‘Perry Mason’ Season 2 Has Us Asking: Is Justice Possible?
In the solid second season of HBO’s hit reboot of the legendary 1930s franchise, Matthew Rhys’ Perry Mason gets his day in court but seldom finds justice.
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Real-Life 1950s Gang Busting Inspired Film Noir ‘The Turning Point’
Remastered and on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber is William Dieterle’s The Turning Point, a noir film at the intersection of several crossroads in America’s early ’50s.
Akira Kurosawa Films 101: 1949 – 1950
Today’s Kurosawa 101 films include the director’s only effort at bringing a contemporary Japanese stage play to the screen (the rarely seen The Quiet Duel), a police procedural that was the finest Kurosawa film to date (Stray Dog), and a scree against tabloid journalism that resulted in one of the weakest films he would ever direct (Scandal).
Ranking the Seasons of ‘The Wire’
Years after its conclusion, The Wire continues to top best-of-TV lists. With each season's unique story arc, each viewer is likely to have favorites.
‘One Deadly Summer’ and the Boundaries of Desire and Mania
There's almost never a moment in One Deadly Summer that doesn't recall a crushing nostalgia, using tone and texture to evince a sort of empathetic longing.
Game Theory and Marx: ‘Narcos’ as a Capitalist Parable
Narcos depicts the narcotics industry as a form of capitalism run amok, an unending game motivating its central criminals.