It’s April 1st. which (probably) means its far too late to publish my ‘Top 10 Movies of 2021’. So, I present you with this: The Best and Worst of Everything I watched in March. (Although I might need to caveat my click-baity title: unlike other critics, I don’t tend to watch something If I think…
Tag: TV
Love, Looks & Loneliness In FLEABAG Season Two
Unless you live under a pop-culture rock, it is unlikely that you haven’t heard of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the writer, actress and brainchild behind Fleabag. Fleabag, is an Edinburgh Fringe Festival one-woman-show turned award winning television show, about the life of a messy, tragic and darkly hilarious antiheroine named Fleabag (played by Waller-Bridge).
Film Inquiry Presents: The Best TV Shows Of 2010s
This article was originally posted on Film Inquiry and written by Reyzando Nawara and other Film Inquiry writers. To say the last decade had been a transformative era for the development of television would be an understatement. Prestige networks like HBO, FX, and AMC kept feeding us great shows almost every day, while new competitions in the…
PLEASE DON’T MAKE ANOTHER SEASON: WHY TV SHOWS NEED TO LEARN TO QUIT WHILE THEY’RE AHEAD
Like many, many people on the internet, I entered Big Little Lies season two with equal parts excitement and apprehension. On one hand: Meryl Streep! Nicole Kidman! Reese Witherspoon! How could I resist? On the other, season one was so, so good, a perfect mini-series that worked so well because of how tightly the show moved through…
GAME OF THRONES (S8E4): All-Male Writers Failed Its Female Characters
Like millions of people around the world, I am a huge fan of Game of Thrones. I have read all of the books, rewatch the show constantly, and have been up at 3 AM every Sunday for the past four weeks to watch the new episodes of Season 8 live. I am also a woman and…
BIG LITTLE LIES SEASON 2: Disappointing 2nd Season Fails To Justify Its Existence
Big Little Lies, like thousands of great TV shows and movies before it, has fallen victim to sequel fatigue. The first season, packed with A-List movie stars and a script that danced between witty satire of wealthy parents, and a devastating mediation on abusive relationships, can be fairly called a masterpiece. The mini-series, based on Liane Moriarty’s book…
Ramin Djawadi & The Lannister Theme: How GAME OF THRONES Told Stories Through Song
Game of Thrones is one of the most successful and influential television series of all time. The HBO program has not only changed the landscape of pop culture, becoming the most illegally streamed show in the world from 2011-2017. But it has also heralded in a new era of prestige cinematic television, as hundreds of shows…
Terror Nullius: A bold, clever and unashamedly political retelling of Australian culture.
On a rural highway in Australia we see Mad Max (Mel Gibson), sitting in his car. This image is instantly recognisable for Gibson in his trademark leather jacket and police car. George Miller’s iconic road-warrior did, after all, attain cult status and three sequels after this 1979 original. In a disorientating and meta edit, we…
Repost: Film Inquiry’s Favourite 2018 Emmy Series Nominees
We’re hours away from discovering the winners of the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards; you’ve seen our choices for the Acting categories (here and here) – both the drama categories and the comedy/miniseries combo – so now is as good a time as any for us to plant the flags for Programs. Our team of writers could throw…
Game of Thrones Season 7 Review
Six months ago, I began Game of Thrones. Initially overwhelmed by the sheer number of plot lines and characters, I soon became hooked. With the help of Natalie Bochenski’s recaps and the Raven On podcast I managed to learn the names of all the characters just in time for them to be killed off in a…
Westworld- Season 1 Review
Warning, this review features minor spoilers. Never have I ever seen a television series as ambitious as Westworld. This ten part series by HBO isn’t shoddy TV fodder made for binge-watching. It’s a high-concept show that raises powerful intellectual and philosophical questions about the nature of humanity. This sci-fi drama is based on Michael Crichton’s…
Wentworth S4Ep4 Recap: ‘Screw Lover’
For those not in the know, Wentworth is an excellent Aussie drama set in an all-female prison, entering its fourth season. It’s a tense show with some great actors, and is excellent to binge-watch. This episode deals with the rising tension between Kaz, Bea and Ferguson in terms of prison-yard politics. Ferguson, (played with menace by…
Scribbles of Stage and Screen 