Television

"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen

On Millennial Fluidity; or, a Second Open Love Letter to Nico Tortorella
Jonathan Alexander on Nico Tortorella, gender fluidity, and contemporary culture.
Jonathan AlexanderNov 26, 2019
Tick Tock: The Timeliness of Watchmen
Jorge Cotte takes stock of what HBO's Watchmen is doing, what it thinks it's doing, and what, until last night, we might have thought it was doing, too.
Jorge CotteNov 25, 2019
- Television
Partly Truth, Partly Fiction: 2019 Cinema Revisits the Manson Family
Chloe Lizotte considers the Manson depictions from the summer of 2019, asking what contradictions of representation and historical memory they share.
Chloe LizotteNov 10, 2019
Motion Sickness: Disavowing “Succession”
Jorge Cotte explores the queasy, wobbly, ethically ambiguous experience of being close to the billionaire children of HBO's Succession.
Jorge CotteOct 24, 2019
- Television
Secret Harmonies: A Conversation with Jim Gavin
Jim Gavin talks about “Lodge 49,” his AMC show set in Long Beach.
Eric DuckerOct 9, 2019
- Television
Angels and Demons and Daughters: On Hulu's "The Act"
Leslie Kendall Dye views Hulu's series, The Act, through the lens of motherhood, daughterhood, and inter-generational trauma.
Leslie Kendall DyeSep 27, 2019
- Television
Unguilty Pleasures: On Emily Nussbaum’s “I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution”
Sophia Stewart finds a lot to like in “I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution” by Emily Nussbaum.
Sophia StewartAug 19, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
- Television
Confession is Just a Special Form of Bragging: On "Fleabag"
Anastasia Berg considers confession and confessors from Saint Augustine to Fyodor Dostoevsky to Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag.
Anastasia BergJul 30, 2019
- Television
The Art and Politics of Desire: On "Shtisel"
Libby Lenkinski explores the progressive political potential of a TV series about Israel's ultra-Orthodox community.
Libby LenkinskiJun 21, 2019
- Television
Fans with Feels: Game of Thrones as Soap Opera
Kristen Warner is here to tell you that Game of Thrones is a soap opera, that you are soap opera fans, and that it's okay.
Kristen WarnerMay 18, 2019
- Television
A Season Underground: "Russian Doll" and Mental Illness
Peli Grietzer considers the rallying murmur of Russian Doll's revolutionary representation of mental illness.
Peli GrietzerMay 6, 2019
- Television
Love App-tually: Grindr and Queer Cinema
Kyle Turner on how queer dating and hookup app Grindr has changed LGBTQ cinema.
Kyle TurnerApr 23, 2019