Author: Devin McGrath-Conwell

With all the excitement over “Running Up That Hill” in ‘Stranger Things,” Devin looks back on Kate Bush in ‘Palm Springs.’

With two seasons of ‘Hacks” in the books, Jean Smart has enshrined Deborah Vance in the pantheon of legendary comedy characters.

A stop-motion journey through layers of imagined hellscape, Phil Tippett’s ‘Mad God’ (2022) is nothing short of unbridled and macabre genius.

A chilling finale that delivers on a season’s worth of mounting dread in ‘Barry,’ “starting now” embraces the full measure of darkness.

‘Barry’ offers brilliant stretches in the penultimate episode of season three, but suffers under the weight of lining up finale stakes. 

“710N” is a perfect reminder that when it wants to be, ‘Barry’ is one of the most inventive comedies on TV. Read our recap and review!

Ewan McGregor reflects on the process of returning to his beloved character, and what ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ has in store for fans.

In the aftermath of tragedies in Buffalo and Uvalde, Devin reflects on why ‘The American President’ (1995) is front in his mind.

Barry Season 3, Episode 4 Recap & Review: Past Destroys PresentTitle: “crazytimesh*tshow”Air date: May 12, 2022The short of it: Launched into a new register after last episode’s paradigm-shifting revelations, “crazytimesh*tshow” hurdles Barry into new circles of hell summoned by Barry’s past sins.Reviewing last week’s episode, I brought up the concept of the sword of Damocles. At that moment, I invoked the mythical blade because of Fuches’ dastardly machinations to weaponize his and Barry’s shared past to ruin his former proétgé. With “crazytimesh*tshow,” the swords multiply, dipping even further into the past to dredge up ways to tighten the net. The episode opens…

A lifetime of failings rush in to confront Barry in a paradigm-shifting episode that takes to the halfway point of season 3.