Comedy
Search Party season 4, episode 9 recap – “The Inferno”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 9, “The Inferno”, contains spoilers. The season’s penultimate episode ends with a reveal that, in my opinion,...
Search Party season 4, episode 8 recap – “The Imposter”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 8, “The Imposter”, contains spoilers. The great twist of Search Party’s first season was that the subject...
Search Party season 4, episode 7 recap – “The Infinite Loop”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 7, “The Infinite Loop”, contains spoilers. Over the past few episodes, I’ve noted how Dory’s suffering has...
So My Grandma’s a Lesbian! review – a community-driven LGBTQ+ comedy
Well, that’s certainly a title for a film. Its off-the-cuff casual tone can be imagined — So My Grandma’s a Lesbian! is a casual comedy...
WandaVision season 1, episode 3 recap – what in Seaside, Florida is going on here?
This recap of Disney Plus’s WandaVision season 1, episode 3, contains spoilers. The third episode has WandaVision entering the classic ‘70s sitcom style, with the...
Daughter From Another Mother review – Mexican dramedy challenges the idea of family
This review of Daughter From Another Mother is spoiler-free. You’d think that the crux of Daughter From Another Mother, a new nine-part Mexican dramedy now streaming on...
Search Party season 4, episode 6 recap – “The Thoughtless Woman”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 6, “The Thoughtless Woman”, contains spoilers. Chip’s full name is Charles “Chip” Wreck. I know that’s not...
Search Party season 4, episode 5 recap – “Doctor Mindbender”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 5, “Doctor Mindbender”, contains spoilers. “In an ironic twist of fate, our friend Dory has gone missing.”...
Search Party season 4, episode 4 recap – “Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity-Jig”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 4, “Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity-Jig”, contains spoilers. Search Party has always been a show about the...
Double Dad review – Maisa Silva makes a compelling lead
There’s a reason certain genres are popular with audiences, and indeed with filmmakers alike. There’s a lot of comfort to be found in the familiar;...
WandaVision season 1, episode 2 recap – what’s with the [spoiler] outfit?
This recap of Disney Plus’s WandaVision season 1, episode 2, contains significant spoilers. WandaVision episode 2 begins in black and white and I Love Lucy style...
The Heartbreak Club review – a formulaic, musical rom-com
Some themes are universal, and breakups are one of them. Everyone knows what it’s like. There you are, imagining spending the rest of your life...
Call Your Mother review – another bland, formulaic network sitcom
The point of parenting is to do a good enough job at it that your kids don’t need you anymore – but what do you...
Search Party season 4, episode 3 recap – “Escape to Nowhere”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 3, “Escape to Nowhere”, contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free season review is here. The central question driving Search...
Search Party season 4, episode 2 recap – “Something Sharp”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 2, “Something Sharp”, contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free season review is here. How do you move on from...
Search Party season 4, episode 1 recap – “The Girl in the Basement”
This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 1, “The Girl in the Basement”, contains spoilers. Search Party has always thrived at imbuing classic genre...
Search Party season 4 review – milennial thriller takes psycho turn
This review of Search Party Season 4 is spoiler-free. Few shows are more difficult to categorize than Search Party, the fourth season of which premieres...
What Happened to Mr Cha? review – a satire that can’t get out of its own way
This review of What Happened to Mr Cha? is spoiler-free. Korean comedy What Happened to Mr. Cha? is the directorial debut of Kim Dong-kyu, and...
Death to 2020 review – a fittingly predictable end to the year
For years now, Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’s Black Mirror has been the rubric for whatever kind of hellish dystopian future we’re hurtling towards, and...
The Stand In review – the worst film of the year
There aren’t enough words for how indescribably bad Drew Barrymore’s The Stand In is. It is bad, so very bad. Atrocious, brackish, hackneyed, insipid,...