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The Leftovers and the Discipline of Not Explaining

HBO's The Leftovers began with a mystery and spent three seasons refusing to solve it. That refusal was the argument, and the finale is the only ending it could have had.

Priya Nair·14 Oct·4 min

An empty chair beside a window, evening light falling across the seat

Essays

The Cinema of Grief: Notes on a Decade

The most consistent artistic project in English-language cinema of the last decade has not been a movement or a style. It has been a subject: grief, treated with a specific patience that the previous decade did not allow.

Lena Ashworth·29 Nov·5 min

A suburban backyard at golden hour, two Adirondack chairs facing each other across a glass-topped table with two coffee cups.

Shrinking Season Two and the Grief Comedy Apple Kept

The second season of Apple's therapist comedy deepens rather than complicates, which is the correct instinct for the show and an increasingly rare one on contemporary prestige TV.

Priya Nair·25 Mar·7 min