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Killer Looks: on Hollywood’s curious true crime casting decisions

Max’s latest docudrama is just one of many times real-life killers have been given attractive makeovers for TV

9.0

Clock strikes true with surreal, character-based terror

By: Lauren Coates

Writer/director Alexis Jacknow's feature debut boasts strong craft and a stupendous, frightening turn from Diana Argon as a woman coming undone.

Succession pits the Roys against Mattson and, as always, each other

The Roy siblings try to move forward without Logan, starting with the sale to GoJo.

Unraveling pop-culture one thread at a time

The Spool is an irreverent, informative source for film and television coverage, focused on diverse, thoughtful opinions that seek out a greater understanding of the media we love.

The Mandalorian eschews cameos as it establishes the series’ new status quo

"The Return" lives up to its title in multiple ways as Season 3 ends.

Other People’s Children offers a dreamlike lens on existential parental concerns

The trials and tribulations of being a woman at 40 are uniquely realized in this compelling French drama.

Judy Blume Forever is a long-overdue celebration of the beloved author

By: Gena Radcliffe

Davina Pardo & Leah Wolchok direct a loving look at the creator of the sacred texts for Gen X girls

To Catch a Killer cannot outrun its inspiration

By: Michael Frank

Director Damián Szifron’s first English language film amounts to echoes of past better works.

Mrs. Davis is appealingly weird but emotionally inert

By: Tim Stevens

Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof step out of their comfort zones with a Peacock series long on strangeness and short of human connections.

Evil Dead Rise does its predecessors proud

By: Gena Radcliffe

Lee Cronin capably picks up the torch for horror’s most consistently solid franchise with gory aplomb.

In its series finale, Star Trek: Picard delivers the Valentine fans have been waiting for

By: Andrew Bloom

The swan song for The Next Generation is airy but endearing, with fireworks and family to spare.

Suzume delivers fantastic keyed-in dramedy

By: Justin Harrison

Master animator Makoto Shinkai deftly wields farce and the open road alike in a striking coming-of-age adventure anchored by sumptuous animation and a compelling heroine.

Ted Lasso finds Richmond’s new direction lost in Amsterdam

"Sunflowers" gives everyone a reset button heading into the back half of Season 3.

Rachel Weisz pulls double duty in Prime’s devious Dead Ringers

By: Lauren Coates

The David Cronenberg psychodrama gets a cold, clinical facelift for streaming, with a wild dual turn from Rachel Weisz.

Netflix provides evidence Obsession can only lead to bad ends

By: Tim Stevens

The streamer’s new attempt at an erotic thriller series occasionally titillates but can’t find a real emotional anchor. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch Certain events dig so deep into our culture that they define many subsequent examples of the form. Watergate has led to decades of any possibly notable scandal receiving a -gate suffix. Any ... Netflix provides evidence Obsession can only lead to bad ends

Slip never stumbles

By: Tim Stevens

Roku’s new series delivers a surprisingly poetic take on multidimensional longing and acceptance.

Goodbyes & decisions are complicated in Succession

Unexpected news comes to one of the Roys as the family attempts to move forward.

The fourth season of Barry is its richest and darker accomplishment

An already great show gets taken to the next level of depth and craftsmanship in an endlessly audacious fourth and final season.

Do not take the trip to see Florida Man

An overlong miniseries offers nothing new for those remotely experienced in Tarantino pastiches and mystery thrillers.

What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in April: Small Axe, One Fine Morning, House of 1000 Corpses, Cowboy Bebop, and More

Reject modernity, embrace physical media.

The Mandalorian ranks grow this week but tensions (and the Empire) rise

“The Spies” brings out the baddies and Grogu stretches his legs in a lore-heavy episode.

Beau Is Afraid is a hilarious epic that revels in the absurdity of fear

Ari Aster’s latest leaves the straightforward horror genre behind for something far, far weirder.

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