RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap S16E13: Family (Resemblance) Matters
The Drag Race villain of the season, Dawn, has gotten the boot. Once “Body” began, her chances against the BBL of Miami in a lip... Read More
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‘Sugar’ Review: Colin Farrell is the King of L.A. Noir in New Sour Apple Series
There are ways to pay tribute to cinema and television that came before contemporary media that honors the legacy of these narratives while building onto... Read More
‘Mary & George’ Review: Julianne Moore is a Machiavellian Mother in the Galitzine Empire
The opening credits of the new STARZ limited series Mary & George closes on Artemisia Gentileschi’s 1613 painting Judith Slaying Holofernes, period appropriate for the... Read More
‘Loot’ Season 2 Review: Maya Rudolph and Company Secure the Bag in Hilarious Sophomore Session
In 2016, the short-lived variety series Maya & Marty flew like a meteor across the television sky: bright, ambitious, packed with talent, and fleeting. Canceled... Read More
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap S16E12: Bodies Bodies Bodies (BBL Remix)
I’m so sorry but it’s difficult to concentrate on Morphine’s celebratory monologue upon entering the Werkroom when we get these beautiful glimpses of Q’s rage.... Read More
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap S16E11: Throwing Tantrums and Titties
We return to Drag Race this week after last week’s top two queens battled it out for the win, sending no one home in the... Read More
SXSW 2024 Capsule Reviews of ‘Hacks’ Season 3, ‘Pet Shop Days,’ ‘Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show’ and more
I’ve been on the ground in Austin, Texas, at the SXSW Television and Film Festival for a week now, engorging myself with cinema that offers... Read More
‘3 Body Problem’ TV Review: Netflix’s Newest Drama Has 3 Problems but Jess Hong Ain’t One | SXSW 2024
The past decade has seen an emergence in the popularity of genre storytelling, whether it be Game of Thrones or The Wheel of Time telling... Read More
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap S16E10: In the World of Verses, You’re Either a “Power” Top or a “Power” Bottom
The queens walk into the Werkroom shaken by Plasma’s exit as Mhi’ya further cements her status as lip sync assassin of the season. I know... Read More
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap S16E9: Investing in a Goth IRA
“I can’t believe she’s gone,” Morphine tearfully admits in a confessional. It’s one of the first sentences the audience hears this episode, and the theatrics... Read More
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