John Enbom is the showrunner. Watkins wrote three episodes and would be around in some sort of producer capacity. It's perfectly manageable.

That scene between Nina and Phil as he left the party was so well written/blocked/acted. Dang. If Playing House gets a S2, then surely this will as well.

No, they're right. Visually, it's a really bland film.

It's not even bad, really, just so haplessly lacking in any kind of personality or perspective that you get to the end feeling as though the story has been completely abstracted. The movie always wants you to FEEL something but it's structured and shot and scored and acted in a way that's always a couple of steps…

Oh yes, Netflix is a perfect platform for it really, though I'm glad Sundance continues to take on really bold and interesting programming. The fact that Maggie Gyllenhaal got a Golden Globe nomination should help; hopefully she won't be forgotten come the Emmys next year, even though Frances McDormand has the Emmy…

It certainly had its issues this season ("issues" is how I refer to Karma) but man, it wrapped it all up so well.

I think it's more just that many people didn't watch it. But as far as 8-episode miniseries go this year, it's hard to believe (well, not at all, but painful to recognise anyway) that True Detective is the one being showered with attention when The Honourable Woman thumps it for plot, tension, significance, and…

I've seen this twice, and I loved it both times, though I still think it should end a bit sooner than it does (it has a perfect final shot baked in but Dolan, whose indulgences I am usually 100% on board with, keeps it going longer than he needs to).

A hell of a lot. Plus a fair chunk of Wong Kar-Wai.

Ha, thank you as always! But yes, the SAGs are, though less cravenly, as drawn to familiarity as the Golden Globes are. Which is part of why they're not a good bellwether for the Oscars. The Butler got 3 SAG nominations last year and then nothing, and I daresay Jennifer Aniston and Naomi Watts, who really deserves…

Because the SAGs are dumb garbage when it comes to TV.

I took a half-thought and turned it into a rough essay about how the franchise-ification of the blockbuster is the film industry attempting to key into viewing patterns of audiences who devote more of their time to TV: https://medium.com/@laurenc…

Gyllenhaal's nomination is the best on the film side. An unexpected treat. Knightley I can leave - she's fine, but she has almost nothing to do in that picnic blanket of a film.

My crazy theory that it was Marco, who just seemed too goddamn perfect, and he was given too much of this show's precious story time to just be written out so suddenly.

You last sentence is terribly depressing, but largely true. Anyhow, I understand what you're getting at, I do. But an argument like this exists on so many different planes and encompasses so many broad, variable factors that we could be here forever, so I won't list any of them off. But what people want doesn't come…

You have some points (though I never said anything about forcing equality, it SHOULD come naturally), but I'll believe that consumers not wanting the product is what it is and nothing more when I can watch a clip of a female comedian on YouTube and not scroll down and find a raft of insipid "women aren't funny!!!"…

Maybe there just weren't many albums or specials released by women this year? Which just says that the barriers to entry are still there, since an album requires a certain level of success that's that much harder to attain.

Seriously, where is Chelsea? Esposito aside, this list is so boringly dude-heavy.

Good for you, dear.

I'm not anti-torrent. My point is more that if you are going to torrent films, at least be smart about what you torrent and who it's affecting. Look at the posts it was in reply to, context is important. No need to rant at me.