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 "The best video essay source on the web." (Roger Ebert) This is a web site built around original video essays and critical, personal writing about movies, TV, music, comics and whatever else interests its contributors. Co-founded by Matt Zoller Seitz, TV critic for New York Magazine, and Ken Cancelosi, it is published by Seitz and Cancelosi and overseen by editor-in-chief Kevin B. Lee and managing editor Max Winter.

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THE NEWSROOM RECAP 1: WE JUST DECIDED TO

Television
HBO’s been trying to sell "The Newsroom" to audiences on the strength of its opening scene, when Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels), a bland and personable cable news anchor trapped in his own private hell somewhere between a shout-y liberal and a conservative, snaps and delivers a rant about American greatness.
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  • By Alyssa Rosenberg
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  • June 24, 2012 10:55 PM
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More: TV Reviews, Television, HBO , The Newsroom, Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, Alison Pill, indieWIRE Video, Alyssa Rosenberg

TRUE BLOOD RECAP 3: WHATEVER I AM, YOU MADE ME

Television
This week’s "True Blood" suffered a bit from "Game of Thrones" syndrome—too many people, parts and ideas for all of them to properly register—but boy howdy were they mostly fine, fun and full of portent of freaky things to com
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  • By Ian Grey
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  • June 24, 2012 9:55 PM
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More: TV Reviews, Television, Ian Grey, True Blood, HBO , Rutina Wesley, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Christopher Meloni, indieWIRE Video

FALLING SKIES RECAP 2: COMPASS

Television
"He is now defined by those of us who owe him our lives."
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  • By Deborah Lipp
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  • June 24, 2012 9:55 PM
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More: TV Reviews, Television, Deborah Lipp, Falling Skies, TNT, Noah Wyle, indieWIRE Video

LONGMIRE RECAP 2: A DAMN SHAME

Television
Through impressive technical competence, surprising for a show so early in its run, “A Damn Shame” maintains a down-to-earth tone in the story it tells, the characters’ reaction to the story, the way the story is shot, and the way the story is constructed.
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  • By Rowan Kaiser
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  • June 18, 2012 9:06 AM
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GIRLS RECAP 10: SHE DID

Television
Writing that tries to be for everyone ends up being for no one.
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  • By Sarah D. Bunting
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  • June 18, 2012 1:30 AM
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  • 4 Comments
More: Sarah D. Bunting, TV Reviews, Television, Girls, HBO , Lena Dunham, GIRLS Recaps (Sarah D. Bunting)

FALLING SKIES RECAP 1: WORLDS APART and SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER

Television
Falling Skies is back for its second season with a two-hour premiere that, as is so often the case with "special premiere events" these days, is actually two episodes shown back-to-back. So, Episodes 2.01 Worlds Apart and 2.02 Shall We Gather at the River constitute our relaunch into the post-invasion world of Tom Mason and the Second Massachusetts. It was not perfect, but definitely was tightly constructed and presented some solid science fiction in a watchable two hours..
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  • By Deborah Lipp
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  • June 17, 2012 10:55 PM
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TRUE BLOOD RECAP 2: AUTHORITY ALWAYS WINS

Television
You know the endlessly self-amused Nazi Christoph Waltz played in "Inglourious Basterds"? Well, someone over at "True Blood" casting found a prim-o Waltz-alike in the actor Christopher Heyerdahl.
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  • By Ian Grey
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  • June 17, 2012 9:55 PM
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  • 2 Comments
More: Ian Grey, True Blood, HBO , TV Reviews, Television, Christopher Meloni, Anna Paquin, indieWIRE Video

Five Great Moments of Dramatic Irony in MAD MEN

Television
Before postmodernist self-reference, there was dramatic irony: a little wink from the writer that acknowledges the audience. After five seasons of solid storytelling, here are five of "Mad Men"'s greatest moments in dramatic irony.
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  • By Olivia Collette
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  • June 14, 2012 8:55 AM
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VIDEO ESSAY: A Death Foretold: Foreshadowing in MAD MEN

Television
"Mad Men"'s season-five death obsession dominated recaps and comments threads throughout the last 12 weeks—with good reason, as it happened.
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  • By Matt Zoller Seitz, Deborah Lipp, and Kevin B. Lee
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  • June 13, 2012 9:30 AM
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More: video essay, Matthew Zoller Seitz, Deborah Lipp, Kevin B. Lee, Mad Men, Television

LONGMIRE RECAP 1: THE LONG ROAD

Television
While a mystery procedural isn’t the most revolutionary premise for a television series, there were several aspects of the "Longmire" pilot that indicated it might be particularly interesting. First, it had a distinct visual style.
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  • By Rowan Kaiser
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  • June 11, 2012 9:58 AM
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