Netflix’s “The Four Seasons” once again explores that dread of the midlife crisis through the gaze of privileged Americans. Age is the great enemy in a society that worships mobility and affluence.
Charlie Brooker’s “Black Mirror” has never really been about our current fears regarding the machines taking over. The true effect of this series is in the realization that new technologies won’t change…
By now it would seem that sex has been explored from every possible angle in media. Then a show comes along like FX’s “Dying for Sex” that feels new by looking at…
What odd timing for Netflix’s “The Residence.” This oddball murder mystery set in the White House arrives seeming quite innocent, even fantastical, in light of real world political events. Everyone looks so…
Netflix’s “Adolescence” is a major step forward for crime dramas, both in streaming and theatrical releases. The most basic premise, a teenager accused of killing a classmate, is familiar territory for the…
Netflix’s “Zero Day” is one of those zeitgeist thrillers that wants to feel grabbed right out of tomorrow’s headlines. It taps into the fear that in our digital world, cyber terrorism is…
The Western keeps finding ways to refresh itself. Netflix’s “American Primeval,” even in its title, wants to announce itself as a rougher, meaner, edgier Western that carries a kind of primitive attitude.
When Netflix’s “Squid Game” premiered in 2021, the world was still living through the aftershocks of the pandemic lockdowns and a general mood against our billionaire overlords was only getting stronger. The…