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Bojack Horseman Season 6 Part One: The Long Road to Recovery (and How it May All Come Crashing Down)
Like Mad Men and Breaking Bad before it, Bojack Horseman has decided to split its final season into two parts. As a result, season 6 part one feels more like a preamble: it’s a roller-coaster slowly climbing to its peak,…
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Living With Yourself is a Philosophical Exercise Disguised as a Comedy, Boosted by Paul Rudd’s Double Performances
Living with Yourself starts with a plastic-wrapped Paul Rudd clawing out of the earth, clad in nothing but his diaper. Still confused (and scared), he spends the next six hours trekking to his home, where he finds that there is…
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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Brings Closure to Jesse Pinkman’s Story (and Provides Fan Service at the Highest Level)
It’s been six years since Breaking Bad ended, but you wouldn’t think it when you start watching watching El Camino. The film picks up right where the finale left Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), driving into the desert after escaping his…
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Peaky Blinders Gets Close and Personal (and Ups the Stakes) in Season 5
Peaky Blinders has come a long way from its season one roots in Birmingham. Now Tommy Shelby is a socialist MP, and he lives in a stately Manor in Warwickshire. There’s a feeling that, with the trade up to greater…
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Bard of Blood is a Narrative Mess that Fails to be a Realistic Representation of Spycraft
Even if it wasn’t as flawed as it is, Bard of Blood would still be disappointing. It never rises above the level of a typical Indian spy thriller, unintentionally bringing to mind the Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif-helmed flicks of…
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How Netflix Spearheaded the Streaming Revolution (and Why it Spends So Much on Original Content)
Netflix began its streaming service in 2007, but its founder, Reed Hastings, had envisioned the move much earlier. Hastings laid out his vision for the company to Ted Sarandos, head of content at Netflix, all the way back in 1999.…
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Mindhunter Season 2 is Mostly Solid, Delving Deep into a Complex Murder Investigation
When Mindhunter debuted in 2017, it quickly picked up steam, partly due to its superstar creator, David Fincher, and partly because it arrived right at a time when people were fascinated by true crime stories. The show stood out because…
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Stranger Things 3 is An Enjoyable (But Predictable) Nostalgia Trip, Full of Teenage Drama (and Malls)
Stranger Things 3 is a bit of a mixed bag. On one hand, it does a good job continuing the story already told in the previous two seasons. The kids are teenagers now, and that means lots of changes, from…
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Leila tells a Timely Story of Segregation, Paranoia and Hope
Netflix’s latest Indian series, Leila, is based on a 2017 novel by Prayaag Akbar. Although the adaptation (helmed by director Deepa Mehta) is more political than the source material, it gets some timely ideas across about dystopian autocracies. Shalini Rizwan…
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Delhi Crime is a Charged, Feminist Take on a True Story, Raising Important Questions about Society
It’s hard to objectively judge a show that blends fact and fiction, especially when the facts stem from a case as harrowing as the 2012 Delhi rape case. It would be disingenuous of us to suggest that Delhi Crime is an entirely…
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