History of Swear Words
The most interesting aspect of the series is how it unintentionally reveals our conflicted relationship with profanity.
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The Queen's Gambit
The protagonist's speedy evolution into an anti–Cold Warrior is the better subplot.
British Culture Minister Threatens a 'Health Warning' on Netflix's The Crown
The show takes plenty of creative license, but viewers are smart enough to distinguish drama from documentary.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Is a Superb Film About Power, Art, Commerce, and Race
Chadwick Boseman shines in his final role.
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Aaron Sorkin takes on the famous trial of activists who organized an anti-war protest during the 1968 Democratic convention.
Immigration Nation Brilliantly Captures the Brutal Logic Behind America's Immigration Enforcement Regime
The new Netflix docuseries is a damning indictment of ICE.
I Ran for Governor of Oklahoma Against Tiger King's Joe Exotic
Lessons learned from the zookeeper Netflix made famous
Ford v Ferrari Is Thrilling, Excellent, and Not a Superhero Movie
Martin Scorsese says superhero movies are crowding out cinema. But plenty of great non-comic-book films still exist.
Nobody Knows What Television Is Anymore
TV's cultural dominance is unchecked by anything except your own time, and increasingly tailored to your unique interests and obsessions.
Netflix's Love, Death and Robots Is a Sci-Fi Demo Reel For the Untapped Potential of Animation
An anthology series about sad salesmen, space marines, super-intelligent yogurt, and the national debt
Netflix's Triple Frontier Is a Good Heist Film, and a Not Quite Great Anti-War Movie
Strong performances and sharp direction elevate this drug-war action thriller.
This Year's Oscar Nominees Are Out. The Big Winner? People Who Like Watching Movies At Home
The Best Picture nod for Netflix's Roma marks a major victory for the streaming service.
At Least Trump's Dumb Space Force Is Giving Us a Steve Carrell Show
"Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica" goes intergalactic?
Netflix Uses Cheaper Subscriptions to Bring Its Service to More Communities
Capitalism not only helps reduce poverty, but can bring services to more diverse groups of people.
The Haunting of Hill House Is a Perfect Halloween Binge-Watch
The Netflix series is an evolution in TV horror.
Godless Is a Classic Western for the New Millennium
The new Netflix miniseries feels both traditional and new, with the big-screen qualities of a film and the story and character nuance of the best television.
Sexploitative Feminism: Hot Girls Wanted and How Not to Apologize for Mistreating Porn Stars
"Hot Girls Wanted" producers purport to care about sex workers' well-being but mock their privacy concerns.
Hot Girls Wanted: Exploiting Sex Workers in the Name of Exposing Porn Exploitation?
Porn performers are accusing Rashida Jones and other Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On producers of a host of unethical and exploitative practices.
Australian Zombie Drama Takes Decidedly Different Journey
Glitch joins some others in not presenting the undead as mindless brain-eaters.
Does the First Amendment Cover Books, Movies or Netflix?
Not as clear cut to regulators as it may be to the rest of us.
Ellen Page Shines in Netflix Baby-Kidnapping Comedy
Tallulah doesn't take the 'madcap' route and is all the better for it.
This Netflix Show Hates the Government More Than You Do
Between is pop anti-authoritarianism at its most melodramatic-and fun.
False Confessions Like Brendan Dassey's Are Common Among Exonerated Juveniles
Minors are psychologically susceptible to being coerced into false confessions and yet frequently interrogated without parents or lawyers around.
More Than 200,000 Petition for Release of Making a Murderer Star Steven Avery
Can this Netflix docuseries right the wrongs perpetrated by a corrupt criminal justice system?
You Say You Want a Ukrainian Revolution?
The director of 'Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom' talks with Reason TV.
'Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom' Comes to Netflix
Q&A with documentary director Evgeny Afineevsky
Live in Chicago? Your Netflix Bill Is About to Go Up Thanks to This New Tax
Two new tax rules are intended to help close the city's massive budget gap.
How Netflix's New Daredevil Series Makes Torture Into a Virtue
The superhero show celebrates the violent interrogations inflicted by its main character.
