Film & TV
A broken Jesse Pinkman races for respite in Breaking Bad’s engrossing epilogue, El Camino
Much like the criminal escapades of Walter White himself, a lot of the dramatic urgency and narrative surprises found in...
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The Farewell is a beautiful and bittersweet bicultural tale of family, tradition and mortality
Written and directed by Lulu Wang, The Farewell stars actor-rapper Awkwafina as Billi, a young Chinese-American woman who is distraught...
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It’s never sunny in Tokyo: Stormy anime romance Weathering With You will sweep you off your feet
Although Makoto Shinkai has been a prolific manga artist, animator and filmmaker for over two decades now, his first real breakthrough came with the gargantuan success of Your Name. The 2016 romance-fantasy anime was a metaphysical mind-bender and an emotional...
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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is a gorgeous fantasy masterpiece that honors Jim Henson
Although best known for his work on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, the late, great Jim Henson’s most personal...
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Once Upon a Time In Hollywood is an elegiac buddy comedy fable of Tarantino’s Tinseltown
Perhaps no other auteur is as reverential of his references than Quentin Tarantino. His eight previous films were each a...
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Veronica Mars’ superb revival rejects Neptune nostalgia for seedier, grittier noir
Starring Kristen Bell in her breakout role, and created by Rob Thomas (Party Down, iZombie), the consistently brilliant and critically adored (yet criminally underseen) Veronica Mars was undoubtedly one of television’s greatest shows. Following a whip-smart and ultra resourceful high...
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Bong Joon-ho’s brilliant Parasite is a white-knuckled, pitch-black tragicomedy of social inequity
With an oeuvre that includes acclaimed films like Memories of a Murder, The Host, Snowpiercer and Okja – Bong Joon-ho...
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David Milch’s revisionist Western masterpiece finds poetic resolution in Deadwood: The Movie
When HBO ushered in the dawn of “prestige television” in the early aughts, it’s original dramas redefined the medium as...
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Vida’s richly complex exploration of Lantinx, queer and female perspectives is vibrant and vital
Created by first-time showrunner and accomplished Mexican-American playwright Tanya Saracho, the first season of Vida was an intimate triumph (and one of our Top 50 shows of 2018). Shaped by an all-Lantinx (and mostly queer) writers room, last year’s run...
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Beyond Ice & Fire: 12 ongoing fantasy series to watch, read and listen to after Game of Thrones
No fantasy series has ever captured the pop culture zeitgeist quite like Game of Thrones has. Based on George R.R....
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