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‘A Teacher’ Review: The Student-Teacher Trope Gets a Much Needed Update
Claire Wilson, a popular young English teacher, has an affair with an 18-year-old student, Eric Walker. The miniseries explores the complexities and consequences of their forbidden romance.
TV Review: ‘A Wilderness of Error’ Sensationalizes a True Crime and Errol Morris
Alan French reviews FX and Hulu's "A Wilderness of Error," a new true-crime series from Marc Smerling and Errol Morris on the Jeffrey Macdonald case.
TV Review: ‘Fargo’ Season Four Bloodies Up the Story of the American Dream
The head of an African American crime syndicate goes to war with the Italian mafia in Kansas City, Missouri during the 1950s
The Americans 6×10, “START”
At the start of this final season of The Americans, I questioned the possible setup of a spy vs. spy scenario involving Elizabeth and Philip. While that could have played out in a reasonably entertain...
Review: Atlanta – Robbin’ Season 2×11, “Crabs In A Barrel”
While not entirely unexpected, a sense of hope was able to come through in the season finale of Atlanta – Robbin’ Season. “Crabs in a Barrel” is the proper follow-up to “North of the Border,” after th...
Review: Atlanta – Robbin’ Season 2×10, “FUBU”
Following a possible shakeup in the relationship between Earn and Alfred during last week’s Atlanta, we take a look back in time for “FUBU,” which delivers an origin story fit for Robbin’ Season. I ha...
The Americans 6×06, “Rififi”
As if this final season of The Americans needed to do more to have me onboard for the elaborate high wire act being pulled off to wrap this series up, here’s an episode named after one of my favorite ...
Review: Atlanta – Robbin’ Season 2×09, “North of the Border”
For all the time’s I’ve pointed out how Atlanta is a series that can play by its own rules as far as narrative arcs are concerned, I will not that I’m not only unsurprised by the rift that occurs betw...
The Americans 6×05, “The Great Patriotic War”
With a shortened, ten-episode final season, The Americans finds itself in a position to move towards its end game. “The Great Patriotic War” feels like the start of that descent. I say descent not wit...