The Buffy creator, once an icon of Hollywood feminism, is now an outcast accused of misogyny. How did he get here? Photo: Ryan Pfluger Photo: Ryan Pfluger This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly.
In the fall of 2002, 160 scholars convened at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. They were an eclectic group — theologians, philosophers, linguists, film professors — and they had descended on the medieval city for a conference dedicated to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a cult television show about a teenage girl who fights monsters while attending high school in Southern California.
Hallberg in Tompkins Square Park last month. The Unprecedented Garth Risk Hallberg ‘City on Fire,’ a debut novel, generated a headline-making $2 million bidding war. Which means quite a lot is riding on its 36-year-old author. Believe it or not, he’s chasing even bigger things. Photograph by Bobby Doherty “I never wanted to be the guy wearing a T-shirt that read ASK ME ABOUT MY NOVEL,” says Garth Risk Hallberg.
The Vampire Diaries Because the Night Season 4 Episode 17 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » The Vampire Diaries Because the Night Season 4 Episode 17 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Um, okay, so. The Vampire Diaries. The show has been tilted a bit on its axis.
Margery Williams Bianco’s story is a memorial to what we lose in exchange for adulthood. The first published version of The Velveteen Rabbit appeared in Harper’s Bazaar in 1921. Illustration: Harper’s Bazaar The first published version of The Velveteen Rabbit appeared in Harper’s Bazaar in 1921. Illustration: Harper’s Bazaar The first published version of The Velveteen Rabbit appeared in Harper’s Bazaar in 1921. You probably remember it. But if you don’t, it goes like this.
‘Structurally Sound’ is a recurring feature where each week a different structurally unusual, rule-breaking anomaly of an episode from a comedy series is examined.
“That’s it, work it out Thinkenstein…”
The Venture Bros. is sort of the television equivalent to a Dickens novel. It moves to the beat of its own drum, going down weird wormholes that expand the show’s universe while halting the story. The evolution of this world and the characters within it is unlike anything seen in most animated programs.
The last American chopper has left the roof of the American embassy in Saigon; with its departure, both the Vietnam War and The Vietnam War come to an end. What have we learned?
In the PBS documentary’s case, plenty. Producer and co-director Ken Burns’s work carries itself with unassuming certitude. The very simplicity of the titles announce that each subject he touches — solo at first, and now in tandem with co-director and creative partner Lynn Novick — will receive definitive treatment.
The Voice Live Finale: Part One Season 10 Episode 27 Editor’s Rating 5 stars ***** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » The Voice Live Finale: Part One Season 10 Episode 27 Editor’s Rating 5 stars ***** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Adam Levine, Laith Al-Saadi. There is so much singing tonight! The finalists sing, and sing some more, then sing again!
There’s a meme on Twitter that said the gays wouldn’t survive November, referring to new music from Adele and Taylor Swift, plus the premieres of House of Gucci and Spencer, all dropping within a month’s span. Well, guess what — it just got worse. Or better. The latest stride in the LGBTQ+ agenda features a “Pop Diva”–category song battle between two icons — local pop stars and Voice judges Kelly Clarkson and Ariana Grande — from Jimmy Fallon’s new musical game show That’s My Jam (no it’s not his late-night show.
The Walking Dead tried to shake up its formula this half-season, with character-driven episodes vaguely reminiscent of Lost: Behold Michonne, a grieving mother turned samurai. Observe Daryl, the unloved son who struggles with intimacy. Consider Carol, the domestic-abuse survivor who now mercy-kills evil children. That should have made the show more interesting, more emotionally gripping, no? In fact, these snapshot episodes just reinforced what we already knew: None of the characters on this show ever has a good idea.
The Walking Dead The Same Boat Season 6 Episode 13 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » The Walking Dead The Same Boat Season 6 Episode 13 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » How many synonyms for “zombie” can there possibly be? How dumb was it to let Maggie stand guard during last week’s raid on the Savior compound?