American Gothic – Episode 5: “The Artist in His Museum”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW32UNX4weI CBS' American Gothic Episode 5: "The Artist in His Museum" Directed by Hanelle Culpepper Written by Lauren MacKenzie & Andrew Gettens * For a review of Episode 4, "Christina's World" - click here * For a review of Episode 6, "The Chess Players" - click here Last we left Garrett Hawthorne (Antony Starr) he …

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True Detective – Season 1, Episode 8: “Form and Void”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PORrGrQrFtk HBO's True Detective Season 1, Episode 8: "Form and Void" Directed by Cary Fukunaga Written by Nic Pizzolatto * For a review of the penultimate episode, "After You've Gone" - click here * For a review of the Season 2 premiere, "The Western Book of the Dead" - click here The Season 1 finale …

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True Detective – Season 1, Episode 7: “After You’ve Gone”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_kTB9C6H-0 HBO's True Detective Season 1, Episode 7: "After You've Gone" Directed by Cary Fukunaga Written by Nic Pizzolatto * For a review of the previous episode, "Haunted Houses" - click here * For a review of the Season 1 finale, "Form and Void" - click here In 2012, Detectives Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) and …

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True Detective – Season 1, Episode 5: “The Secret Fate of All Life”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBp1aDEUy_E HBO's True Detective Season 1, Episode 5: "The Secret Fate of All Life" Directed by Cary Fukunaga Written by Nic Pizzolatto * For a review of the previous episode, "Who Goes There" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Haunted Houses" - click here 1995: Detectives Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) …

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True Detective – Season 1, Episode 3: “The Locked Room”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYNElFYO1XI HBO's True Detective Season 1, Episode 3: "The Locked Room" Directed by Cary Fukunaga Written by Nic Pizzolatto * For a review of the previous episode, "Seeing Things" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Who Goes There" - click here With new leads in 1995, Detectives Rust Cohle (Matthew …

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True Detective – Season 1, Episode 2: “Seeing Things”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyQ_cPlqQt4 HBO's True Detective Season 1, Episode 2: "Seeing Things" Directed by Cary Fukunaga Written by Nic Pizzolatto * For a review of the first episode, "The Long Bright Dark" - click here * For a review of the net episode, "The Locked Room" - click here Dt. Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) is still sitting …

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The Hospital: A Dark Bureaucratic Comedy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HftRP0NAJYg The Hospital. 1971. Directed by Arthur Hiller. Screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky. Starring George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes, Richard Dysart, Stephen Elliott, Donald Harron, Andrew Duncan, Nancy Marchand, Jordan Charney, Roberts Blossom, Frances Sternhagen, & Katherine Helmond. Simcha Productions. Rated PG. 103 minutes. Comedy/Drama/Mystery ★★★★1/2 Arthur Hiller is probably most well known to …

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American Gothic – Episode 1: “Arrangement in Grey and Black”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mHAk28kS1M CBS' American Gothic Episode 1: "Arrangement in Grey & Black" Directed by Matt Shakman Written by Corinne Brinkerhoff * For a review of Episode 2, "Jack-in-the-Pulpit" - click here To start, I dig how they've named the episodes after famous paintings, in line with the name of their series being American Gothic. Arrangement in Grey …

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