Snowfall Is a Clever, Retro-Pulp ThrillerThis FX drama about the rise of crack in the ‘80s takes its cues from gangster movies, but it’s best when it’s yakking, not whacking.
The Best Actress on TV Is Orphan Black ’s Tatiana Maslany Never in television history has a single performer portrayed so many characters interacting within the same story.
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The Eighth Episode of Twin Peaks: The Return Is Horrifyingly Beautiful It’s a visually and sonically dazzling origin story for postwar America.
Netflix’s GLOW Is a Mostly Enjoyable Underdog Story Much of its appeal comes from being the sort of broad-strokes comedy of liberation that might’ve been produced in the ‘80s.
Better Call Saul ’s Third Season Ends on the Darkest Possible NoteIt expresses the corrosive bleakness of Gilligan and Gould’s Albuquerque underworld.
Michael McKean and Peter Gould on Chuck’s Big Episode of Better Call Saul “When this idea came up I had a lot of resistance to it for many reasons.”
The American Gods Finale Is a Pure Delight Despite my reservations, it made me unreservedly love the show.
Oliver Stone Wants to Change the Way You Think About Putin “If he is so dangerous, as they say, let’s listen to the man and see if you understand what he wants.”
Holy Influential Actor, Batman: How Adam West Continues to Shape Hollywood He made the Dark Knight a hit in the 1960s, and impacted every depiction of the character that followed.
The Leftovers Ends With No Answers — But Here’s One Possible TheoryI’ll tell you what I initially believed happened in The Leftovers finale. Then I’ll tell you the conclusion that I came to the day after.
The Carmichael Show Is More Confident in Its Third SeasonThis is one of the most honest, least-talked-about series on TV.
House of Cards ’ Fifth Season Is Bonkers, in a Good WayNot since season four of Boardwalk Empire has a show made me want to go back and reconsider every withering thing I’ve written about it.
Why Twin Peaks Is Not the Series We’ve Convinced Ourselves It Was Here are seven things you need to keep in mind as you watch the show.
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Best Shows Are Taking Their Cues From Literature How shows like Master of None , The Handmaid’s Tale, Jane the Virgin, and Big Little Lies are mining books for onscreen gold.
Jill Soloway’s I Love Dick Has a Mesmerizing Energy This half-hour series works like gangbusters part of the time.
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May 10, 2017
Master of None ’s Second Season Is Even Better Than Its FirstThe new batch of episodes is on my short list for scripted show of the
year.
Barry Jenkins on How He Directed Dear White People ’s Most Pivotal Episode “We are trying to work the audience into an empathic feeling, so that we understand what it’s like to be Reggie.”
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May 5, 2017
American Gods Is a Bizarre, Dazzling ShowIt’s one of the strangest series ever to air on American television.
Netflix’s Dear White People Is a Feat It’s superior in almost every way to Justin Simien’s 2014 same-named film.
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Apr. 25, 2017
Fargo Creator Noah Hawley Explains Why Ewan McGregor Is Playing Two Characters“Whatever empathy you have for the underdog you probably also carry some
of it over to rooting for the older brother.”
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Apr. 12, 2017
The Leftovers Is Going Out on a High NoteSometimes you need a good cry, and this show continues to give it to you.
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Apr. 4, 2017
The Silence of the Big Little Lies Finale Tune into our discussion of the show on the Vulture TV Podcast.
Big Little Lies Was a Heartfelt, Cathartic, and Unexpectedly Hopeful ShowUnderneath the scandals, gossip, dark secrets, and affairs, Big Little Lies was about the mechanics of tribal loyalty.
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Mar. 29, 2017
The Vulture TV Podcast : This Is Us , Rupert Grint, and Mortality Why watching Rupert Grint grow up is making Matt Zoller Seitz feel weird.
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Mar. 16, 2017
Netflix’s Iron Fist Is a Tedious, Unremarkable Bummer Coming on the heels of Jessica Jones and Luke Cage , this show feels like a regression.
American Crime Becomes More Subtle in Its 3rd SeasonThese are the kinds of crimes that might not
make a major newspaper. Which is the point.
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Mar. 8, 2017
Ryan Murphy’s Ever-Expanding TV Empire On this week’s Vulture TV Podcast , we explore the Murphyverse.
The Americans Feels More Dire and Tense in Season 5Here, as always, The Americans does complex work that never calls attention to its
complexity.
Feud’s Tepid Writing Doesn’t Do Its Actors or Its Subjects JusticeRyan Murphy’s limited series is a critique of Hollywood misogyny that fixates on its female stars’ pettiness and cruelty toward each other.
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Our Favorite Drunken TV Moments Plus, processing that big episode of Girls.
Amazon’s Patriot Is an Oddball Show Who is the audience for Patriot ? I’m not sure, but the fact that it makes me ask that question counts as praise in my book.
Big Little Lies Is All Surprise, No SuspenseBut it’s still a must-see thanks to extraordinary performances from Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, and Adam Scott.
The Jokes That Get Told Over and Over Again on TV “There are certain classic situations that have been done a million-zillion times.”
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