A Series of Unfortunate Events

Free of the Movie’s Shadow, ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ Makes the Case for More

Free of the Movie’s Shadow, ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ Makes the Case for More

The first six episodes grappled with the necessity of the reboot; the last two episodes make the case for a second season.
“The Bad Beginning” Is Anything But in Netflix’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’

“The Bad Beginning” Is Anything But in Netflix’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’

Both visually and narratively, A Series of Unfortunate Events works far better as a series than the ill-conceived film that preceeded it; a gothic fable for our time.