Television

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

Spoiler Alert: Your Art Should Be Ruined
Does worrying about spoilers detract from enjoyment more than the spoilers themselves?
Noah BerlatskyNov 8, 2014
- Film
- Television
Reflections in a Black Mirror
Our current unreality, as seen in “The Leftovers” and “Black Mirror.”
Mitchell KriegmanNov 3, 2014
- Television
Homicide: Death on the Screen
A critical autopsy of Law & Order, CSI, The Following, Hannibal
Eric ThurmOct 30, 2014
- Television
He Has His Tools and Chemicals: A David Lynch Retrospective
The key to understanding David Lynch’s Twin Peaks can be found in his early work as a visual artist, all of which is on display in his current retrospective “David Lynch: The Unified Field.”
Jonathan P. EburneOct 8, 2014
Hercule Poirot and Us
Contributor Kaya Genç examines actor David Suchet's role as Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot.
Kaya GençOct 5, 2014
- Television
The Prestige Cartoon
On Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland’s 'Rick and Morty'
Annie Julia WymanOct 5, 2014
- Television
Gilding the Small Screen: or, “Is it just me or did TV get good all of a sudden?”
The true reasons for TV’s emergence as the preeminent mass medium of the early 21st century are primarily external to the actual business of creating televised narrative; none of them have anything to do with anyone’s personal greatness.
Javier Grillo-MarxuachSep 24, 2014
- Television
Vampire Socials
The distressingly human lives of vampires today
Becca RothfeldSep 19, 2014
- Television
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Network’s Darling: On “The Good Wife”
On 'The Good Wife'
Briana FasoneSep 18, 2014
- Television
Building a Better Panopticon: “The Wire” as Melodrama
Linda Williams argues that the strength of "The Wire" lies not in its commitment to Dickensian narrative or Greek tragedy, but its melodrama.
Noah BerlatskyAug 18, 2014
- Television
The Leftovers, Season 1
Get Lost: Why You Should Be Watching 'The Leftovers'
Phillip MaciakAug 8, 2014
- Dear Television
- Television
It Gets Better: The Evolution of "Queer TV"
Rachel EdelmanJul 21, 2014
- Gender & Sexuality
- Television