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Author: Clint Worthington

The Expanse Season 5 Episode 8 recap: “Hard Vacuum”

The Expanse Season 5 Episode 8
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Naomi goes out of the frying pan and into the fire, as the occupants of Earth and the Rocinante face hard choices about how to strike back at Marco Inaros.

Clint Worthington Posted on January 21, 2021January 21, 2021

10 films we can’t wait to see at Sundance 2021

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From harrowing docs about COVID to Nic Cage’s latest dive into insanity, there’s a lot to look forward to at this year’s Sundance.

Clint Worthington Posted on January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

Assembling the Black music soundscapes of Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe”

Small Axe Music (Ed Bailie)
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Small Axe music supervisor Ed Bailie talks to us about filling Steve McQueen’s five-part anthology with the grooviest, most authentic tunes.

Clint Worthington Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021

“WandaVision” starts slow, but bodes well for the MCU’s future on TV

WandaVision (Disney+)
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Disney+’s first real time at bat for the MCU on television is a sprightly, experimental series that makes great, if deliberately-paced, use of its premise.

Clint Worthington Posted on January 14, 2021January 14, 2021

The Expanse Season 5 Episode 7 Recap: “Oyedeng”

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Naomi has a rude homecoming, as the show narrows its focus to a family fighting for its very soul.

Clint Worthington Posted on January 14, 2021January 15, 2021

“Outside the Wire” is a droning, ideologically confused sci-fi thriller

Outside the Wire
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The Netflix Action Movie Industrial Complex continues abated with a deeply mediocre military thriller that can’t get a handle on its lukewarm critique of drones.

Clint Worthington Posted on January 13, 2021January 12, 2021

Ilan Eshkeri on setting the Earth to music in “A Perfect Planet”

Ilan Eshkeri A Perfect Planet
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The composer of the latest David Attenborough nature documentary talks about building the sounds of planet Earth.

Clint Worthington Posted on January 8, 2021January 8, 2021

The Expanse Season 5 Episode 6 Recap: “Tribes”

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Marco consolidates his power, as the rest of our characters recalibrate their sense of purpose and fight to survive in the wake of the Free Navy’s attacks on Earth.

Clint Worthington Posted on January 6, 2021January 6, 2021

January’s Filmmaker of the Month: Mira Nair

Mira Nair Filmmaker of the Month
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We start 2021 by profiling the vibrant, richly textured, deceptively political works of Mira Nair.

Clint Worthington Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

“Doctor Who” can’t shake its bad habits with “Revolution of the Daleks”

Doctor Who Revolution of the Daleks New Year's
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Chris Chibnall’s run of the show continues to frustrate with an overstuffed, meandering New Year’s special with all the highs and lows of his era.

Clint Worthington Posted on January 2, 2021January 2, 2021

“Cobra Kai” waxes nostalgic, on and off, in season 3

Cobra Kai Season 3
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The cult hit series moves fully to Netflix for a season 3 packed with roundhouse kicks and a war of wills between its rival senseis.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 28, 2020December 27, 2020

“The Expanse” Season 5 Episode 4 Recap: “Gaugamela”

The Expanse Season 5 Episode 4 Recap
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The show takes its season-opening cliffhanger and pries the floodgates open even further, creating more jeopardy for the system.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020

For the love of “The Game”, David Fincher’s secret masterpiece

David Fincher The Game
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David Fincher’s Hitchcockian thriller is one of his twistiest, best early works.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 19, 2020December 18, 2020

Branford Marsalis on finding the sound of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

Branford Marsalis Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
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The Grammy-winning jazz legend talks about capturing the 1920s blues of Netflix’s latest awards contender.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

The Top 25 TV Shows of 2020

The Best TV Shows of 2020
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From BoJack to What We Do in the Shadows, we break down the TV that got us through a hellish year.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 16, 2020January 3, 2021

The Top 25 Films of 2020

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From The Assistant to Wolfwalkers, we guide you through the cinema that survived a devastating 2020 and made it to our screens — and hearts.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 15, 2020January 3, 2021

Criterion Corner: “Crash”, “Amores Perros”, “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm”

Criterion Crash Amores Perros
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William Greaves’ avant-garde meta-doc, David Cronenberg’s work of grand theft autoerotica, and Innaritu’s dizzying debut mark this month’s Criterion entries.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 14, 2020December 28, 2020

The composers of “Ammonite” on putting forbidden romance to music

Ammonite Composers Dustin O'Halloran Volker Bertelmann
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The composer duo talks about their years-long collaboration and the sparse, airy score to Francis Lee’s queer romance.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 11, 2020December 11, 2020

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