It would be pretty hard to find a show more frustrating than Grey’s Anatomy. More than decade on the air, I question my sanity every time I watch an episode. I’ve had ups and downs throughout. Season One, I…
Talking Transparent with Jill Soloway and the Cast
A week after winning two Emmys, Amazon’s hit (and beloved) dramedy Transparent returns with season three today. Returning to the Pfefferman family, a white Jewish upper middle class family with three grown children (Amy Landecker’s Sarah, Jay Duplass’s Josh, and…
TV Review: This is Us Series Premiere
Note: Spoilers ahead! Since the trailer premiered (to record views), the actual premise for the NBC series This is Us has been kept under wraps. They introduced the characters and sparked interest with some intriguing (and a little saccharine) marketing.…
TV Review: The Good Place 1×01-1×02 “Pilot” & “Flying”
NBC’s new comedy The Good Place feels like a female entry into high-concept comedies like My Name is Earl or Last Man on Earth, and I say that with the intention of offering high praise. Both of those are two…
TV Review: Masters of Sex 4×1 “Freefall”
The title “Freefall” is a smart one for an episode of the once great Masters of Sex. After season one’s smart and involving first episodes, the show started its own free fall in season two; and by season three, it…
Interview: Derek Cianfrance on The Light Between Oceans
The new film The Light Between Oceans might seem like a change of pace for indie director Derek Cianfrance. He previously wrote and directed the Ryan Gosling starring indie films Blue Valentine and The Place Beyond the Pines, melodramas with…
Movie Review: The Hollars
It’s unsurprising that The Hollars came to audiences by way of Sundance as it’s exactly the kind of movie Sundance became famous for in the 1990s and early 2000s. A family dramedy with immature son(s) coming of age at the…
