With his third feature, an adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins has cemented his style: lush romance on top, hyper-realistic despair just beneath the surface. The title is symbolic: The film takes place in Manhattan and not on the Memphis Street where the blues
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The conflicts fueling June and Oscar’s discord finally begin converging in Forever’s fifth episode. Faced with the news that nothing is ever truly destroyed in this new life (death!), June has to contend with the fact that it’s unlikely anything will ever really change.All of this comes to a head
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ABC’s annual summer freak-fest Bachelor in Paradise didn’t end with whimper or a bang this season, but rather, an epic scam tailor-made for reality television history. After accepting a proposal from Jordan Kimball in the show’s finale, a tidal wive of allegations against Jenna Cooper soon piled up, which accused
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Why do our parents matter so much?For a long time, I’ll admit that I thought the concept was overstated. I was an independent kid, but that just means I had transcended the limitations of my crappy childhood! Yeah, no. That’s not how it works. We always inherit a whole range
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The Grim Reaper has finally come for a member of the Pritchett-Dunphy clan, and no amount of intervening from the ABC overlords can prevent it. In the upcoming tenth season of Modern Family — which will likely be its last, but who knows anymore — a “significant” character will die,
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2012 was a simpler time, when we could call our President an asshole in an endearing, funny way and capture the moment for the masses to enjoy. Right? That’s a thing, right? That’s what Anna Kendrick did anyway, when she had the opportunity to meet President Obama at a Los
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The fourth of episode of Forever is, in many ways, a revitalization: the appearance of a new neighbor, Kase, played by Catherine Keener, is a shot of adrenaline that’s to the series’ benefit. Oscar and June’s monotony had begun to slowly unspool, but it’s easy to see that, left to
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I don’t want to keep saying things like, “Hey, remember last season of this show, which was transcendentally good in a way that I can’t imagine having to live up to,” but this season has yet to find its “Who did the dicks?” moment — a recurring question/rallying cry/shibboleth that
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