12/5/21Succession’s penultimate episode offers an array of shocks and cliffhangers“Chiantishire” delivers one grueling, agonizing, painful scene after another, a true symphony of poisonous ambition.ByRoxana HadadiPublishedDecember 5, 2021
12/3/21In The Forever Prisoner, Alex Gibney incisively aims at the post-9/11 legalization of tortureThe documentarian dives into the morality and legality of the “capture, detain, question” dictate that the U.S.…ByRoxana HadadiPublishedDecember 3, 2021
12/2/21The best movies of 2001Where do Memento, Lord Of The Rings, and Mulholland Drive fall on our retrospective countdown?ByA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Jesse Hassenger, Craig D. Lindsey, Leila Latif, Noel Murray, Mike D'Angelo, Charles Bramesco, Vikram Murthi, Roxana Hadadi, and Carlos AguilarPublishedDecember 2, 2021
11/30/21Riz Ahmed has bugs on the brain in the disappointing genre mishmash EncounterEncounter is a gripping sci-fi horror movie… until it decides to be something elseByRoxana HadadiPublishedNovember 30, 2021
11/28/21Succession delivers an emotional battering ram of an episode in “Too Much Birthday”The Roy siblings’ dysfunction reaches an agonizing low as Kendall (Jeremy Strong) turns 40.ByRoxana HadadiPublishedNovember 28, 2021
11/21/21Succession hits a new high as the Roys pick the next president and Kendall does some recruiting"What It Takes" is a tornado of an hour full of the cruel, pathetic, melodramatic stuff that makes Succession great.ByRoxana HadadiPublishedNovember 21, 2021
11/14/21A breakneck Succession sees Logan go “piss-mad” as the shareholder meeting arrivesEpisode 5, “Retired Janitors Of Idaho” rearranges the Roy children's power rankings.ByRoxana HadadiPublishedNovember 14, 2021
11/10/21Cusp throws a Friday night flashlight on the lives of three Texas teensThis Showtime vérité documentary is a sobering but limited look at young women coming of ageByRoxana HadadiPublishedNovember 10, 2021
11/7/21Adrien Brody makes the Roys work for him on SuccessionHow much runway does Kendall "Wokestar Royco" really have left?ByRoxana HadadiPublishedNovember 7, 2021
11/3/21Sundance winner Hive tells a true story of hope in a hopeless placeKosovo’s official submission to next year’s Academy Awards is a steely portrait of perseveranceByRoxana HadadiPublishedNovember 3, 2021
11/1/21Y: The Last Man ends (for good?) with a too-late backstory for Hero and surprising poignancyThis finale has more than a few emotional gut punches, but don't expect an answer to Y: The Last Man’s central…ByRoxana HadadiPublishedNovember 1, 2021
10/31/21Bird Of Prey director Cathy Yan tempers Succession’s frenzied style in “The Disruption”Is there a world in which Kendall and Tom team up? Or is Roman going to come out on top of this thing?ByRoxana HadadiPublishedOctober 31, 2021
10/25/21Y: The Last Man nears its potential end with spilled secrets, destruction, and more than one deathThe FX on Hulu drama's penultimate episode sets up a possible Brown family reunion as the Daughters Of The Amazon…ByRoxana HadadiPublishedOctober 25, 2021
10/24/21Succession returns to form as the Roy kids backstab like Daddy Logan taught themIf Succession’s third season premiere felt slightly overwritten, “Mass In Time Of War” is firing on all cylinders.ByRoxana HadadiPublishedOctober 24, 2021
10/18/21Y: The Last Man travels back in time in a blandly conceived episodeThe Daughters Of The Amazon are born in a tediously plotted episode.ByRoxana HadadiPublishedOctober 18, 2021
10/17/21Succession’s third season premieres with a smidge too much self-awarenessDon’t worry, the season-three premiere, “Secession,” still sees astonishingly awful people being astonishingly awful…ByRoxana HadadiPublishedOctober 17, 2021
10/13/21Bergman Island pays tribute to a master director without getting lost in his shadowMia Hansen-Løve’s intimate but playful drama is the best kind of homageByRoxana HadadiPublishedOctober 13, 2021
10/11/21Beth returns and the First Lady remembers on an ominous Y: The Last ManIs anyone more devoted to hating Jennifer than Kimberly? Can you blame her?ByRoxana HadadiPublishedOctober 11, 2021
10/4/21Cult vibes and power grabs abound as Y: The Last Man moves into its latter halfThe series’ best episode so far crystallizes the unexpected flaws of best-laid plans.ByRoxana HadadiPublishedOctober 4, 2021
9/30/21What two new Britney Spears documentaries reveal about the embattled pop starObjectivity and subjectivity divide FX on Hulu's Controlling Britney Spears and Netflix's Britney Vs SpearsByRoxana HadadiPublishedSeptember 30, 2021