The following contains spoilers for Made for Love S1E1, “User One” (written by Alissa Nutting & Dean Bakopoulos & Patrick Somerville and directed by Stephanie Laing) Like the first line of a novel, the opening scene of a pilot can really set the tone and hook you in. Made for Love opens on a wind-blown […] More
The following contains spoilers for the premiere of Julia on HBO Max: Episode 1, “Omelette” (written by Daniel Goldfarb and directed by Charles McDougall), Episode 2, “Coq au Vin” (written by Daniel Goldfarb and directed by Charles McDougall), and Episode 3, “Boeuf Bourguignon” (written by Daniel Goldfarb & Eboni Booth and directed by Melanie Mayron) […] More
The following contains spoilers through Raised by Wolves S2E8, “Happiness,” the Season 2 finale (written by Aaron Guzikowski and directed by Lukas Ettlin). Welcome back, dear reader, as we continue to review the HBO Max series Raised by Wolves with the Season 2 Episode 8, “Happiness.” Now there’s an episode title I would not have […] More
The following contains spoilers for the Minx premiere S1E1, “Not like a shvantz right in the face” (written by Ellen Rappoport and directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg) and S1E2 “Au revoir, le double dong” The Minx premiere is not subtle—we were promised fun and breezy comedy set in the 1970s with sharp takes on feminism […] More
The following contains spoilers through Raised by Wolves S2E7 “Feeding” (written by Aaron Guzikowski and directed by Lukas Ettlin). Welcome back, dear reader, as we continue to review the HBO Max series Raised by Wolves with the Season 2 Episode 7, “Feeding.” And quite the feast it was. Everybody just can’t get enough from Paul’s […] More
The following contains spoilers through Raised by Wolves S2E6 “The Tree” (written by Aaron Guzikowski and directed by Alex Gabassi). Welcome back, dear reader, as we continue to review the HBO Max series Raised by Wolves with the Season 2 Episode 6, “The Tree.” Well, let’s not beat around the bush. What happened to Tempest’s […] More
The following contains spoilers through Raised by Wolves S2E5, “King” (written by Aaron Guzikowski and directed by Alex Gabassi). Welcome back, dear reader, as we continue to review the HBO Max series Raised by Wolves with the Season 2 Episode 5, “King.” This episode was written by showrunner Aaron Guzikowski, so even though we do […] More
The following contains spoilers through Raised by Wolves S2E4 “Control” (written by Karen Campbell and directed by Sunu Gonera). Welcome back, dear reader, as we continue to review the HBO Max series Raised by Wolves with the Season 2 Episode 4, “Control.” Wow. I mean, just…wow! This episode blew the lid off of everything. Three […] More
The following contains spoilers for Raised by Wolves S2E3 “Good Creatures” (written by Julian Meiojas and directed by Sunu Gonera). Welcome back, dear reader, as we continue to review the HBO Max series Raised by Wolves with the Season 2 Episode 3, “Good Creatures.” This was a fairly Father-centric episode, and he had quite the […] More
The following contains spoilers for Raised by Wolves S2E1, “The Collective” and S2E2, “Seven” (written by Aaron Guzikowski and directed by Ernest R. Dickerson) Welcome back, dear reader, as we continue to review the HBO Max series Raised by Wolves with the Season 2 premiere of Episode 1, “The Collective,” and Episode 2, “Seven.” It […] More
Welcome back! There’s a lot of dour stuff going on out there, but let’s not focus on that. Each week you’ll find in this space a set of recommendations from our writers, ranging from TV and film to music and podcasts, or whatever else we might be into at the moment. These things may or may […] More
The following contains spoilers for the series finale of Station Eleven, Episode 10, “Unbroken Circle” (written by Patrick Somerville and directed by Jeremy Podeswa) Station Eleven is a different type of show. Somehow Patrick Somerville and the rest of the creative team behind the series have managed that seemingly impossible alchemy of telling a masterfully […] More
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