The White Lotus (2021) – Queer TV A+
The action then unfolds in flashback…. Olivia and Paula instantly become the series’ Greek Chorus; the best-friend-duo from hell.
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Author: Patrick Browne
Mrs. America (2020) and the renaissance of Jeanne Dielman. Queer TV. A+
Blanchett then slowly hangs up the phone and returns, defeated, to the kitchen. In un hommage à Akerman, the camera frames her in medium shot.
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Enlightened (2011) – TV Series Review A+
Laura Dern is a card-carrying liberal from Riverside. who wants to do good in this world but gets sidetracked by some deep personality flaws
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The Psychology of California’s Travel Corridors.
California’s three great intercity corridors—Los Angeles to San Francisco, Los Angeles to Las Vegas, and Los Angeles to San Diego—are often discussed in terms of engineering, infrastructure, or political will. But the deeper truth is psychological. Each corridor has a dominant identity, a set of expectations and habits that shape how people choose to move through it. These identities are remarkably stable, and they explain why some megaprojects thrive while others stall.
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Glenn Close Returns in Wake Up Dead Man (2025) (B)
Like Mrs. Danvers, Delacroix materializes rather than enters; her first appearance, looming behind Josh O’Connor’s Father Duplenticy (Johnson has a Dickensian flair for surnames), is a jolt for the ages—I shat my pants!
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