Dir. Leigh Whannell. Starring Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Michael Dorman Metacritic’s compilation of year-end critics’ lists tells us that Time, Garrett Bradley’s documentary, ranks as the thirteenth most-noted film of the year. (They do some math, which you can read through for yourself.) The Invisible Man is fourteenth. I think it’s appropriate that both of… Read More The Invisible Man (2020)
Created by Bruce Miller. Starring Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Max Minghella My thoughts on episodes 1-5 can be found here. As the show continues, there’s been a persistent wondering about the role of race in a show set in a dystopian America. My favorite take so far is from Vulture, but The Verge and Cosmo… Read More The Handmaid’s Tale, Season 1, Episodes 6-10
Created by Bruce Miller. Starring Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Alexis Bledel As a novel, one of the many things which makes The Handmaid’s Tale special is that it does not make up details about the activities of the Republic of Gilead; in other words, everything that happens in Gilead has happened before in real life. The executions,… Read More The Handmaid’s Tale, Season 1, Episodes 1-5
In this episode, we strike out into a discussion of Mad Men, arguably the finest television drama of all time. We try not to linger too long on Dick Whitman; we spend ample time discussing the tragedy of Lane Pryce; we giggle over the possibility that Archer’s Cherlene might go on tour with Ramblin’ Don… Read More Baumann and Burch, Episode 21: The Allman Brothers feat. Ramblin’ Don
Seeing Things Secondhand 