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When You Finish Saving the WorldS
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January 24, 2022

Sundance 2022: When You Finish Saving the World is Caustically Delightful

With When You Finish Saving the World, Jesse Eisenberg directs Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard to strong turns as a mother-son duo united by self-obsession.
Search Party final seasonS
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January 18, 2022

Search Party’s co-creators on the thin line between altruism and narcissism

Charles Rogers and Sarah-Violet Bliss look back at their genre-hopping chronicle of millennial life and the journey of the anti-heroine they built with Alia Shawkat.
Search Party Season 5 (HBO Max)S
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January 7, 2022

Search Party’s adrift millennials go fully unhinged in its satisfying final season

The cult hit comedy closes up shop in season five, sending its self-absorbed antiheroes into even darker, wilder directions. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch Search..
Cobra Kai Season 4 (Netflix)C
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December 27, 2021

Cobra Kai is still badass in season 4, but is running out of new moves

The hit '80s throwback series brings back some more old faces but keeps them stuck in the same old conflicts.
Succession Season 3S
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October 17, 2021

Succession Season 3 Episode 1 “Secession” recap: The war is on

The season premiere doesn't miss a beat as sides are chosen, and strategies are planned.
Sex Education Season 3 Netflix Featured ImageI
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September 18, 2021

In Season 3, Sex Education reaches new levels of maturity

Sex Education's characters wrestle with regressive sexual politics and communication issues on the way to its most mature season yet.
The Power of the DogT
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September 15, 2021

TIFF 2021: Jane Campion’s neo-western The Power of the Dog is a haunting study of masculinity and repressed desire

The great director Jane Campion and a stupendous cast dig deep into dread and melancholy in one of 2021's finest films.
Mothering SundayT
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September 13, 2021

TIFF: Mothering Sunday’s intimate sensuality and strong character work shine despite some rough structural work.

Mothering Sunday sees star Odessa Young give a stupendous performance of a young woman's birth as a writer and passionate love.
Jonathan Levine Nine Perfect StrangersJ
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August 20, 2021

Jonathan Levine on “Nine Perfect Strangers” and our desperation for wellness

The director of Hulu's latest talks about juggling such a large, prestigious cast and deconstructing our ideas of wellness.
The White LotusM
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July 9, 2021

Mike White skewers rich white Americans in the acerbic The White Lotus

The HBO miniseries is a sharp class satire, with a mystery at its core.