“Death of the Pastor’s Wife” casts doubt on true crime
The dead don’t rest anymore, at least not until someone’s turned their stories into content. A bit of a nihilistic…
Netflix’s “Bullsh*t: The Game Show” is the trivial pursuit that fits an era dominated by lies
Before dismissing Netflix’s trivia-based “Bullsh*t: The Game Show” as another passing fancy, remember that it is merely carrying on part…
FX’s fearless “Snowfall” comes to a close: A perfect ending to an American horror story
The final episode of FX’s “Snowfall”aired this week, marking the end of a creative, engaging and overall excellent television show,…
Why Netflix only champions crap
Have you heard the tale of — come closer, we can’t speak too loudly — the . . . Whisper…
Lake America is Trump’s “freedom fries”
For a few years around the turn of the millennium, Ronald McDonald had an unusually sophisticated side hustle. Between 1998…
The modern chef’s job now extends far beyond the kitchen
A chef used to need a restaurant. Now, they need a point of view. That was one of the clearest…
Kalshi kicks out George Santos forever
Kalshi, the online prediction market platform, has finally had enough of George Santos, issuing the company’s first-ever lifetime ban to…
HBO’s “Lanterns” illuminates a familiar double standard
Trauma creates superheroes, we’re told. Bruce Wayne witnessed his parents’ murder and made vengeance his life’s mission. Superman survived his…
A brownie-muffin for zucchini season
My grandmother has always been a rattler. When I was a child, she gave me a book called “Gus Was…
It’s critical that you see “Coyote vs. Acme”
Every time a megacorporation does something that is so categorically, unequivocally, indisputably, jaw-droppingly, beyond a shadow of a doubt, all-caps…