Streaming Review: BS High
I am perversely, ineluctably drawn to documentaries like BS High, where people who have done something really bad confidently sit down in front of...
Emilia Pérez: Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Trans musicals are officially a thing now. For years, Hedwig and the Angry Inch had the field to itself. Since then, it’s been joined...
Do You Know the Monkey Man?
You’ve probably heard that Monkey Man is Dev Patel’s directing debut and that it’s an action thriller that kicks all kinds of ass in...
Apple Cider Vinegar: Sick in the Head
I’m in awe of Kaitlyn Dever. Of course, I was in awe of her well before I saw her in the lead role of...
Pretty, Pretty Good Finale
If you’re a long-time HBO viewer, it’s hard not hear the carnivalesque theme to Curb Your Enthusiasm (“Frolic” by composer Luciano Michelini) directly after the...
The Best Lead Performances of 2023
Whether they’re actually new faces or just new to this list, it’s good to see some people on this feature of mine who haven’t...
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...
We’ve Got The Lowdown
We had a Pedro Pascal summer, and now it’s given way to an Ethan Hawke fall. (Everything he’s not in this season, fellow Texan...
Adolescence: ‘What Have You Done?’
Sometimes when a cultural phenomenon seems to come out of nowhere, I’m already on top of it. The British crime drama Adolescence quickly became a...
Pitt Masters
Back in the 1990s, the TV show that people could not stop talking about was NBC’s ER. Starring a bunch of unknown actors (including...
