When Peacock‘s Poker Face premiered back in 2023, my biggest complaint came from a place of privilege: There was so much to enjoy about creator Rian Johnson and producer-star Natasha Lyonne’s loving tribute to the […]
Daniel Fienberg
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Even at the peak of Peak TV, the medium’s gatekeepers were resistant to making full-fledged commitments to surrealism and absurdity. But that hasn’t stopped some weird curios from sneaking through. There have been long-running favorites […]
If you’re developing a personality based around sports fandom, it’s easiest and most satisfying to root for either a perennial loser or a perennial winner. Cheer for the scrappy underdog and you can maintain a […]
In John Cheever’s expert short story “The Swimmer,” the protagonist announces his intention to swim from a small afternoon gathering to his home, exclusively using an interconnected series of suburban Westchester County swimming pools. What […]
You’d have to go all the way back to 2000’s Snatch for the last Guy Ritchie project that I awaited with unabashed anticipation. At the time, Ritchie was coming off of the sleeper success of […]
When Jennifer Euston was casting Orange Is the New Black, it stands to reason that she was selecting interesting performers first and, given the show’s evocative opening credits, interesting faces second. But somewhere on the […]