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An empty fluorescent-lit corridor with green carpet, white walls, and a vanishing-point perspective.

Severance Season Two and the Geometry of the Hallway

Apple's second season of Severance is built almost entirely out of a single architectural unit. The hallway is the show's argument and the season's discipline.

Priya Nair·8 May·6 min

An empty concrete lot behind a row of Philadelphia rowhouses at night, a single streetlight leaning sideways.

Dope Thief and the Patient Criminal Serial

Peter Craig's Philadelphia crime serial dropped on Apple TV+ in March with Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura as the leads. It is patient, specific, and the best adult crime drama the service has aired.

Marcus Vell·2 May·7 min

Industry

Apple TV+ Trims Content Spend as Loss Math Catches Up

Apple has signalled a more disciplined content posture at Apple TV+ following multiple reports of an annual operating loss above a billion dollars. The pullback is measured rather than structural.

Casey Winters·29 Apr·4 min