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Endings
The ‘Troubling Reverberations’ at the End of Oppenheimer, Explained It’s the most shattering ending of anything Christopher Nolan has made, and maybe even of any studio blockbuster in recent memory.
Project Greenlight Is Great TV About Making a Not-Great MovieOnce again, an attempt to show off young Hollywood talent becomes an unwitting document of deep and pervasive fractures across the industry.
By Kathryn VanArendonk
just asking questions
July 14, 2023
Robert Lipsyte Says Good Riddance to the NYT Sports Section The legendary Times sportswriter says his former paper always seemed uneasy covering athletes and games.
By David Koeppel
The Ending of Dead Reckoning Takes Mission: Impossible Back to the Start Dead Reckoning glances backwards to the 1996 movie that started it all, which also happened to end with a blast of locomotive action.
By A.A. Dowd
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts ’ Ending Really Goes for the JoeLike an ’80s kid mashing action figures together, the Transformers franchise is in its crossover era.
By Richard Newby
finale thoughts
July 10, 2023
Never Have I Ever Was a Graduation for Nalini, TooPoorna Jagannathan reflects on her character’s “journey into self-love” and empty-nester future.
By Sophie Brookover
The Donna Effect The Bear ’s chaotic matriarch is the Berzatto family’s foundational world, cracks and all.
By Nicholas Quah
the view from outside
June 30, 2023
By Maggie Fremont
Season Three of Reservation Dogs Will Be Its Last “I always knew what the end of this story would be, I just didn’t know when it would arrive.”
By Rebecca Alter
Class of ’09 Leaves Its Biggest Case UnsolvedIn its pursuit of the threat AI poses to the criminal-justice system, the miniseries stumbles into an indictment of that threat’s root cause.
By Roxana Hadadi
Let’s Talk About the Ending of Beau Is Afraid It would be tempting to say that Beau Is Afraid is the story of Beau’s journey back home, but really, there isn’t much of a journey.
By Bilge Ebiri
brace for landing
June 2, 2023
By Maggie Fremont
Let’s Talk About the Cliffhanger Ending of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse What’s next for Miles Morales? Sony and Marvel Studios may be working toward a similar goal from different ends.
By Richard Newby
Ted Lasso Wanted to Do It AllThe show tried to be everything to everyone at once without settling down to be any one thing in particular.
By Kathryn VanArendonk
Succession Made You Decide“Who will win?” is a question as appealing and empty as Tom and Shiv’s apartment. The much harder one has always been “What kind of show is this?”
By Kathryn VanArendonk
Let’s Talk About the Ending of John Wick: Chapter 4 That final shot and the end-credits stinger might be more closely connected than they appear.
By Bilge Ebiri
happy endings
Apr. 24, 2023
The Couples of Sanditon , Ranked by ‘Happily Ever After’ Let’s assess all of the couples who have graced our screen since Charlotte first stepped foot in that drama-filled little seaside town.
By Maggie Fremont
scene stealers
Apr. 19, 2023
Florida Man ’s Florida Woman Steals the ShowEccentric villainy, funky humidity, and Abbey Lee take center stage in the Sunshine State.
By Roxana Hadadi
coming soon
Mar. 30, 2023
Barry to Meet Its End in Season 4A full trailer gives a better look at Barry’s life in prison.
By Justin Curto
How Long Can You Keep Doing This? Joe can’t keep getting away with murder.
By Roxana Hadadi
The Nevers Ending StoryThe long-delayed second part of the canceled HBO series came and went so quietly you were bound to miss it. Here’s what went down.
By Roxana Hadadi
we (not) here for you
Feb. 23, 2023
Succession Is Ending After 4 SeasonsCreator Jesse Armstrong has confirmed that we’ve got only a limited amount of Roy family insults left.
By Jennifer Zhan
Red Rose ’s Ending Is Invasively ThornyDespite a few supernatural feints, the British thriller is ultimately more concerned with the dangers of casually ubiquitous surveillance.
By Roxana Hadadi
Let’s Talk About the Ending of Knock at the Cabin Knock at the Cabin changes the ending from the novel and suggests that acquiescing to fate, rather than fighting it, is bravery — even grace.
By Roxana Hadadi
close reads
Dec. 27, 2022
Holy Spider ’s Ending Uncovers a Tangled Web of MisogynyHoly Spider is at its most precise and upsetting in the film’s final scene.
By Roxana Hadadi
The ‘Wrongheaded,’ ‘Galaxy-Brained’ Ending of Babylon , Explained Once again, a character is transported out of their ordinary, humdrum life through the wondrous power of cinema.
By Nate Jones
The White Lotus ’s Watery EndThe season finale plunges into the unknowable depths of Mike White’s favorite symbol.
By Roxana Hadadi
The Fabelmans ’ Brilliant David Lynch Cameo Is All About PerspectiveIt’s pitch-perfect casting that only deepens the film’s layers between reality and fiction, character and persona.
By Robert Daniels
lingering questions
Nov. 7, 2022
10 Unanswered Questions to Worry About After Seeing Don’t Worry Darling What’s up with the dancing ladies? And the plane? What happens in Kiki Layne’s cut scenes? More important, where can I get Alice’s nail polish?
By Roxana Hadadi
Let’s Talk About the Ending(s) of Smile By the end of Smile , confronting your past and coming to terms with it is not enough.
By Katie Rife
a long talk
Sept. 23, 2022
Hilary Mantel Thinks the Last Book Is Her Best “I’ve always been very ambitious. But it’s more in my own terms than in other people’s terms.”
By Hillary Kelly
It Took a Pop-Culture Phenomenon to Right One Wrong Messy as it was, we finally have an ending to Serial’s first season.
By Nicholas Quah
C’mon, Industry , Whisper Sweet Nothings to Me The HBO series wields financial jargon like a magic spell. In its second-season finale, Harper’s sorcery runs out.
By Kathryn VanArendonk
Let’s Talk About the End of Better Call Saul As it turns out, the Breaking Bad prequel turned sequel is also TV’s best time-travel show.
By Jen Chaney
Let’s Talk About the Body-Horror Ending of Resurrection Its contracting ambiguity and literalness make for unexpected nightmare fuel.
By Roxana Hadadi
9 Questions About Better Call Saul ’s Endgame There are a lot of loose ends and not a lot of time left to tie them up, so let’s review what we’re watching out for in the final six episodes.
By Brian Tallerico
Stranger Things Just Wouldn’t Stop Running Up That Damn Hill The fourth season of the Netflix series got stuck on repeat.
By Jen Chaney
Let’s Discuss Borgen ’s Unsurprising Surprise Ending On paper, Power & Glory’s final move is the least shocking twist the revival season could’ve offered. So why does it feel so unreal?
By Kathryn VanArendonk
The Empty Symbolism of Men ’s Ending Alex Garland’s Men is laden with symbolism, much of it provocative and highly gendered. But what does it all add up to?
By Katie Rife
Ozark ’s Finale Gave Us Shock Without SubstanceThe Netflix thriller’s final moments are emblematic of what often made the show more frustrating than fulfilling.
By Jen Chaney
Killing Eve Chose CrueltyLet’s talk about the galling ending of Eve and Villanelle.
By Angelica Jade Bastién
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