
Mad Men Recap: “Man with a Plan” and “The Crash” (Season 6, Episodes 7 and 8)
December 24, 2025To Don, every woman is either a mother figure or a whore. If Don isn't in...

Revolution Recap: ‘Clue’ (Season 1, Episode 18)
December 23, 2025Season 1 has progressed in such a way that it's like the show is trying to...

100 Greatest Gangster Films: Donnie Brasco, #8
December 23, 2025One of the reasons the movie works so well is the interplay between Pacino and Johnny...

100 Greatest Gangster Films: On the Waterfront, #4
December 23, 2025All these years later, On the Waterfront continues to work as a magnificent bit of drama—and...

100 Greatest Gangster Films: Goodfellas, #3
December 23, 2025There is no romance here. No looking out for one’s people. No myth of a moral...

100 Greatest Gangster Films: Little Caesar, #6
December 23, 2025Enrico Bandello was the prototype for every film gangster who followed. The tight-fitting three-piece suits, the...

100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Departed, #7
December 22, 2025There are references to Hawthorne, Shakespeare and James Joyce. Conversely, and while we didn’t keep count,...

Mad Men Recap: “The Better Half” (Season 6, Episode 9)
December 22, 2025Poor Peggy Olson. She was doing so well, the last time we checked in on her....

100 Greatest Gangster Films: Pulp Fiction, #5
December 21, 2025Part of the joy is not always knowing who the good guys are. Tarantino shot Pulp...

100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Godfather: Part II, #2
December 21, 2025Al Pacino reprises his role as Michael and offers us an Ivy League Machiavelli. He has...














