Watching “Interview With the Vampire” has always felt like watching someone’s confession. But for me, the third season falls short of its predecessors.
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The final season of restaurant drama ‘The Bear’ offers a taste of heaven
Don’t our happiest moments so often involve a shared table?
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An unsung Jane Austen heroine: Mary takes center stage in ‘The Other Bennet Sister’
“The Other Bennet Sister” on BritBox places Mary Bennet in the spotlight and follows her own journey towards finding happiness.
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‘The House of Spirits’: a sumptuous miniseries based on a classic Chilean novel
The series creators deserve credit for deftly compressing Isabelle Allende’s dense, sprawling novel into eight very watchable episodes.
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Civilization or savagery? What Netflix’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ reveals about human nature
“Lord of the Flies” is an allegory of human disorder and depravity—in a word, what the Christian tradition has called the “fall.”
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‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ and the harsh realities of modern motherhood
‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ mixes the sacred with the profane, love with fear. Characters rise above their circumstances while also being crushed beneath them.
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Joyful, grateful and Catholic: Two fans say goodbye to Stephen Colbert and ‘The Late Show’
Comedy is fun, but Colbert’s conception of joy stretches far beyond making people laugh.
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In Netflix’s ‘Beef,’ we can’t stop watching unsympathetic jerks
The baseline rule of storytelling is that we are interested in what happens; sympathy may arise but is not required.
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‘House of David’ is the next hit TV biblical drama
“House of David” brings classic streaming storytelling to a tale I thought I knew.
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‘How to Get to Heaven from Belfast’ can’t match the high-wire comedy of ‘Derry Girls’
“How to Get to Heaven From Belfast,” Lisa McGee’s new series for Netflix, is a wobbly, unsuccessful blend of comedy, mystery and would-be thriller.