Streaming Shakespeare
BBC’s The Hollow Crown reminds us the Bard was not an optimist, just a great artist.
Shadow Play
Logs on a Fire
Almost Redeemed
He Done His Damdest
Poll-Tested, Not Battle-Tested
Monk’s Tale
The Abolition of Character
Why today’s storytellers are so bad at imagining the future.
Redeeming Laughter
The saving grace of Jewish-American comedy.
The Spirits I Have Summoned, I Cannot Banish Now!
The future of A.I. in Hollywood—and beyond.
Propaganda in Paradise?
James Cameron’s new Avatar meets Xi Jinping’s new China.
The Tragedy of the Commons
TV’s Yellowstone and the conditions of freedom.
The Pure Radiance of the Past
The BBC series Wolf Hall is as beautifully cut, fitted, embroidered, and bejeweled as the heavy, intimidating garments of the Tudor nobility.