Film & TV
Hacks is a darkly hilarious love letter to the pain and toil of stand-up comedy
Hacks was far and away the best new show of 2021. The HBO dramedy’s freshman season navigated the burgeoning mentorship...
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The Wire creator David Simon revisits Baltimore police corruption in We Own This City
David Simon is the greatest television storyteller of all-time. While his masterful series have historically been underseen and undervalued, his...
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“Flee” & “Writing With Fire”: two must-see documentaries at The Projector this month
It’s Oscar season, meaning there’s a bevy of quality films being released in cinemas or on streaming this month! Naturally, a lot of them have been making the rounds at beloved Singaporean arthouse theater, The Projector. From West Side Story...
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Norwegian rom-com The Worst Person in the World is the best film of the year (so far)
Until recent years, romantic comedies used to be reliable crowd-pleasers. Yet, outside of a few notable standouts like The Big...
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Pedro Almodóvar excavates Spain’s forgotten atrocities with a matrilineal tale of Parallel Mothers
Now in his fifth decade as a filmmaker, Pedro Almodóvar is, amazingly, still pushing new directions in his artform, while...
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West Side Story is an astonishing triumph (and Steven Spielberg’s 2nd best film about sharks)
If any director has earned the right to do whatever he wants, it’s Steven Spielberg. The famed auteur is on a five decade (!) winning streak that encompasses Oscar-winning historical dramas (Schindler’s List, The Post, Munich), blockbuster commercial entertainment (Jurassic...
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The 40 Best TV Shows of 2021
From streaming to cable to regular broadcast, there’s an overwhelming abundance of quality television this year. But for our money,...
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The 40 Best Movies of 2021
Whether you saw them in cinemas or on your laptops, this has been a standout year for film. These are...
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The Many Saints of Newark briefly recaptures the greatness of The Sopranos
From Firefly’s Serenity to The X-Files, big screen continuations of small screen series are nothing new. Even in recent years, we’ve been treated to notable feature film revivals of revered shows in the form of Downton Abbey, El Camino: A...
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David Lowery’s reimagining of The Green Knight is spellbinding, seductive and sumptuous
After being delayed for over a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, A24’s ambitious and visionary retelling of Arthurian legend...
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