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Big problems with Greta Gerwig's Little Women. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

Hollywood is choosing Chinese profits over American liberties.

A binge-worthy series for grown-ups. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

Hidden signs of faith and redemption in two notable films from Europe. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

Why the TV adaptation of My Brilliant Friend is better than the book. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

Netflix's clever Black Mirror. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

Ken Burn's The Vietnam War does not take sides. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

Hollywood's romance with China may be breaking up. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

Dignity, not celebrity. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

The Young Pope is a dazzling work of art. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

The Cold War novelist on the big and small screen. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

What does The Walking Dead say about American anxieties? Part of the Shadow Play article series.

Truth, lies, and TV spies. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

Donald Trump's bad reality show. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

Democracy and transparency need each other. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

Two television shows' very different outlooks on war and prisoners of war. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

What does it mean to understand man well enough to create one? Part of the Shadow Play article series.

A discussion of the television series Blue Bloods. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

Part of the Shadow Play article series.

House of Cards is a hit in China, too. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

A review of Inside Llweyin Davis (2013). Part of the Shadow Play article series.

Why Breaking Bad is unexpectedly good. Part of the Shadow Play article series.

A test of this insight is The Great Gatsby, the latest screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan and co-written and directed by the Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann. Part of… read more...

Lincoln and Django Unchained represent what passes for artistic sensibility in today's Hollywood. Part of the Shadow Play article series.