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‘Paradise’ found

‘Paradise’ found

Hulu’s Paradise, currently wrapping up a fine second season after an Emmy-nominated first, is the most spoilable show on TV. Try as he might, even...

27.03.2026 10

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Scarpetta’s criminal cliches

Scarpetta’s criminal cliches

Actresses of a certain age are henceforth barred from investigating crimes on TV. Ma’am, we’re going to need your badge. The latest to take up an...

20.03.2026 8

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HBO’s excellent medical propaganda

In last week’s episode of The Pitt, an unhoused neurodivergent sex worker received physician-assisted suicide courtesy of Obamacare. And they say...

13.03.2026 20

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Will Survivor 50 de-woke-ify?

I have been married for 23 years. Not bad for a man in his mid-forties. Nevertheless, CBS’s Survivor is so old that I watched its first season with...

06.03.2026 10

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A time for choosing

The other day, I mentioned to a new acquaintance my work as a TV critic for this magazine. I won’t elide the point: I was bragging. As sometimes...

27.02.2026 20

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Malice’s hard truth

Once a generation, Hollywood produces a leading man whose face and eyes tell very different stories. Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Irons, even Jimmy...

20.02.2026 10

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At home in Westeros

30.01.2026 4

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Breaking Glad: Review of ‘Pluribus’

28.11.2025 10

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‘Idiot’ advice

14.11.2025 4

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Hulu’s football farce: Review of ‘Chad Powers’

24.10.2025 10

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There will be buffoonery: Review of ‘One Battle After Another’

03.10.2025 10

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Confessions of a sports cynic

19.09.2025 10

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‘The Rainmaker’ explores what it takes to make John Grisham bad

05.09.2025 20

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The stolen base is back — and so is baseball

05.09.2025 10

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Freddie deBoer’s novel approach to mental illness

05.09.2025 20

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Lepore grasp of the Constitution

05.09.2025 20

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If a movie makes $2 billion and no Americans are around to see it, does it make a sound? Review of ‘Ne Zha 2’

05.09.2025 10

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How Cracker Barrel’s logo ordeal explains American politics

05.09.2025 20

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Misery loves comedy: Review of ‘Oh, Hi’

15.08.2025 8

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Judges with whistles

25.07.2025 10

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Apple’s golf show Stick drowns us in therapy culture

11.07.2025 5

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We should all be thanking Israel

20.06.2025 10

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The rise of the Pinkertons

20.06.2025 10

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The second coming of Pulp

20.06.2025 10

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Wes Anderson remembers to put humans in the dollhouses this time

20.06.2025 10

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The neurotic breakdown behind Apple’s new sci-fi show Murderbot

20.06.2025 10

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Susan Choi’s uneven return: Review of ‘Flashlight’ by Susan Choi

13.06.2025 8

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In praise of errors: ChatGPT is scrambling campus values

30.05.2025 20

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The fiscal irresponsibility of so-called ‘moderate’ Republicans

09.05.2025 10

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Race to the bottom

09.05.2025 10

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Review of Diarmaid MacCulloch’s Lower Than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity

09.05.2025 10

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The secret of getting good grades

09.05.2025 10

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Does Thunderbolts* make sense if you’ve never seen a Marvel movie before? I went to find out

09.05.2025 10

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Review of ‘Don’t Be Canada: How One Country Did Everything Wrong All at Once’ by Tristin Hopper

25.04.2025 7

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In an artistic manor: Review of the reopened Frick

25.04.2025 10

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Algorithmic friendship

25.04.2025 8

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Review of ‘Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light’

25.04.2025 10

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How Hollywood fell apart in the 30 years since ‘While You Were Sleeping’

25.04.2025 6

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Children of girlbosses: The return of The Handmaid’s Tale

11.04.2025 6

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The Gorge is empty

28.02.2025 10

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Nosferatu faces the darkness

17.01.2025 10

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Kidman’s workplace romp

10.01.2025 20

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Bury wokeness: If leftist identity politics are dying, conservatives should act like it

On an election night that gave conservatives nearly more luminous moments than we could count, one shone with particular clarity. Around 1 a.m.,...

03.01.2025 9

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