12+ hour, 47+ min ago   (234+ words) The problem is that, despite all these accomplishments, A Tale of Two Cities has yet to truly engage. Kit Harington is the series’ great point of entry. As Sydney Carton, the intelligent, alcoholic, self-destructive lawyer who is profoundly disappointed with…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (610+ words) WARNING: This article contains major spoilers for the books Shift and Dust and, potentially, for the fourth season of Silo To understand its importance, we have to go back to Shift. While Silo 18 experiences its own succession of rebellions, Silo…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (525+ words) Meanwhile, Susan tries to end things with Thom once and for all. He is increasingly out of control, continues insisting that Robert is dangerous and, in the middle of a disastrous conversation at Hamburger Hamlet, decides to propose to her....

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (282+ words) I really liked the first season of Reacher. I thought the second was already more average, and now, watching the fourth, I have the feeling the series has started to become a victim of its own formula. What used to…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (560+ words) For much of Lioness Season 3, Taylor Sheridan kept us looking toward Russia. Joe went after Russian operatives, dismantled a network of sleeper agents, took part in the capture of a member of the special services and, six months later, ended…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (661+ words) The problem is that Steinbeck is not merely reproducing the Bible. He is asking whether we are condemned to repeat it. Kazan’s adaptation preserves the scene that makes the biblical reference impossible to ignore. After Adam’s business venture fails, Cal…...

1+ week, 56+ min ago   (330+ words) That is precisely where the problem begins. Hollywood promises to return characters, clothes, music, and settings to us, but what part of the audience is searching for cannot be found within the movie. It exists in the woman each viewer…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (415+ words) I saw Elton John at Madison Square Garden in 2012. Fourteen years later, I could no longer reconstruct the exact order of the songs or every detail of that night, but I remember the feeling perfectly. There are artists we admire…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1737+ words) Every Oscar race has that moment when a performance stops being merely praised and begins to feel inevitable. Andrew Scott appears to have found his in Elsinore. Since its first screening at the Telluride Film Festival, he has emerged as…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (954+ words) He lost his place to someone who does not exist. On top of that, Gerry was never particularly popular. Chad arrives and almost immediately gets what Gerry does not have: charisma, admiration, attention, and a sense of belonging. The jealousy…...