Homecoming Finale Recap: Please, Remember Me

The lovely Iron & Wine song “The Trapeze Swinger” runs over nine minutes long, originally commissioned for the 2004 movie In Good Company and later tucked into the end of Around the Well, a 2009 compilation of B-sides and rarities. A song that epic in length and scope was unusual

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In Praise of MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki

It’s the day after the most important midterm election of our lifetimes and I don’t know what to make of our democracy, but I know this much: MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki is the GOAT of election night coverage.Kornacki is the network’s wonky, bright-eyed, wildly eager analyst who uses the world’s biggest

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Borat Appeared on Kimmel Last Night to Save Democracy … Not!

Earlier this week, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog spoke to Texas voters and Senate candidates for The Late Show, and now, another comedy character has hit the streets for a late-night show in the name of the midterms. During last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, guest Sacha Baron Cohen revived Borat

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Give Keira Knightley an Oscar Nomination for Her Deranged Sugar Plum Fairy

Every once in a while, you get to watch a film performance so strange and fascinating that you wish the movie that contained it would never end, even if the movie in question is hot nonsense. In this case, we’re talking about Keira Knightley, who commits so wholly to her

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Daredevil Recap: Nelson and Murdock Ride Again

We should probably take some time to talk about just how much Daredevil loves repeating itself. The moral quandary at the heart of this season is whether Matt will cross the line and kill Wilson Fisk. Which would be fine, if a little dull—but this isn’t the first time that

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Pod Save America Is So Much Better Than Axios

In the last month, HBO has waded into the fraught waters of midterm elections coverage with a pair of new political docuseries: Pod Save America, a series of four live specials based on the podcast of the same name, and Axios, an inside-the-reporting news show from the insider-y digital-news outlet

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Homecoming Recap: Breakdown

“Protocol” is the most exciting episode of Homecoming so far, full of suspense and emotion and big-time payoffs to a carefully orchestrated story. But let’s start off with a complaint here.As noted many times in these recaps—and any other review of the show you’ll come across—Homecoming pays homage to many

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Doctors Reveal Their Greatest Mistakes: The Sweet Spot for New Creators

Written and directed by Cameron Wyllie and Carson Pinch for their fledgling Turbo Gulp channel, Doctors Reveal Their Greatest Mistakes is precisely why this column exists. Not to shed light on fake doctors’ mistakes, but to give a platform to new creators still fighting for every view they get. Also,

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