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Cyberpunk’s bleak vision is aesthetically stylish but its diagnoses are shallow and unsatisfying.

10 years after the launch of Game of Thrones, Samuel Miller McDonald looks back at its promising start—and how it all went wrong.

For a decade, ‘Shameless’ has painted a picture of American life rarely seen on screen. That’s about to end.

The simplest and most effective way to save cinema is through government subsidies to small, independent filmmakers.

Being alive has perhaps never been more confusing, especially because we have lost the tool that might help us make sense of it all.

Seeing yourself on screen is a beautiful thing, even if you need subtitles.