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Year of the Month

Something’s Gone Wrong Again: Buzzcocks, Singles Going Steady

December 21, 2018

While not as popular or acclaimed as some of their peers, Buzzcocks' work is just as vital, and this hits collection is the best representation of it

Year of the Month

This Ain’t No Disco: Talking Heads, Fear of Music

December 15, 2018

Talking Heads' third album is where the band's synthesis of influences bloomed into something new, unique, and artist-defining

Year of the Month

We are standing on the edge: Radiohead, OK Computer

November 28, 2018

One of the most heralded albums of the 1990s holds up both musically and in its anxiety about our digital future

Taco Break

The discipline not to write setting: The Shield and The Order of the Stick

November 23, 2018

Comparing two stories that succeed not through worldbuilding, but by focusing on character and action

Taco Break

The Second-Year Leap

October 10, 2018

What are some of your favorite examples of shows that made the leap to greatness in their second season?

The Captain's Deep Dive

Better Stall Saul

September 27, 2018

What's the difference between a "slow burn" and the fire going out entirely?

Extrasensory Parenting in Don’t Look Now

August 9, 2018

An extraordinary feat of editing and how it resembles just another day in the head of a parent.

The Captain's Deep Dive

The Untalented Mr. Ripley: The Craft of Standup Comedy and the Non-Comedy of Tom Myers

June 26, 2018

A deep dive into the work of a man who fascinates me, the Tommy Wiseau of standup

Streaming Shuffle

The Final Girls

May 30, 2018

A fun, clever horror-comedy with real heart.

Diabolique

May 24, 2018

One film disguised as another. Both masterfully done.