Isaac Pollock
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Word on the street
Welcome to Sunnydale. Enjoy Your Stay!
Carrying 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' with me through eight years, five cities, and an ever–changing relationship with TV
Television
‘Severance’ Episode Ten: ‘Cold Harbor’ Closes Out a Stellar Season of TV
A bittersweet and incredibly intense end to Season 2 tees up new and interesting elements for Season 3.
Television
‘Severance’ Episode Nine: What Will Come ‘After’ This ‘Hour’ of Television?
That was a bad title for this recap of a very good episode.
Television
‘Severance’ Episode Eight: Short n’ ‘Sweet Vitriol’
Despite a difficult–to–justify pause in momentum, this episode expands the world of show and drops a massive bomb on Lumon.
Television
‘Severance’ Episode Seven: The Ego’s Dead and Gemma’s alive
This emotionally destructive hour of television puts an end to many fan theories … and incites more.
Film
Who are the Oscars for?
From smear campaigns to cult parody accounts, this year’s Oscars are more populist than ever.
Television
‘Severance’ Episode Six: Conquerors and Consequences
Over halfway into the season, triangles become squares, and two become one.
Film
Up With ‘Down With Love’
What an underappreciated 20–year–old rom–com has to say about love, feminism, and mag writing.
Television
This Week on 'Severance'
Season Two of this Apple TV corporate thriller has me seeing double. Here's an ongoing recap to keep all the data in its proper boxes, updated every week.
Television
‘Severance’ Episode Five: A Trojan’s Horse, an Ominous Whistle
‘Severance’ Episode Five: A Trojan’s Horse, an Ominous Whistle
Television
‘Severance’ Episode Four: The Protestant Work Ethic
In 'Woe's Hollow,' the innies try touching grass and find they don’t like how it feels.
Television
'Severance' Episode Two: ‘Who is Alive?’ And Who is on the Severed Floor?
Episode three of the second season of ‘Severance’ introduces new variables and questions about identity.
Television
'Severance' Episode Two: 'Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig' and Hello, The Rest of The Outies
The second episode of Severance’s second season provides a few crucial answers and asks a few gripping questions.
Television
‘Severance’ Season Two Recap, Episode One: Welcome back to Hell…y?
The second season of the hit TV show is off to a gut–roiling start.
Word on the street
I am Never Getting Married
This essay won first place in the 2025 Love Issue 'Renaissance in Love' contest.
Film
‘The Apprentice’ Isn’t About President Donald Trump
From biopics to fictionalized political dramas, the ethics of politics–as–entertainment are murky waters—and this Trump picture’s politics are far from clear.
Television
‘Veronica Mars’ Did Feminine Rage Before it was Cool
Celebrating twenty years of TV’s best not–so–bubbly blonde.
Film
Culture, Community, and the Rise of the Global Right at the New York Film Festival
What the festival's picks had to say about identity in the face of isolation.
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