Netflix's clever Black Mirror. Part of the Shadow Play article series.
Film & TV
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.
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.
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.
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.
China plans to blow up Hollywood's monopoly. Part of the Shadow Play article series.
The high priestess of Change Your Life TV. Part of the Shadow Play article series.
What soap operas at home and abroad teach us. Part of the Shadow Play article series.
Each episode in the TV series Sex and the City begins with a questions, some more portentous than others. Part of the Shadow Play article series.
Avatar is the latest example of where art, politics, and theology meet. Part of the Shadow Play article series.