Reality Itself Is Malevolent in Thomas Ligotti’s Work
Ligotti's stories seem almost violently unpalatable. They afford neither easy resolutions nor the seemingly ambiguous but ultimately fulfilling pleasures of so many mystery stories.
True Detective
Postmortem: Did ‘True Detective’ Do Justice to Latino California?
In its shift to the different psychosphere of California, the show’s second season perpetuated Latino stereotypes instead of giving us a deeper and truer examination of the Golden State
‘Your Worst Self Is Your Best Self’: Defending Season Two of ‘True Detective’
Nic Pizzolatto seems to have written this season for a specific audience, knowing full well and not giving a damn that it would not be viewed favorably by the general public.
True Detective: Episode 8 – “Omega Station”
In season two, writer and creator Nic Pizzolatto created a stew of compelling characters, clichés, conveniences, complications, and schmaltz.
Truth and Other Restrictions: ‘True Detective’ – Episode 7 – “Black Maps and Motel Rooms”
Series creator Nic Pizzolatto constructs the entire season on a simple exchange: death seems to be the metaphysical wage of knowledge.
Sex, Drugs and Alternative Folk: ‘True Detective’ – Episode 6 – “Church in Ruins”
Despite a few Scooby Doo level of conveyance, writer/ creator Nic Pizzolatto finally starts giving the audience the kind of chemistry they expect.
True Detective: Episode 4 – “Down Will Come”
Director Jeremy Podeswa and writer Nic Pizzolatto expand and extend a pervasive movie trope, but still leave their main characters and the viewers bewildered, befuddled, and anticipating the next installment.
‘True Detective’: Maybe Tomorrow
True Detective, Season 2, Episode 3: Where does the kitsch end and the surreal begin?
HBO Teases the Second Season of ‘True Detective’
HBO's got big shoes to fill following the successful first season of True Detective. Based on its first teaser, the show continues to have promise.
Contemplations on the Nature of Truth: True Crime, ‘True Detective’, and ‘Serial’ Obsessions
True Detective and Serial mark our society’s preoccupation with all things illegal, especially when they end in murder.
Anthologies, ‘American Horror Story’, and the Disposability of Pulp Storytelling
This show embraced its reputation for the weird and the strange, but it's storytelling methods are among the messiest in television.
The Best Television of 2014
In 2014, we let Russian spies, biker gangs, Silicon Valley techies, and existentially frustrated detectives into our living rooms. As these 25 picks reveal, we had good reasons for doing so.
