Episode Reviews Always Listen to the Nurses - The Pitt s02e06 The Pitt delivers its best episode yet.
Oscars Gothic But Modern - Frankenstein & Wuthering Heights Two films, two directors, two different attempts to adapt 19th century literature for a modern audience...
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Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Brandon Sanderson, and the Art of Creative Control Options, deals, adaptations, and live action... Every authors' dream is not far off from becoming their nightmare
Episode Reviews No More Fireworks - The Pitt s02e03 A somewhat slow episode gives the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center a false sense of security
Episode Reviews Life Is Nothing If Lived In Solitude - Heated Rivalry Season 1 The Gay Canadian Hockey show is more than just a sex-fueled romp for the already-converted. It's a how-to for bringing queer stories to the masses.
The Diplomat Who Do You Work For? - The Diplomat Season 3 Marital intimacy comes in all sorts of different forms...
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Martin Scorsese A Very Personal List of Top 250 Films - Part 5: #50-1 A list in which there aren't any films that are better than these...
Steven Spielberg A Very Personal List of Top 250 Films - Part 4: #100-51 Three of Satoshi Kon's four films, a couple of Best Picture winners, and a heaping dose of DiCaprio...
Rian Johnson A Very Personal List of Top 250 Films - Part 3: #150-101 A bunch of black and whites, a few with the word "sun", and a previous #1...
Martin Scorsese A Very Personal List of Top 250 Films - Part 2: #200-151 Featuring a couple Wachowskis, a couple Paul Thomas Andersons, and a couple of mashups
Martin Scorsese A Very Personal List of Top 250 Films - Part 1: #250-201 Spoilers: gotta get the MCU out of the way...
The Top 250 Films A Very Personal List of Top 250 Movies - Intro: Honorable Mentions The Overture to the Substack Event of the Season™ is here!
Alfred Hitchcock The Highest Heights - Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock's undeniable masterpiece owes its success to many different sources...
Building the Top 250 In the Shadow of Greatness - To Kill A Mockingbird A cinematic translation of the 20th Century's most-read book
Broadway We Haven't Got Time - Merrily We Roll Along The new pro-shot of the recent Broadway revival unlocks the full potential of Sondheim's hidden gem masterpiece
Building the Top 250 Harnessing the Metatext - Unforgiven Clint Eastwood deconstructs westerns, tests his audience's patience, and delivers a masterpiece
