“‘Yasuke’ Is A Violent, Haunting & Beautiful Animated Series Led By A Captivating Lakeith Stanfield”

Cutting lesser jidaigeki productions down to size. Continue reading →

“‘Knives Out’ Knows Only One Truth: The Rich Have No Loyalty”

Turkey’s out, will’s out, knives out. Continue reading →

“How To Make Sense Of The Big Twist In ‘Sorry To Bother You'”

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it, uh, right here for a second time: I’m probably going to keep going back to Sorry to Bother You for the rest of the year and revisiting my feelings and interpretations of it. Having seen it but once, and having followed up that viewing by re-watching Repo Man and Tank Girl, … Continue reading →

“Power And Privilege Continue To Anchor Donald Glover’s One-Of-A-Kind ‘Atlanta'”

Atlanta is back on FX. I probably don’t need to say anything more than that. I shouldn’t, really. But hey, it’s back, and it’s still great, and it’s still painfully relevant, and I know that it’s probably weird for a white guy to talk about how rarely we talk about mental health in relation to black … Continue reading →