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Every piece of criticism we’ve published, catalogued by year. 255 articles and counting.
2026
41 PIECES- TV
The Studio Makes the Long Take Mean Something
Priya Nair · 5m - Film
Borderlands and the Three Years Lionsgate Sat On It
Marcus Vell · 5m - Film
Sentimental Value and the House Joachim Trier Won't Leave
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Music
Pavements and the Joke That Turns Out to Be Sincere
Jules Okonkwo · 4m - Film
Caught by the Tides and the Archive of a Face
Lena Ashworth · 5m - TV
Adolescence and the Cut That Never Comes
Priya Nair · 5m - Film
Madame Web and the Universe That Never Had a Spider-Man
Marcus Vell · 5m - TV
Severance Season Two and the Geometry of the Hallway
Priya Nair · 6m - Film
Wolf Man, Leigh Whannell, and the Universal Monster Problem
Marcus Vell · 7m - Film
What Anora's Ending Pays For
Lena Ashworth · 6m - Film
Dream Scenario: Borgli's Cage Vehicle as Media Critique
Priya Nair · 6m - Industry
The Eras Tour and the Concert Film Afterlife
Casey Winters · 4m - Film
The Substance and the Body Horror Renaissance
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Essays
The Film Score Is Doing Work Nothing Else Can
Jules Okonkwo · 7m - Essays
The Apple TV+ Problem
Priya Nair · 6m - Film
Nosferatu: Eggers' Gothic Masterwork
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Film
We Live in Time: Crowley's Non-Linear Gamble
Jules Okonkwo · 6m - Industry
Netflix Ad Tier Hits Commercial Scale
Casey Winters · 4m - Film
The Brutalist: In Defence of the 3.5-Hour Epic
Lena Ashworth · 6m - Essays
The Cameo Has Eaten the Comedy Film
Priya Nair · 7m - Essays
The Cinematic Universe Is Officially Over
Marcus Vell · 6m - Film
Anora's Best Picture Win, Defended
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Film
Love Lies Bleeding: Rose Glass Goes Pulp
Marcus Vell · 6m - Film
Anatomy of a $200M Musical Flop: What Killed Folie à Deux
Marcus Vell · 6m - Industry
Mubi Buys Its Way Into Theatrical
Casey Winters · 4m - Essays
Why I Still Buy Records
Jules Okonkwo · 6m - Film
Challengers and the Year Guadagnino Made Sport Sexy
Priya Nair · 6m - Film
Sinners: Coogler's Vampire Western and the Return of the Studio Auteur Movie
Marcus Vell · 6m - Film
In a Violent Nature: The Slasher from the Wrong Side
Marcus Vell · 6m - Industry
The 45-Day Theatrical Window Settles In
Casey Winters · 4m - Essays
The Long Film Is Back, and the Short One Should Be Worried
Lena Ashworth · 6m - Essays
The Actors Started Writing Because Nobody Else Was Going To
Jules Okonkwo · 7m - Film
Furiosa and the Death of Mid-Budget Action
Marcus Vell · 6m - Film
Sorry, Baby: Eva Victor's Debut
Priya Nair · 4m - Film
Heretic: Hugh Grant's Villain Era, Explained
Marcus Vell · 6m - Essays
The Anti-Biopic: On Refusing the Cradle-to-Grave Shape
Lena Ashworth · 5m - TV
The Four Seasons: Tina Fey's Middle-Aged Friendship Show
Jules Okonkwo · 7m - Film
Conclave and the Surprise Return of the Talk Movie
Jules Okonkwo · 6m - Industry
Mufasa and the Legacy Sequel Reckoning
Casey Winters · 4m - Essays
Music Supervision Is the New Cinematography
Jules Okonkwo · 6m - Film
Oddity: McCarthy's Puppet as Grief
Marcus Vell · 6m
2025
172 PIECES- Essays
Prestige TV Eats Its Own Tail
Priya Nair · 6m - Film
A Complete Unknown: Why the Dylan Biopic Works When Most Don't
Jules Okonkwo · 6m - Essays
The Year Pop Became an Album Again
Jules Okonkwo · 5m - Essays
The Biopic Is Laundering Its Subjects
Lena Ashworth · 8m - Film
Small Things Like These: Murphy's Quiet Indictment
Lena Ashworth · 6m - Film
Juror #2 and Clint Eastwood's Final Courtroom
Marcus Vell · 7m - TV
Severance Season 2 and the Mythology Problem
Priya Nair · 6m - Essays
Why Legacy Sequels Keep Failing
Marcus Vell · 6m - TV
Your Friends and Neighbors: Jon Hamm and the Middle-Aged Crisis Show
Priya Nair · 7m - Industry
Sundance 2025 Is Warmer but Cheaper
Casey Winters · 4m - Essays
The Cast-Size Inflation Problem
Marcus Vell · 7m - Film
Mufasa and the Disney Prequel Machine
Marcus Vell · 7m - TV
Shōgun's Emmy Sweep and the Future of the Limited Series
Priya Nair · 6m - Essays
The Cinema of Grief: Notes on a Decade
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Film
Memoir of a Snail: Elliot's Claymation Grief
Jules Okonkwo · 5m - Film
Warfare: Mendoza and Garland's Real-Time Iraq
Lena Ashworth · 7m - TV
Dying for Sex: Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate, and the Limited Series as Vessel
Priya Nair · 7m - Industry
Wicked Part Two Arrives With a Strategy Question
Casey Winters · 4m - Essays
Why Criterion, Arrow, and Vinegar Syndrome Are Winning
Lena Ashworth · 7m - Film
Black Bag and the Return of the Competent Genre Film
Lena Ashworth · 7m - TV
The Bear Season 3: The Season That Slowed Down
Priya Nair · 7m - Film
Problemista: Julio Torres's Visa Fable
Jules Okonkwo · 4m - Film
Hard Truths: Leigh's Return to Pansy
Lena Ashworth · 6m - Essays
Festival Cinema Has Become Something Else and the Festivals Haven't Noticed
Priya Nair · 7m - Essays
On the Death of the Music Video
Jules Okonkwo · 6m - Industry
CinemaCon 2025 Reads the Room
Casey Winters · 4m - Film
The Order: Justin Kurzel's Patient Procedural
Marcus Vell · 6m - Film
Between the Temples: Nathan Silver's Cantor
Jules Okonkwo · 4m - Film
Mickey 17 and the Expensive Satire Bong Joon-ho Made
Marcus Vell · 7m - Essays
The Death of Mid-Budget Horror
Marcus Vell · 6m - TV
The Residence: Uzo Aduba, Shondaland, and the Detective as Structure
Priya Nair · 7m - Film
Ghostlight: Community Theatre as Grief
Jules Okonkwo · 4m - TV
Industry Season 3: Still the Best Show About Money
Priya Nair · 5m - Film
September 5 and the Control Room Film
Priya Nair · 6m - Industry
Georgia's Film Tax Credit Survives, for Now
Casey Winters · 4m - Essays
Against the Eight-Episode Season
Priya Nair · 6m - TV
Slow Horses Season 4: The Gary Oldman Show
Priya Nair · 5m - Film
Bird: Arnold's Kent Fable
Jules Okonkwo · 6m - TV
American Primeval: Peter Berg's Utah and the Cost of a Six-Episode Western
Marcus Vell · 7m - Essays
The Flop Gets Rehabilitated Faster Than It Used To
Lena Ashworth · 7m - Film
The Beast: Bertrand Bonello's Time-Travel Dread
Marcus Vell · 4m - Film
Thelma: June Squibb's Late-Career Lead
Lena Ashworth · 5m - TV
Paradise: The Bunker Twist That Reframes the Show
Priya Nair · 7m - Film
Nickel Boys: Ross's First-Person Adaptation
Lena Ashworth · 6m - Film
Civil War: Alex Garland's Failure of Nerve
Marcus Vell · 5m - TV
Andor Season 2: Tony Gilroy Finishes the Sentence
Lena Ashworth · 8m - Film
The Monkey: Osgood Perkins' Stephen King Mechanism
Marcus Vell · 5m - Film
A Different Man: Aaron Schimberg's Face-Swap Comedy
Marcus Vell · 4m - TV
Baby Reindeer: What Richard Gadd Actually Wrote
Priya Nair · 5m - TV
Squid Game Season 2: Hwang Dong-hyuk and the Insurrection Inside the Tournament
Priya Nair · 7m - Essays
The Romantic Comedy Came Back Because Everything Else Got Heavier
Lena Ashworth · 7m - Film
Maria and Pablo Larraín's Closing Argument
Lena Ashworth · 7m - Film
Queer: Guadagnino's Burroughs and the Case for Tenderness
Lena Ashworth · 5m - TV
The Pitt: A Real-Time Argument for Procedural Discipline
Priya Nair · 6m - Industry
UK Expands the Independent Film Tax Credit
Casey Winters · 4m - Film
A Real Pain: Jesse Eisenberg's Two-Handed Script
Priya Nair · 7m - Film
Dune: Part Two and the Anti-Hero Blockbuster
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Essays
The Practical-Effects Backlash Has Become Its Own Dogma
Lena Ashworth · 7m - Music
Only God Was Above Us: Vampire Weekend at Full Power
Jules Okonkwo · 4m - Film
Flow: Zilbalodis and the Wordless Feature
Priya Nair · 6m - Film
Dìdi: Sean Wang's Coming-of-Age Debut
Priya Nair · 4m - Film
A Real Pain: Eisenberg's Cousins Movie
Jules Okonkwo · 6m - Essays
The Ninety-Minute Movie Is the Craft Format and Everyone Forgot
Marcus Vell · 7m - Film
Deadpool & Wolverine: The Last MCU Win
Marcus Vell · 5m - TV
Say Nothing and the Problem of Adapting a Book That Cannot Be Filmed
Lena Ashworth · 8m - Film
Flow and the Case Against Animated Dialogue
Jules Okonkwo · 6m - Film
Kinds of Kindness: Lanthimos Unplugged
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Music
Short n' Sweet: Sabrina Carpenter's Fully-Funded Year
Jules Okonkwo · 5m - Film
Late Night with the Devil: Found-Footage 1977
Marcus Vell · 4m - TV
Ripley: The Slowness Was Always the Point
Priya Nair · 5m - Industry
Skydance Closes Its Paramount Merger
Casey Winters · 4m - Film
The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Rasoulof's House Film
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Film
Hit Man: Richard Linklater's Star Vehicle for a Non-Star
Lena Ashworth · 5m - TV
The Day of the Jackal: Eddie Redmayne and the Ten-Episode Thriller
Priya Nair · 6m - Film
MaXXXine and the Trilogy Problem
Marcus Vell · 5m - Film
A Quiet Place: Day One, and the Discipline of a Small Apocalypse
Marcus Vell · 7m - Essays
The Limited Series Is Killing the Ongoing Series
Priya Nair · 7m - Industry
Sean Baker Uses Oscars Night to Argue for Theatres
Casey Winters · 4m - Film
Nickel Boys and the Camera That Remembers
Lena Ashworth · 6m - TV
Hacks Season 3: The Show That Keeps Getting Sharper
Priya Nair · 5m - Essays
The Opening-Weekend Model Is Broken and Nobody Wants to Say It
Marcus Vell · 7m - Film
Babygirl and the Return of the Corporate Erotic
Lena Ashworth · 7m - TV
Running Point: Mindy Kaling, Kate Hudson, and the Workplace Comedy Still Works
Priya Nair · 6m - Film
Longlegs: What Perkins Was Really Doing
Marcus Vell · 5m - Industry
Disney Names James Gorman Incoming Chairman
Casey Winters · 4m - Film
Trap: Shyamalan's Attention Problem
Marcus Vell · 5m - Film
Janet Planet: Annie Baker Goes to Film
Jules Okonkwo · 4m - TV
Daredevil: Born Again and the Ghost of the Netflix Show
Marcus Vell · 7m - Film
All We Imagine as Light: Kapadia's Bombay Nocturne
Lena Ashworth · 6m - Industry
Max Returns to HBO Max
Casey Winters · 4m - Music
Brat Summer: What Actually Happened
Jules Okonkwo · 5m - Essays
Letterboxd Is Functioning as the Critic Now, and That Is a Problem
Marcus Vell · 6m - TV
Silo Season 2: The Patience Economy
Priya Nair · 6m - Film
Presence and the Ghost POV Soderbergh Trusted
Marcus Vell · 7m - Film
Past Lives: Celine Song's Quiet Argument About Time
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Film
Hundreds of Beavers: The Silent-Era Revival Nobody Expected
Marcus Vell · 4m - TV
The Penguin: Colin Farrell's Prosthetic Triumph
Priya Nair · 5m - Film
Gladiator II: Ridley Scott's Sequel Problem
Marcus Vell · 7m - Music
Mk.gee's Two Star & the Dream Police: The Guitar Record the Year Needed
Jules Okonkwo · 7m - Film
Emilia Pérez and the Genre Problem Jacques Audiard Made For Himself
Lena Ashworth · 6m - TV
Disclaimer: Cuarón's Expensive Mistake
Priya Nair · 5m - Film
I Saw the TV Glow: The Trans Allegory Hollywood Couldn't Place
Marcus Vell · 5m - Film
My Old Ass: Megan Park's Summer Movie with Actual Time
Jules Okonkwo · 6m - TV
The Diplomat Season 2: Allison Janney Arrives and the Show Reorganises
Priya Nair · 6m - Industry
Warner Bros Discovery Splits in Two
Casey Winters · 4m - Film
Wicked: What Jon M. Chu's Part One Gets Right About Musicals
Lena Ashworth · 6m - Film
The Room Next Door: Almodóvar in English, Finally
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Film
La Chimera: Rohrwacher's Ghost Story
Lena Ashworth · 5m - TV
Agatha All Along and the MCU's Last Competent Show
Marcus Vell · 7m - Industry
Letterboxd's Traffic Is a Business Now
Casey Winters · 4m - Music
Kendrick vs Drake: Notes on a Massacre
Jules Okonkwo · 5m - Film
The Zone of Interest and the Sound as Argument
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Industry
Comcast Spins Off Its Cable Networks
Casey Winters · 4m - TV
A Man on the Inside: Mike Schur, Ted Danson, and the Comedy of Late Life
Priya Nair · 7m - Film
Monster: Kore-eda's Tripled Narrative
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Music
Cowboy Carter: The Beyoncé Record That Became a Genre Argument
Jules Okonkwo · 5m - Music
Songs of a Lost World: The Cure's Sixteen-Year Album
Jules Okonkwo · 5m - Film
The Apprentice: The Trump Film Nobody Watched
Marcus Vell · 5m - Industry
Conan O'Brien's Oscars and the Ratings Picture
Casey Winters · 4m - TV
True Detective: Night Country and the Anthology Problem
Priya Nair · 5m - Film
Blitz: Steve McQueen's Crowded Home Front
Lena Ashworth · 7m - Music
Tigers Blood and the Second Waxahatchee Record
Jules Okonkwo · 7m - Film
Cloud and Kurosawa's Quiet Fury at the Platform Economy
Lena Ashworth · 8m - TV
The Rehearsal Season 2 and the Aviation Problem
Priya Nair · 7m - Film
Fallen Leaves: Kaurismäki's Deadpan Romantic
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Industry
Starz and Lionsgate Complete the Separation
Casey Winters · 4m - Film
I'm Still Here and the Political Film Brazil Needed Built
Marcus Vell · 8m - TV
Landman and the Sheridan Factory at Paramount
Priya Nair · 7m - Music
GNX and the Kendrick Lamar Surprise-Release Argument
Jules Okonkwo · 7m - Film
The Last Showgirl and the Patience of Pamela Anderson
Lena Ashworth · 7m - TV
Matlock Uses the Oldest Procedural in the Book to Argue About Being Invisible
Priya Nair · 7m - Film
The Outrun and the Recovery Film Told in Weather
Lena Ashworth · 7m - TV
Dope Thief and the Patient Criminal Serial
Marcus Vell · 7m - Film
Better Man and the CGI Monkey Problem
Marcus Vell · 7m - Industry
Apple TV+ Trims Content Spend as Loss Math Catches Up
Casey Winters · 4m - Music
Alligator Bites Never Heal and the Year Doechii Stopped Waiting
Jules Okonkwo · 7m - TV
English Teacher: Brian Jordan Alvarez's Quiet Workplace Argument
Priya Nair · 7m - Music
Mahashmashana and the Long Father John Misty Project
Jules Okonkwo · 7m - Film
The Taste of Things: Tran Anh Hung's Culinary Romance
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Industry
Letterboxd Crosses Five Million, and the Economics of a Small Social Platform
Casey Winters · 4m - Film
Smile 2 and the Sequel That Actually Sharpens
Marcus Vell · 7m - TV
Black Doves and the Spy Show That Refuses to Pick a Tone
Priya Nair · 8m - TV
A Thousand Blows Finds Steven Knight a Frame Large Enough for His Obsessions
Priya Nair · 7m - TV
Nobody Wants This and the Rom-Com That Trusts Its Leads
Priya Nair · 7m - Film
Rye Lane: South London Technicolor
Priya Nair · 4m - Industry
Netflix Puts Live NFL on Christmas Day and the Numbers Come In
Casey Winters · 4m - Film
Companion and the Case for the Small Sci-Fi Thriller
Marcus Vell · 6m - TV
Reacher S3 Proves the Formula Still Clears the Bar
Marcus Vell · 7m - Music
In Waves and the Long Wait for the Jamie xx Follow-Up
Jules Okonkwo · 7m - Industry
Village Roadshow Files Chapter 11 After Warner Bros Dispute
Casey Winters · 4m - TV
Shrinking Season Two and the Grief Comedy Apple Kept
Priya Nair · 7m - Industry
WWE Raw Moves to Netflix, and the Live-Sports Streaming Question
Casey Winters · 4m - TV
Mr. McMahon and the Documentary That Its Subject Agreed To
Marcus Vell · 7m - Film
Captain America: Brave New World and the Cost of a Reshot Blockbuster
Marcus Vell · 6m - TV
Dune: Prophecy and the Prequel Series Problem
Priya Nair · 7m - Film
Wolf Man, Whannell's Domestic Horror Bet
Marcus Vell · 7m - Film
One of Them Days Gets a Working Friendship Right
Jules Okonkwo · 7m - TV
Kaos: The Netflix Myth Show That Needed a Second Season
Priya Nair · 7m - Industry
The Apple TV+ Profitability Question
Casey Winters · 5m - Industry
Peak TV Is Over
Casey Winters · 6m - Film
His Three Daughters: Azazel Jacobs's Chamber Grief
Marcus Vell · 7m - Film
Nightbitch and the Limits of Literal Metaphor
Lena Ashworth · 7m - Industry
Global Box Office 2024 Lands Short of Pre-Pandemic Benchmarks
Casey Winters · 4m - Film
Saturday Night and Jason Reitman's Real-Time Origin Story
Lena Ashworth · 7m - TV
High Potential and the Return of the Broadcast Procedural
Priya Nair · 7m - Film
Terrifier 3 Confirms Damien Leone's Commitment to a Very Specific Bit
Marcus Vell · 7m - Industry
Marvel Resets Its Phase Strategy
Casey Winters · 5m - Music
Nilüfer Yanya's My Method Actor and the Uses of a Third Record
Lena Ashworth · 7m - TV
Ludwig and the Patient Craft of the BBC Cosy Crime
Priya Nair · 7m - Music
Bon Iver's SABLE and the EP as Formal Recovery
Jules Okonkwo · 7m - Music
Magdalena Bay's Imaginal Disk and the Slow Return of the Album
Jules Okonkwo · 7m - Film
Piece by Piece: Morgan Neville, Pharrell, and the Biopic in Plastic
Lena Ashworth · 7m
2024
42 PIECES- TV
Only Murders in the Building Season Four: The Los Angeles Problem
Priya Nair · 7m - Industry
AMC Entertainment's Zombie Year
Casey Winters · 5m - Industry
The 2023 Writers' Strike, in the Rear View
Casey Winters · 5m - Music
CHROMAKOPIA: Tyler, the Creator's Paranoia Record
Jules Okonkwo · 5m - Industry
Amazon's MGM and the Bond Problem
Casey Winters · 5m - Film
The Wild Robot: Animation, Still
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Film
Megalopolis: Coppola's $120 Million Argument With Himself
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Film
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: The Rare Legacy Sequel That Remembers What the Original Was
Marcus Vell · 5m - Industry
Blumhouse Pivots to Franchise
Casey Winters · 5m - Industry
The Netflix Password Crackdown Worked
Casey Winters · 5m - Music
Chappell Roan: The Slow-Motion Pop Star
Jules Okonkwo · 5m - Film
The Crow: How Not to Remake a Movie
Marcus Vell · 5m - Film
Cuckoo: Tilman Singer's Weird Alpine Fever Dream
Marcus Vell · 5m - Film
Strange Darling: A Formal Con in Six Parts
Marcus Vell · 5m - Film
Alien: Romulus and the Legacyquel Problem
Marcus Vell · 5m - TV
House of the Dragon Season 2: The Momentum Problem
Priya Nair · 5m - Music
Charm: Clairo Grows Up Again
Jules Okonkwo · 4m - Industry
A24 Raises at a $3.5 Billion Valuation
Casey Winters · 5m - Film
Twisters: The Legacy Reboot That Weirdly Works
Marcus Vell · 5m - Industry
Louisiana Caps Its Film Tax Credit
Casey Winters · 6m - TV
Presumed Innocent: The David E. Kelley Engine, Warmed Up Again
Priya Nair · 5m - Film
Inside Out 2: Pixar Figures Itself Out Again
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Film
The Bikeriders: Jeff Nichols' Slow Elegy
Marcus Vell · 5m - Industry
James Gunn Takes DC Studios
Casey Winters · 4m - Film
Perfect Days: Wenders, Tokyo, and the Discipline of Noticing
Lena Ashworth · 5m - TV
The Sympathizer: Park Chan-wook's American Adaptation
Priya Nair · 5m - Music
Hit Me Hard and Soft: Billie Eilish Grown Up
Jules Okonkwo · 5m - Industry
SAG-AFTRA, AI, and the Performer's Image
Casey Winters · 5m - Film
Evil Does Not Exist: Hamaguchi's Quietest Provocation
Lena Ashworth · 5m - TV
Fallout: How Amazon Adapted a Video Game Without Breaking It
Priya Nair · 5m - Film
American Fiction: Cord Jefferson's Double Movie
Lena Ashworth · 5m - Music
The Tortured Poets Department: Taylor Swift's Unedited Record
Jules Okonkwo · 5m - TV
The Regime: Kate Winslet's Strange Little Show
Priya Nair · 5m - TV
3 Body Problem: Netflix Bets Big on Hard Science Fiction
Priya Nair · 5m - Industry
Warner Bros. Discovery's Tax Write-Off Strategy
Casey Winters · 6m - Music
Deeper Well: Kacey Musgraves' Retreat
Jules Okonkwo · 5m - Film
All of Us Strangers: Andrew Haigh's Ghost Story for Survivors
Lena Ashworth · 5m - TV
Mr & Mrs Smith: The Show That Figured Out Television
Priya Nair · 5m - Film
Poor Things: Lanthimos Unleashed
Lena Ashworth · 4m - TV
Masters of the Air: Apple's Expensive Mid-Range
Priya Nair · 5m - Film
Saltburn: A Thin Reading of the English Country House
Marcus Vell · 5m - Industry
Iger Returns, Chapek Exits
Casey Winters · 5m