Television
Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live) Talks with Jessi Klein (Inside Amy Schumer) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast
Two of the funniest people around get together at Samsung 837 in New York City for a podcast conversation / comedy blind date.
Stranger Things and the Problem of “Plotblocking”
Writer-director Andrew Matthews on Netflix's smash hit series and a worrisome trait of that and a number of other binge-worthy shows.
Second Screen: The Best TV Shows of 2016
Jim Hemphill attempts the improbable task of listing the best – or at least most pleasurable – that the small screen had to offer in the past year.
Second Screen: The Catch’s Effortless Style Conceals Its True Brilliance
In his regular TV column, Jim Hemphill gets caught up in the ABC crime series, which channels Soderbergh and Hitchcock at their entertaining best.
Underrated/Overlooked: Joe Swanberg on The Show About the Show
The acclaimed writer-director on his favorite thing of 2016, the highly unconventional meta web series by fellow Talkhouse contributor Caveh Zahedi.
Second Screen: Designated Survivor is a Capra-esque Mix of Trump and Clinton
If you've ever kind of wished the whole political establishment would be wiped out in one fell swoop, then this is the TV show for you.
Protesting HBO’s Mogadishu, Minnesota and Why Filmmakers Must Not Take Ownership of Others’ Stories
Musa Syeed on the cable giant's new show now shooting in Cedar-Riverside, and his own film, A Stray, which he made about the same community.
Damn You, Hollywood, For These Unrealistic Expectations
Sasha Gordon, writer-director of It Had to Be You, on those disappointing moments when life falls short of the movies.
Why The Larry Sanders Show is the Greatest Comedy TV Series Ever
Daniel Schechter on the late Garry Shandling's innovative, iconoclastic sitcom and its special place in television history.
Some Spoken Word Poetry and General Euphorics in Praise of Issa Rae and Insecure
Stephen Winter waxes lyrical about the brilliant young comedic voice and her new HBO show, the first ever to be fronted by an African-American woman.
Second Screen: One Mississippi Reimagines the Sitcom
Stand-up Tig Notaro, along with Diablo Cody and Louis CK, adds tragedy to the traditional TV comedy to redefine and deepen the form.
The Movies-Versus-TV Debate Is Over: It’s All One Stream Now
The endlessly debated question of whether the small screen has surpassed the big screen? It's now obsolete, says Matthew Wilder.











