Welcome back and thank you for sticking around as this marks the long awaited return of Directors of Cinema, the podcast that highlights the careers of cinema’s most prominent directors. Each week, host Matthew Goudreau and a guest discuss selected works of…
The ‘B’ Word, Part II: Bisexual representation in television
“It’s called ‘LGBT’ for a reason. There’s a ‘B’ in there and it doesn’t mean ‘badass.’” Back in February of this year, I took a swan-dive into the hypocritical, often dangerous and wholly misconstrued representation of bisexuality in mainstream media,…
TYF’s Best 30 Episodes of Television 2015
We are currently living in the age of “peak” television. There are just so many shows that it’s hard to decide on the few you’re going to watch. Quantity doesn’t always promise quality, and there have certainly been a fair…
TV Review: Hannibal (3×13) – “The Wrath of the Lamb”
Well nobody thought Hannibal would end with pretty rainbows and bright sunrises. Bryan Fuller’s conception of Hannibal “the Cannibal” Lecter had little choice but to stare into the dark abyss and dive headfirst into its murky waters before finding even…
TV Review: Hannibal (3×12) – “The Number of the Beast is 666”
“We’re all making our way through the inferno.” Ain’t that the truth. The entire story of Hannibal has been about its characters making their way through the personal hells and demons threatening to consume their well-being, some more than others,…
TV Review: Hannibal (3×11) – “And the Beast from the Sea”
Hannibal has done such a great job of acclimating its audience to an idea of a Hannibal Lecter that’s still so creepy and dangerously conniving when he’s left to his own devices out in the real world that it’s easy to forget…
TV Review: Hannibal (3×10) – “And the Woman Clothed in Sun”
Francis Dollarhyde’s transformation into William Blake’s Great Red Dragon is in full swing now on Hannibal, but the introduction of the compassionate Reba McClane has thrown a curveball into his journey that he could not have expected. She’s the first…