Gretchen Felker-Martin
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House of the Dragon scorched earth with a single shot of Rhaenyra
In the season 1 finale of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon, Rhaenyra loses a son, the latest casualty of an impending Targaryen war, and Daemon loses his cool. → Read More
Everyone on House of the Dragon is a fanged kid fighting in a pit
In the newest House of the Dragon episode on HBO, Alicent makes moves against Rhaenyra Targaryen, dragging Rhaenys, Aegon, and Aemond into the messy process of the Dance of the Dragons. → Read More
House of the Dragon’s festering wounds are on the verge of being torn open
Viserys may have died in House of the Dragon episode 8, but Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent’s war for succession in Westeros is just getting started. Here’s how this week’s big deaths and longstanding wounds play a part in the game of thrones. → Read More
House of the Dragon episode 7 masks its true violence behind royal rituals
In a House of the Dragon episode with Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and Alicent’s (Olivia Cooke) coming Dance of the Dragons, and exploring how Laenor Velaryon died, it’s important that the HBO show sticks to the rituals of Westeros. → Read More
Bada bing, bada boo: Everyone should rewatch ‘The Sopranos’ as horror
The mafia masterpiece is full of ghosts, visions, and the dread of the supernatural. → Read More
What’s the harm in reading?
The controversy that erupted over a recent sci-fi short story by Isabel Fall raises questions about how we encounter difficult art. → Read More
Review: The Nightingale depicts extreme sexual violence with a purpose
In her follow up to The Babadook, director Jennifer Kent never flinches as she follows Clare (Aisling Franciosi) an Irish woman living in Australia, who is pursuing a British soldier (Sam Claflin) who repeatedly raped her during a previous prison sentence. → Read More
Black Mirror’s ‘Striking Vipers’ uses fighting games to flirt with the theme of queer desire
The new episode of Netflix’s Black Mirror flirts with queer sexuality and trans identity. But does it work? Anthony Mackie, Pom Klementieff, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II are the actors trying to work it out. → Read More
Game of Thrones: the series review
GoT’s series finale split the audience, but the adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books is much more than a death-filled final season and episode. We look back at the arcs of Jon Snow, Daenerys, Arya, Sansa, Tyrion, and all of Westeros to understand what HBO’s Game of Thrones “was about” in the end. → Read More
How Suspiria depicts the horror of the ‘ideal woman’
Luca Guadagnino’s remake explores the timely theme of women’s bodies as a battlefield through Dakota Johnson’s Volk dance sequence and Tilda Swinton’s character(s) diabolical plot. → Read More
Binge-watch Succession, an HBO dramedy about the cancerous effects of money
Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin headline this HBO series about idiots with tons of money. You need to watch it. → Read More
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