Ed Gonzalez
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Past articles by Ed:
Oscar 2023 Winner Predictions: Adapted Screenplay
What would an Oscar ceremony be without the flames of a culture war being fanned? → Read More
Oscar 2023 Winner Predictions: Visual Effects
Well, now, this is awkward. → Read More
The Sparks Brothers Trailer: Edgar Wright Explores One of Music’s Biggest Conundrums
Sparks is having a moment. → Read More
Review: In No Man’s Land, the Road to Allyship Is Paved with Good Intentions
No Man’s Land mostly suggests a performance of allyship on the filmmakers’ part. → Read More
The Haunting of Hill House: Season One
The Haunting of Hill House: Season One TV Review by Ed Gonzalez → Read More
The Walking Dead: Season Nine
The Walking Dead: Season Nine TV Review by Ed Gonzalez → Read More
Queer Eye: Season Two
“You are full of love and light,” says Queer Eye's culture expert Karamo Brown in “God Bless Gay,” the season-two premiere episode of Netflix's reboot of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. He's speaking to Tammye, the Fab 5's first female “hero”: an awe-inspiringly goodhearted African-American woman who lives in Gay—yes, Gay—Georgia, a town with a population of 89. It's unclear if that number… → Read More
Pose: Season One TV Review by Ed Gonzalez
Ryan Murphy's Pose gives good face from its opening moments. Inside the house of Elektra Abundance (Dominique Jackson), the languorous beats of Taana Gardner's “Heartbeat” command a group of queens to strike a pose. The mood is a seemingly incompatible mix of warmth, sauciness, and narcissism that will make perfect sense to fans of Paris Is Burning, Jennie Livingston's documentary about the… → Read More
High Maintenance: Season Two
High Maintenance attests to the revitalizing effects of living in a place where pockets of resistance remain. → Read More
Broad City: Season Four
Broad City is still gut-busting, but there's a sad undercurrent to the new season. → Read More
The Florida Project
The Florida Project invests the minutia of the down-and-out lives within a budget motel with a bittersweet energy and significance. → Read More
The Americans Recap: Season 5, Episode 13, “The Soviet Division”
The season finale of The Americans transpires as a discussion about togetherness—as eternal ideal and currency. → Read More
The Americans Recap: Season 5, Episode 12, “The World Council of Churches”
The Americans is the rolling stone that gathers no moss. → Read More
The Americans Recap: Season 5, Episode 10, "Darkroom"
The latest episode of The Americans remarkably threads together the impressions of shared torment. → Read More
The Americans Recap: Season 5, Episode 9, "IHOP"
The latest episode of The Americans feels less like a continuation than a tangent. → Read More
The Americans Recap: Season 5, Episode 8, "Immersion"
Another week, another episode of The Americans that's notable for its pervasive lack of hurry. → Read More
The Americans Recap: Season 5, Episode 7, "The Committee on Human Rights"
Desire metatextually resonates throughout the latest episode of The Americans. → Read More
The Americans Recap: Season 5, Episode 6, "Crossbreed"
The latest episode of The Americans is practically a treatise on the psychodynamic theory of guilt. → Read More
The Americans Recap: Season 5, Episode 5, “Lotus 1-2-3”
The latest episode of The Americans comes close to completely pressing down on the reset button. → Read More
The Americans Recap: Season 5, Episode 4, “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”
The latest episode of The Americans is unique for the sterling self-reflexivity of its sense of humor. → Read More