The Madness premiered on Netflix on November 28. By Elazar Abrahams A late contender for one of the best television series of 2024 has arrived in Netflix’s The Madness. The eight-episode miniseries is a masterclass […]
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Interior Chinatown – Review
Interior Chinatown premieres November 19 on Hulu. By Elazar Abrahams Hulu’s new miniseries Interior Chinatown is an adaptation of Charles Yu’s award-winning novel that’s just as strikingly clever as the self-aware book was. The story […]
Planet of the Apes – Every Movie Ranked
By Elazar Abrahams It’s been a few months since I worked through the Planet of the Apes franchise, and therefore a few months since I haven’t been able to stop grunting in a simian voice. […]
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin – Review
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin is now streaming on Netflix. By Greg Wheeler While the media continues to wage war against video games, citing it as a form of “promoting violence”, in reality, gaming can […]
Or Something [Bushwick Film Festival]
Or Something is screening at the Bushwick Film Festival this Friday, October 18. By Elazar Abrahams Many indie films line our inbox at TV and City, but there is simply not enough time to watch […]
Criminality in ‘Fargo’
By Elazar Abrahams A few years ago, I wrote a paper for a crime fiction class, which follows below. It’s a close read of one of the Coen Brothers’ earliest and best films, Fargo. Good […]
Lee – Review
Lee snaps into theaters on September 27. Lee is the kind of film that aims to transcend the usual biopic mold, yet despite its ambition, it often feels bound by convention. Directed by Ellen Kuras […]
Transformers One – Review
Transformers One rolls into theaters on September 20. By Elazar Abrahams Let’s get this out of the way—I’m not a die-hard Transformers fan. I’ve never seen the live-action films except for last summer’s Rise of […]
The Idea of You – Review
The Idea of You is now streaming on Prime Video. By Greg Wheeler Amazon Prime Video’s latest film, The Idea of You, brings to life the 2017 novel by Robin Lee, which was loosely inspired […]
The Contestant – Review
The Contestant is now streaming on Hulu. By Greg Wheeler The new Hulu documentary The Contestant explores the dark side of reality TV by focusing on one of the earliest reality shows in Japan, highlighting […]
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