- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 12, 2013
-
-
A Gchat about the Game of Thrones season finale
Two resident Game of Thrones fans get in the spirit of season three by killing off some more characters.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 5, 2013
-
-
A newish YouTube channel for women is less trashy, less fun
WIGS: It's no Lifetime
- Blogs, Bleader, May 29, 2013
-
-
Arrested Development's overhyped return underwhelms
But of course it does.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 22, 2013
-
-
HBO's Family Tree: Proof that documentary-style sitcoms aren't completely stale
There's no laugh track AND no one makes eyes at the camera.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 15, 2013
-
-
Small Town Security: Claustrophobic, visually repellent, and really good
I don't want to live with them, but I want to hang out every now and then.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 15, 2013
-
-
Without le Carré, would we have The Americans?
When spies had to choose—marriage or the Cold War?
- Blogs, Bleader, May 14, 2013
-
-
Now online: Adam Curtis's Margaret Thatcher memorial
The British essay-filmmaker has uploaded his 1995 documentary The Attic to his website.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 7, 2013
-
-
Iraqi maqam master Hamid Al-Saadi on a screen near you
Episodes of the new WYCC music show Musicology: Live From the Old Town School of Folk Music are now available on YouTube
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 15, 2013
-
-
Pasolini's Salo: A film that bleeds onto other films
How the 1975 film has affected my enjoyment of everything I've seen since
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 27, 2013
-
-
Mad Men, Mad World—live!
The Chicago Humanities Festival hosted a panel discussion by the editors of the book Mad Men, Mad World.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 26, 2013
-
-
The tragedy of Rick Alverson's The Comedy
Tim Heidecker makes his dramatic debut in this indie feature by the director of New Jerusalem.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 26, 2013
-
-
On Mad Men and Puerto Rico: Ignorance can be a good thing
A little knowledge—of a place or a TV show character—can be worse than none at all.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 22, 2013
-
-
I tried Ommegang's Game of Thrones tie-in beer Iron Throne
Any excuse to drink-slash-talk about a really great show
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 19, 2013
-
-
The Bachelor: A shitty reality show that actually portrays a shitty reality
On the death of modern love
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 27, 2013
-
-
The Old Town School takes to the airwaves with Musicology
The Old Town School of Folk Music and WYCC partner to present a promising new TV program featuring international music concerts taped at the school's concert hall.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 25, 2013
-
-
How does Girls stack up against Sex and the City?
If Carrie Bradshaw lived in the real world.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 23, 2013
-
-
Is a reality TV show about a small-town paper a peacock-amamy idea?
Jim Romenesko is tracking a big story—NBC-TV's hunt for a small-town newspaper to feature in a new reality series.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 8, 2013
-
-
Tribune disses Downton Abbey
A dubious dissing of Downton Abbey
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 8, 2013
-
-
Reuniting with the voice of Alan Tracy—Thunderbird!
On visiting a family friend who gained fame and fortune as a puppet named Alan Tracy
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 5, 2012
-
-
How to do Christmas music right
If you must listen to Christmas music, it should be the Roots, Jimmy Fallon, and Mariah Carey
