Relationships with mentors can be complicated as the years go by. Even if it works out, there can still be a relationship mixing tension with endearment. Max’s “Hacks” stays fresh into its…
There are spy thrillers that depend entirely on the spy. Who plays the lead and with what attitude becomes crucial for the story’s real engagement. That’s the case with FX’s “The Veil,”…
The Vietnam War has been a topic of American movies and TV since the days of the conflict itself. Rarely, in U.S. media at least, does the story get told from a purely…
Tom Ripley is an eternally alluring character, because whatever tone he takes there is something instantly relatable about him. It would be easy to switch identities, take on the role of another person…
Four years after the release of absorbing political youth documentary “Boys State,” which followed a group of young men in Texas as they set up a mock government, husband and wife documentarian team…
The poison pen letter was a very popular tool for old school trolls. Predating snark, it was the literate version of the anonymous venom of modern internet attacks. Most of these naughty correspondences…
