TV Review: Fargo 3×03 “The Law of Non-Contradiction”

Fargo’s third episode is going to be a hard one to top (a surprise considering Hawley’s absence from the writer’s credits). Not only is it a deeply powerful character study “The Law of Non-Contradiction” is also an existential tract as…

TV Review: Fargo 3×02 “The Principle of Restricted Choice”

The second episode, a marginal improvement over the first, has the benefit of playing with what the first episode strenuously lays out. It’s looser, more unpredictable and explores character in-depth. The title (“The Principle of Restricted Choice”), a reference to…

TV Review: Fargo 3×01 “The Law of Vacant Places”

Noah Hawley’s Fargo once again opens under the dubious guise of being a “true story,” a subheading, perhaps the most abused in modern entertainment, which seems only to redefine the “truth” than embrace it. Yet, the episode “The Law of…

TV Review: HBO’s ‘The Leftovers’ (2×01) “Axis Mundi’

If you are like me, you might not remember exactly how season one of The Leftovers finished last year. Here’s a quick recap of the finale: The Guilty Remnant (GR) placed life-like mannequins of the Departed in the homes of…

Amy Dunne’s One Mistake

[Warning: This article discusses spoilers!!] David Fincher’s brilliant Gone Girl is a sinister pas de deux between a husband and wife trapped in a self-destructive relationship of cataclysmic proportions. After framing her husband Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) for her murder…