Kathryn Reklis
Ted Lasso is the soccer coach we all need
What if kindness, honesty, and compassion were valued more than winning?
Ramy Youssef is young, Muslim, and American
The comedian’s Hulu show has a rare trait: it takes religion seriously.
I May Destroy You takes us on a quest for wholeness
As Arabella struggles to remember the night she was assaulted, other memories emerge as well.
A Perry Mason that doesn’t trust institutions
In the HBO reboot, even the deacons and the police are corrupt.
The collective wisdom that emerges from The Baby-Sitters Club
In the Netflix reboot, 12-year-old girls model collaborative leadership.
The podcast How to Survive the End of the World offers a unique view of apocalypse
Autumn Brown and adrienne maree brown explore the end of the world as we know it.
My pandemic comfort viewing
Three TV shows and movies that have combated loneliness and brought welcome distraction
The world High Maintenance shows us through the Guy’s eyes
The weed dealer character serves as the connective tissue between the lives of New Yorkers who might not meet.
Watching The Circle and Love Is Blind while practicing social distancing
Two reality TV shows remind us why physical connection matters.
Honeyland transcends language and location
A Macedonian beekeeper’s ordinary, mythical life
Sorry for Your Loss’s quiet exploration of race
A white woman, her black husband, and the struggle to be known
How universal is the Force?
The Rise of Skywalker reduces a powerful theological symbol to a family drama.
Queen and Slim challenges assumptions about race, justice, and what matters
Melinda Matsoukas’s film rolls terror and hope into one story.
Who’s the parasite?
Bong Jong-ho’s genre-bending film reveals the fantasies of salvation that feed off of us all.
The Mega podcast draws mega laughs
The evangelical satire also offers insight and empathy.
(De)formed by wealth in Succession and Schitt’s Creek
Is there any redemption for the Roy family or the Rose family?
Quentin Tarantino’s violent movie about violent movies
In Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood, the director delights in both cinema and blood.
In the Deadwood revival, the people must live on
At least the ones who survived the original series
Can a fleabag clean up her act?
The sarcastic and sacrilegious two-season show has a moral center.
What set Game of Thrones apart—and how it lost its way
The series was clear-sighted about power and misogyny, but it failed to see that vision through.