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Dr. Greene's Unforgettable, Heart-Crushing Death on ‘ER’ and the Grief of Past and Future We All Share
 • Akos Peterbencze
‘John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams’ — True Crime Meets Horror in an Unsolved Mysteries-style Docuseries
 • Akos Peterbencze
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‘Disclaimer’ — Alfonso Cuarón Composed a Master Thriller Fuelled by Sex, Grief, and Revenge
 • Akos Peterbencze
Apple TV’s ‘Sunny’ Continues to Integrate Japanese Culture Into American TV
 • Akos Peterbencze
An Hour of Peak TV: ‘ER’s Love's Labor Lost’ Was Medical Drama at Its Most Harrowing Best
 • Akos Peterbencze
‘Longlegs’ Deceives As a Serial Killer Thriller but Frightens As a Vicious Demon Horror
 • Akos Peterbencze
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Horror Aughts #5: ‘The Ring 2’ — Oh, Those Silly Little Kids
Rachel. Rachel! Racheeeel!
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Akos Peterbencze
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‘Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos’ Got Us Fans All Teary-Eyed and Nostalgic Once Again
Alex Gibney dissects one of the best TV shows ever made and the people behind it
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Akos Peterbencze
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‘Blink Twice’ and the Ramifications of Submitting Control
Is Zoe Kravitz’s directorial feature debut a feminist satire or a cautionary tale? What if it’s both? An examination
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Akos Peterbencze
‘Bad Genius’ is a Conscientious Eat-the-Rich Heist Movie with Moral Integrity
A perhaps unnecessary but still satisfying remake of the Thai smash hit
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Akos Peterbencze
‘Disclaimer’ — Alfonso Cuarón Composed a Master Thriller Fuelled by Sex, Grief, and Revenge
The Mexican auteur’s first mini-series on Apple TV+ is a slick narrative puzzle, oozing with intrigue and depravity
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Akos Peterbencze
Horror Aughts: ‘Jeepers Creepers’ Aka the Campy Teen Horror Relic of the Early 2000s
Victor Salva’s darkly humorous classic is better than I ever gave it credit for
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Akos Peterbencze
'Ordinary People' and The Unspoken Feelings We Take For Granted in Our Family
Robert Redford’s 1980 directorial debut forces us to re-evaluate and articulate love even when it's uncomfortable, even when it hurts
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Highlighting the low-key, forgotten, and overlooked pieces of television and cinema — and sometimes the popular, too.
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