
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