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Carcosa or Bust: The Satisfyingly Weird Mysteries of ‘True Detective’
Hallucinatory spirals, talk of “black stars” rising in the sky, dead women trussed up like ancient horned gods and tattooed with mysterious symbols, all supposedly in reference to Robert W. Chambers’s...
View ArticleBryan Cranston Might Steal the Show From Godzilla
Looks like somebody did their Breaking Bad homework and realized that handing Bryan Cranston a catchy line — “I am the one who knocks,” say, or, “It is going to send us BACK TO THE STONE AGE!” — is as...
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The ‘True Detective’ Season 1 Awards: Mythical Creatures, Ruined Parties, and...
Well, it’s over. Did True Detective live up to the darkness you imagined? Was your personal tinfoil hat theory vindicated? Did Pizzolatto and Fukunaga stick the landing? In honor of eight thrilling...
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Feel Let Down by the ‘True Detective’ Finale? Start Asking the Right Questions
HBO There’s too much of a focus on endings in narrative fiction. People expect movies to climax in the third act with a big set piece, for books to wrap everything up in the last chapter and make some...
View ArticleIncreasingly Busy ‘True Detective’ Director Cary Fukunaga Signs Up for ‘Noble...
Damn, True Detective–related news, you just won’t quit, will you? Deadline reported Tuesday that Scott Silver (The Fighter, 8 Mile) has been tapped to write the screenplay for Noble Assassin, to which...
View ArticleSarah Silverman Is Joining ‘Masters of Sex’
Praise the mercurial deities of humor: Sarah Silverman is going to have a significant part on a steady, excellent series (with her current boo, no less)! Showtime’s Masters of Sex is bringing Silverman...
View ArticleThe Emmys As Flat Circle: Why Last Night’s Show Felt Familiar
There’s a difference between predictable and objectionable: The latter offends, but the former just bores. And boredom was the problem with the 66th Emmys, which gasped and wheezed across three hours...
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The Emmys After-Party: Vapes, ’Staches, and a ‘Breaking Bad’ Love Fest
For Andy Greenwald’s breakdown of last night’s Emmy Awards, click here. The Final ‘Bitch’ Emily Yoshida: There is no reason for anyone to be mad about Breaking Bad’s final sweep of the Emmys. For one...
View ArticleJustin ‘Fast & Furious’ Lin Is the New ‘True Detective’ Director, and...
Here’s a surprising and wonderful thing: Justin Lin, the director of three movies in the Fast and the Furious franchise — including Fast Five, quite possibly the apex of human achievement since the...
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‘True Detective,’ Season 2, Episode 3: ‘Maybe Tomorrow’
Southern California has its own industrial light and magic. Transplants walk around in a daze for the first year they live here, pointing vaguely at the sun, because of this light. You step out of LAX...
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