Arts Blog
‘Scandal’: For a Political Drama, 'Watch Me' Remains Suspiciously Stagnant
The biggest challenge “Scandal” writers have this season is figuring out how to introduce complexity and struggle to characters who have already reached their peaks.
‘Fresh Off the Boat’ is Kind of Corny, But Rightfully So
While a lot of the show is objectively very silly and corny and cliché, it’s still very heartwarming.
Crossing Boundaries, Tackling Borders, and Challenging the Past: Season Four of ‘Transparent’ Does It All
Season Four brilliantly builds off of the ideas of identity and inherited trauma that drove the show’s previous seasons, while opening up space to explore yet another recurring and related theme in the Pfefferman’s lives: the role of physical and metaphysical borders.
‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Serves Up Fresh Faces and Canned Drama
The newest season of “Hell’s Kitchen” is so relentless in its pursuit of drama that it leaves the realm of entertainment and enters one of ridiculousness.
‘Rick and Morty’ Finale Caps Off Season of Change
It is particularly striking that the season finale functions as something of a reset button for the Sanchez-Smith family in a season which has been explicitly about change.
As Seen on the Small Screen: ‘Gangs of New York’
It creates moments of intense suspense, confusing affection, and pure rage, both for the viewer and for the protagonists.
Unpopular Opinion: ‘One Tree Hill’
It doesn’t matter what you say about bad acting, cliché plot lines, or creating an unrealistic image of high school and life beyond: “One Tree Hill” was a masterpiece of our youth.
Gaga Stands Tall in Documentary 'Five Foot Two'
A far cry from the mysterious, egg-palanquin enigma of the early 2010s, this unfiltered, ripped-shorts performer is nonetheless refreshing and acutely engaging.
Moral Failure and Familial Relationships in ‘Rick and Morty’
One can expect nothing from tonight's season finale, other than originality and greatness—the only thing the show continues to deliver on a regular basis.
‘The Deuce’ is the Start of Something Great
The interweaving of multiple stories creates a richer, more fantastical world than would be possible with just one storyline.
‘The Good Place’ Pulls a Twist, Sticks the Landing
It can be hard for a show to recover from a major twist, and it’s hard to think of a more earth-shattering twist than the one that “The Good Place” revealed in its Season One finale.