by anna jane begley How I found myself paying to watch an hour’s worth of TV ads I’m not quite sure. What is usually the bane of the TV-watching experience, director Radu Jude and philosopher/co-director Christian Ferencz-Flatz have turned into an experimental documentary that observes Romania’s transition from socialism to capitalism post-Revolution. Composed solely of […]

by anna jane begley  If you’re scratching your head trying to recall the past three seasons of Steve Blackman’s Umbrella Academy don’t fret. Luther’s marriage and mission to the moon, Viktor’s destiny to destroy the planet, Allison’s betrayal of her family – these events are at best background info and at worst inconsequential. This new […]

by anna jane begley Kaos, toxic masculinity and a load of bees There’s something disconcertingly familiar about Charlie Covell’s Kaos, the eight-part series bringing the messy lives of the Greek gods into the modern day and detailing the stories of humans who are just beginning to question the power the gods hold over them.  Like […]