Michael Szalay is a film and television editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books. He teaches at UC Irvine and his most recent book is Second Lives: Black-Market Melodramas and the Reinvention of Television (Chicago, 2023).
Michael Szalay
Articles
It’s Time for My Voice to Be Deferred
In the latest installment of Screen Shots, Michael Szalay reviews Alfonso Cuarón’s new Apple TV+ series “Disclaimer.”
When Not Every Second Counts
In the latest installment of Screen Shots, Michael Szalay reviews season three of FX’s “The Bear.”
Spooky Entanglements: “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Constellation,” and “The Signal”
Michael Szalay on twinned productions and other IP shenanigans in “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Constellation,” and “The Signal.”
Apple’s Gimmick: On “Fingernails” and the TV+ Brand
Michael Szalay compares apples and Apples in parsing the streamer’s strategy financially, aesthetically, narratively, and otherwise.
iPhone TV: A Conversation with Kim Jee-woon
Michael Szalay asks Kim Jee-woon about his new Apple TV+ series, “Dr. Brain.”
Streaming Enthusiasm and the Industrious Family Drama
Michael Szalay on what the rise of streaming platforms and their dark family dramas tell us about the US flagging empire.
The Incorporation Artist
Dana Spiotta interviewed by Michael Szalay
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