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Blessed be Ann Dowd. Though recognized by many for her Emmy-winning work as The Handmaid’s Tale’s fearsome Aunt…
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For as long as it’s been on the air, protestors dressed in red nun habits modeled after those seen on Hulu’s…
Jun 23
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FX is continuing to grow its Hulu brand with two more titles: Variety reveals that the network has decided to move…
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In 10 For The ’10s, The A.V. Club looks back at the decade that was: 10 essays about the media that defined the…
Oct 22 2019
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The most terrifying figures in human history are often the kind that hide in plain sight. John Wayne Gacy was a…
Oct 2 2019
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With the launch of its musicale finale, Transparent is now complete. It’s been a wild five years since the show’s…
Sep 20 2019
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“You up for this?,” asked author Margaret Atwood mischievously on Thursday’s Late Night With Seth Meyers when the…
Sep 17 2019
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Hulu bought the rights to adapt The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s sequel to her 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale,…
Sep 4 2019
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Even though Hulu’s original series The Handmaid’s Tale leapt off from Margaret Atwood’s source material after season…
Aug 14 2019
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It begins with an alarm sounding, a light flashing, a familiar face glimpsed only in those flashes. June, terrified.…
Aug 7 2019
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Behold, the canonization of Saint June, patron saint of girls who get away with it (at least for now). In…
Jul 31 2019
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Take medication away from a person who needs it, and things happen. Subject someone to years of violence, control,…
Jul 26 2019
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The Handmaid’s Tale’s third season has been about as frustrating as its second, causing at least a few of us to…
Jul 24 2019
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If you close your eyes slightly and tilt your head a little to the left, it’s possible to see the season of The…
Jul 17 2019
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Jun 26 2019
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Every episode of The Handmaid’s Tale looks great, but even by that standard, this is an episode that stands out. It…
Jun 19 2019
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There are moments of ambiguity in “Unknown Caller,” another beautifully filmed, well-acted episode of The Handmaid’s…
Jun 12 2019
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Janine, a woman driven to a place of sweetness and singular focus by extreme hardship and physical and psychological…
Jun 8 2019
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Trading her all-concealing crimson-and-white “work clothes” for a sunny canary dress, The Handmaid’s Tale star…
Jun 6 2019
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Note: This post addresses plot points from the first three episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale season three.