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May
07
Episodes: The Corrections

Episodes: The Corrections

So a couple of years ago, I made a typo. It wasn't the world's worst typo
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May
05
Episodes: In defense of the 22-episode season

Episodes: In defense of the 22-episode season

Let me submit a proposition to you: the problem with the 22-episode season isn't the number of episodes;
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May
03
Episodes: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and why "of its time" rarely has meaning

Episodes: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and why "of its time" rarely has meaning

At the recent TCM Classic Film Festival (which I talked about in the last newsletter), I ended up taking in
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Apr
30
Episodes: The defrag

Episodes: The defrag

I actually completely forgot I requested press credentials for the TCM Classic Movie Festival. (I'm also just now
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Apr
28
Episodes: How you can fake your way through a writing career

Episodes: How you can fake your way through a writing career

When I interviewed him recently in connection to The Girlfriend Experience, Steven Soderbergh said something that struck me as true
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Apr
27
Episodes: "The Prom With Me"

Episodes: "The Prom With Me"

When I left my office today, it was out the back way, and I almost immediately ran into a teenager
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Apr
21
Episodes: On publicists

Episodes: On publicists

The thing that happens when you're a critic is people accuse you of being biased. The most recent
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Apr
19
Episodes: The forgotten legacy of the travelogue show

Episodes: The forgotten legacy of the travelogue show

There's been a lot of criticism of AMC's Fear the Walking Dead this season. Some of
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Apr
14
Episodes: Why I resist fandom

Episodes: Why I resist fandom

I'm not a good fan. This is, I think, on the face of things, probably not what most
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Apr
09
Episodes: Captain America: Civil War — complete spoilers

Episodes: Captain America: Civil War — complete spoilers

The good people at the Captain America: Civil War screening said "no reviews until Wednesday, April 13," and
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