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    Recommendations: The Rehearsal and The Black Phone

    We’re here each week (or most weeks) with recommendations from a collection of our staff. These won’t always be about new things (though sometimes they are), but they will always be about things that we think are worth your time. This week, Caemeron recommends Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal and Paul suggests answering the call of […] More

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    The Rehearsal S1E3: “Gold Digger”

    The following contains spoilers for The Rehearsal S1E3, “Gold Digger” (written by Nathan Fielder & Carrie Kemper & Eric Notarnicola and directed by Nathan Fielder) I don’t know why it didn’t quite occur to me last week that The Rehearsal might proceed with both a season-long arc and a client of the week structure. Clearly […] More

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    The Rehearsal S1E2: “Scion” Disrupts the Premise

    The following contains spoilers for The Rehearsal S1E2, “Scion” (written by Nathan Fielder & Carrie Kemper & Eric Notarnicola and directed by Nathan Fielder) As much as the premiere of The Rehearsal last week may have primed us for a client of the week structure to the show, by the end of S1E2 (“Scion”), it […] More

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    The Rehearsal S1E1: “Orange Juice, No Pulp”

    The following contains spoilers for The Rehearsal S1E1, “Orange Juice, No Pulp” (written and directed by Nathan Fielder) I’ve been trying to put my finger on what The Rehearsal shares in common with Nathan for You. If you’ve seen both, I think it’s obvious that they’re in the same wheelhouse, and it probably even makes […] More

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    Watching From Behind the Sofa: The Best Horror TV Shows

    I begin this article with the knowledge that almost no horror fan will agree with this list, or with my parameters, and possibly even with anything I have to say about any of the shows. Such is the horror genre. It has passionate, opinionated fans from all age groups, nations, and social groups. Is it […] More