Wicked Widow’s Bay
What if the mayor from Jaws was the hero and had to deal with a cursed island? That’s basically the premise of Widow’s Bay, a...
From Supe to Nuts
One of the most confusing decisions Amazon Prime made in its early days was when it canceled the live-action remake of Ben Edlund’s brilliant...
Burning Down the Hutts
I did not have time to catch up on all three seasons of The Mandalorian before I saw Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. Nevertheless,...
Oh, Kay!
In many ways, Patricia Cornwell’s novels were ahead of their time. That’s why I ate up a bunch of them as a teenager. A...
The ‘Eeeeaglllle!’ Has Landed
We live in terrifyingly cynical times. We’re so steeped in the stuff that it feels like we’re stuck in the fuselage of a downed...
Building a Mystery
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery, a thoroughly layered and beautiful documentary streaming now on Hulu, is aptly named for a song by singer-songwriter Sarah...
Lioness: Love Bites
Taylor Sheridan’s Western TV smash Yellowstone and its many spinoffs tend to lean toward stories about men, so Lioness is a complete change of wardrobe. It’s...
R.I.P., Frederick Wiseman
This past Monday, the news came from Massachusetts that Frederick Wiseman passed away at the age of 96. Most of the film press was...
The Beauty & the Blecch
Ryan Murphy’s shows and movies outside of the American Horror Story universe feel like properties designed for the digital information age, and that’s not necessarily...
Heated Rivalry: Icy Hot
Awards season for movies means that I am late to watching Heated Rivalry, but I’m not late to it becoming a bona fide cultural...
