The Dark at the End of the Tunnel
Ken Burns’s The Vietnam War does not take sides.
Shadow Play
Dream Factory, or Propaganda Machine?
Hollywood’s romance with China may be breaking up.
Angle of Descent
Detroit rips open old wounds.
Elizabethan Virtues
Dignity, not celebrity.
A Long-Form Miracle
The Young Pope is a dazzling work of art.
Le Carré’s People
The Cold War novelist on the big and small screen.
Horror Show
What does The Walking Dead say about American anxieties?
The Americans – A Fan’s Notes
Truth, lies, and TV spies.
Enemy of the People
Donald Trump's bad reality show.
Whistleblowers and Deaf Ears
Democracy and transparency need each other.
In Our Guts
Two television shows' very different outlooks on war and prisoners of war.
What’s In a Name?
The tendentious and obscurantist jargon of the academy is an old story, but makes for a great trivia challenge...