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December 22, 2023
MagazinePhillip Maciak
The Curse Pushes Cringe Beyond the Limits
Benny Safdie, Nathan Fielder, and Emma Stone take social awkwardness to the most painful levels TV has ever seen.
September 25, 2020
David Klion
The Unbearable Realism of The Comey Rule
Showtime’s new miniseries attempts to salvage a lesson from an unmitigated disaster.
August 26, 2019
Philippa Snow
Kirsten Dunst’s All-American Con Artist
“On Becoming a God in Central Florida” brilliantly depicts an economy based on scams.
June 27, 2019
Lyz Lenz
The Loudest Voice Stars A Very Simple Monster
The new miniseries casts Roger Ailes and Fox News as all-powerful architects of political disaster. The truth is more complicated.
October 10, 2014
Esther Breger
Showtime's 'The Affair' is 'True Detective' Minus the Pretentious Grandstanding
November 15, 2013
David Thomson
'Homeland' Is Falling Apart Before Our Very Eyes
September 30, 2013
Laura Bennett
'Masters of Sex' Is The Best New Drama on TV
September 30, 2013
Robert Baer, Isaac Chotiner
How Accurate Was the 'Homeland' Premiere? A Former CIA Agent Weighs In
July 19, 2013
Laura Bennett
The Hidden Secrets of TV Posters
July 1, 2013
Esther Breger
The Fixer Fixation
Showtime gives us a macho Olivia Pope and a new TV archetype
March 14, 2013
Timothy Noah
Bravo, Dick
In a new documentary, Cheney gives a masterful performance

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