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Talking Madonna with Erik and Abdi: Episode 3 – ‘TRUE BLUE’ (1986)

Erik Anderson April 21, 2020

Welcome to episode 3 of Talking Madonna with Erik and Abdi. In just her third album in as many years, Madonna established herself as the... Read More

TV Review: ‘After Life’ Season 2 finds Ricky Gervais at his best and most vulnerable

Catherine Springer April 18, 2020

Ricky Gervais’s Netflix series, After Life, is very much the product of an artist at his most personal. Gervais’s monster success early in his career... Read More

TV Rucap: RuPaul’s Drag Race: S12 E8 – “And I Droop”

David Acacia April 17, 2020

As Heidi is wiping the lipstick from mirror after sending Brita back home to NYC, Jan is feeling some kind of way after not only... Read More

TV Recap: ‘Devs’ — Season Finale: Episode 8

Michael Frank April 17, 2020

Though much of the first season of Devs has crawled forward, its finale quickened the pace before bringing life to a screeching halt. As both... Read More

Film Review: Drake Doremus’ ‘Endings, Beginnings’ can’t find its place

Meghan White April 17, 2020

There’s a moment in Drake Doremus’ ENDINGS, BEGINNINGS that affected me deeply. Curled on her side, Shailene Woodley’s Daphne is held tight by her on-again-off-again... Read More

TV Recap: Top Chef All-Stars LA Episode 5 “Bring Your Loved One to Work”

Daniel Trainor and Sam Stone April 16, 2020

Welcome to another recap of “Top Chef: All-Stars L.A.,” or as we’ve begun to refer to it “Nini turning looks week after week.” I’m Sam... Read More

TV Recap: ‘Dispatches from Elsewhere’ Season 1 Episode 8 — “Lee”

Michael Frank April 16, 2020

As the game “officially” ended in last week’s episode, the eighth installment of Jason Segel’s Dispatches from Elsewhere forced itself to move in a different... Read More

TV Recap: One Day at a Time S4 E4 – “One Halloween at a Time”

Amelia Merrill April 14, 2020

his is it! I thought, like the show’s theme song lyrics, as the credits rolled on the fourth episode of the new season of One... Read More

Talking Madonna with Erik and Abdi: Episode 2 – ‘LIKE A VIRGIN’ (1984)

Erik Anderson April 14, 2020

Welcome back to Talking Madonna with Erik and Abdi! We hope you liked our first episode, where Abdi (author of the Madonna-rich, queer coming of... Read More