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Episode 4 of His Dark Materials is very much about transition. When “Armour” begins, the Gyptians have reached the port town of Trollesund. Gliding high above them in

Though he came into prominence for his considerable comedic talent, Jordan Peele has shifted his career into more serious/dramatic fare. The runaway success of his Oscar-nominated film Get

Despite its relatively recent arrival into the literary canon, Philip Pullman’s book series His Dark Materials has seen several adaptations: on the radio, on the stage, and on

One of the greatest film surprises of 2016 was M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller Split, starring James McAvoy as Kevin, a man with Dissociative Identity Disorder who kidnaps a

Noted English theatre director Josie Rourke has been celebrated, and rightfully so, for her impressive work on the stage. She has steered productions of Much Ado About Nothing,

In retrospect, it seems that 2018 was the year that banished the myth that movies with representation wouldn’t attract audiences. The runaway success of Black Panther and Crazy

Gary Ross’ 2018 film Ocean’s 8 begins a new chapter in the Ocean series. This time, the focus moves away from Danny Ocean (George Clooney, star of the

One of the most overlooked gems in HBO’s archive is its access to great international television/films. Growing up in Latin America, I had access to the local HBO

For the last several years, Guillermo del Toro has been my favorite current filmmaker. His career is not without its highs and lows, but even his less renowned

“It’s not safe here for you.” Last week’s episode of Sharp Objects concluded with an ominous warning from Camille’s dead sister Marian, “It’s not safe here for you.”

“We need to talk about your daughters. One of them is dangerous and the other is in danger.” Episode Four of Sharp Objects begins by addressing the events

After the success of films such as Gone Girl, and The Girl on the Train, as well as last year’s series Big Little Lies, it seems that dark,

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” Sometimes, when we experience something that we know to be wrong, alarms go off in our heads, our bodies recoil,

Readers familiar with Daphne Du Maurier’s novels know that their magic lies not only in the ambiguity of their plots but in the keen first-person subjectivity of her

When I was a kid growing up in one of the East Coast’s inner cities, the music that spoke to me and to my classmates was rap. The