For a few remarkable seasons, AMC’s “Better Call Saul” seemed not only as good as its predecessor, but in some ways arguably better.
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‘The Innocence Files’ sees the devil in the details of criminal injustice
When someone refers to a “foul” system, he is not talking only about law enforcement and prosecution.
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What if Americans turned to fascism in the 1940s? HBO’s ‘The Plot Against America’ offers an answer.
Reality may have caught up to Philip Roth’s imagination.
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Saying goodbye to ‘BoJack Horseman’
The final season of “BoJack Horseman” gives many of its characters endings about as happy as they can manage.
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Netflix’s ‘Messiah’ tests the faith of its characters (and its audience)
If Jesus Christ were to return to initiate an apocalypse in the Year of Our Lord 2019, how would we receive him? “Messiah” may have a prophetic vision.
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A Good End for ‘The Good Place’: A meditation on the series finale
Watching the finale, my mind wandered through places in my life that have been special to me.
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Jane Austen gets a makeover in ‘Sanditon’
Series creator Andrew Davies has made explicit much of what is implicit in English novels of the period, including matters of sex and race.
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HBO’s ‘His Dark Materials’ criticized Catholicism. It also missed the books’ ecological message.
The eco-spiritual ideas so evident in the books are not present, but they may appear in Season 2.
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HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ is a searing novel about race in America
The new show from Damon Lindelof is more than another high concept sci-fi series.
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The street philosophy book behind the ‘Wu-Tang’ television miniseries
“Wu-Tang: An American Saga” is exposing millions more to the role of spirituality in RZA’s life, career and role in Wu-Tang Clan.