Tár: Lydian Mode
Sexual harassment can happen in most professions, but classical music makes it particularly easy. Teachers spend a great deal of one-on-one time with students,...
Dahmer: Jeff Who Lives at Home
What idiot executive told Netflix to title its dramatic series Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story? One-third of the words would have told...
Goddamn Amsterdam
For somewhat understandable reasons, the filmmakers and studio behind Amsterdam have buried the lede. This period satire is about a group of right-wing greedheads launching...
House of the Dragon Recap, Episode 3
“Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown,” said Henry IV in Part 2 of the Shakespeare play that bears his name, and while...
Prey: Thunderbird
Hallelujah, praise the Lord! At long last, somebody did something creative with the Predator series! It took only 35 years after the release of the...
Heard
“It might be 2022 out there,” the sign reads, “but in here, it’s still 1988.”
The words hang at Mr. Beef, the real-life Chi-town inspiration...
The Dropout: Blood Money
It is so fascinating to watch Amanda Seyfried’s lead performance in The Dropout. This actress has taken on romances like Letters to Juliet,...
Vengeance: Conspiracy Theory
It’s a plot as old as plots: a city slicker comes to the countryside with preconceived notions about the rural folk and then finds...
Shout at the Devils
Although we have made considerable progress since the Trojan War, there are many ways in which we are still sacrificing virgins to keep the...
Blockbusters
If you’re a lifelong Texas resident, like myself, do you remember being a kid? It seems like I do, but this absolutely soul-crushing heat...
