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March 28, 2023
Phillip Maciak
The New Great Expectations Is Very Rude
In the new FX adaptation, Dickens’s England is crass, vulgar—and thoroughly tainted by Empire.
January 7, 2022
Jo Livingstone
The Lost Daughter and C’mon C’mon Take on the Disorientation of Parenthood
Two new movies address the impossible, ordinary, maddening task of keeping both yourself and a child alive.
November 13, 2020
Jennifer Wilson
Waiting for Diana
What we really want from the Princess of Wales in the new season of “The Crown”
November 26, 2019
Parker Richards
The Crown’s Case for the Monarchy
The Netflix show portrays the awkward dance between ceremony and democracy.

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