Tv Review

tv review Mar. 30, 2013

Seitz: Orphan Black Doesn’t ConnectBut star Tatiana Maslany stands out anyway.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Mar. 29, 2013

TV Review: Philip Roth: Unmasked Skims The SurfaceTonight on PBS, the latest entry in the long-running American Masters series.

By Max Winter

tv review Mar. 29, 2013

Seitz: Game of Thrones Lives Up to Its Awesome AmbitionUnlike Boardwalk Empire, Thrones has fun with its relentlessly propulsive pile of plots.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Mar. 28, 2013

Seitz on The Neighbors’s Season-One FinaleThis show deserves way more credit than it gets.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Mar. 22, 2013

TV Review: Phil SpectorWriter-director David Mamet’s movie stars Al Pacino as the titular record producer.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Mar. 21, 2013

TV Review: Top of the LakeIt’s already March, and TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz already expects this miniseries to make his year-end “Top 10” list.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Mar. 18, 2013

Seitz on Bates Motel: I Dismember MamaA&E’s new show is an origin story/prequel to Hitchcock’s Psycho. And yet it isn’t.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Mar. 17, 2013

Seitz: Justified’s Fourth Season Is Great TV Without All the FussNo great contemporary TV series is more flat-out enjoyable.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Feb. 21, 2013

Seitz on Community Season Four: Unbearably SadI’m trying to give the post–Dan Harmon Community a chance. Really I am.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Feb. 14, 2013

Seitz on Zero Hour: Dear God, What Hath Dan Brown Wrought?Seriously, what the hell is happening in this show?

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Feb. 13, 2013

TV Review: Southland Season FiveThis cop drama prizes journalistic detail over verbal exposition and moldy cop-show tropes.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Feb. 8, 2013

TV Review: House of Cards Full SeasonWe promised a full review of House of Cards after last Friday’s preview, and here it is.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Feb. 5, 2013

Seitz: Smash Listened to the Hate-WatchersIt now seems to be as much a show about Smash as a show about Bombshell.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Feb. 1, 2013

Seitz: Is House of Cards Worth a Binge Watch?Our critic samples two episodes, and reveals whether he thinks it’s worth proceeding through all thirteen.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Feb. 1, 2013

Seitz: The 30 Rock Finale Dared Us Not to Cry, and Knew We’d FailRank this send-off up there with Cheers and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Jan. 31, 2013

TV Review: Seitz on Do No HarmThis new NBC show manages to be nutty and sleazy, but it’s still not special enough to stand out.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Jan. 30, 2013

Seitz on The Americans: A Dark Fantasy, Starring Mr. and Mrs. SmithskyOn FX’s new KGB-in-America spy show.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Jan. 23, 2013

Seitz on the End of AHS’s Second SeasonIt’s tempting to treat this show as one long, trashy, sick joke. But it’s so much more.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Jan. 21, 2013

Seitz on The Following: Apocalypse Story As Long-Form NightmareIs the serial-killer genre played out?

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Jan. 19, 2013

Seitz on Lance and Oprah: The Sadomasochistic Ritual of the Celebrity ApologyJust a couple of pop culture juggernauts protecting their brands.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Jan. 17, 2013

TV Review: LegitThis new show is peculiar enough to stick with while its creators figure out what they’re doing.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Jan. 14, 2013

TV Review: The Carrie DiariesThe CW’s new show is an inept spinoff that dishonors its source.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Jan. 10, 2013

Seitz on Girls Season Two: What a Drag It Is Being Young Girls isn’t likable, and it doesn’t seem to lose any sleep over it.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Jan. 8, 2013

Seitz on Justified’s Fourth Season: Suspenseful, Eloquent, JoyousFor all the suspense and violence, Justified is a laid-back series in the spirit of its inspiration, Elmore Leonard.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Jan. 7, 2013

Seitz: Deception Has More Going on Than It Knows What to Do WithThe most frustrating thing about this show is that it’s more fun to pick apart than it is to watch.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Jan. 6, 2013

Seitz: Enlightened’s Heroine Is Still Deranged, But Not Totally Wrong The HBO comedy’s second season is brilliantly nuanced.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Jan. 4, 2013

Seitz: Portlandia RecyclesThe sketch show is starting to display worrisome signs of fatigue.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Dec. 23, 2012

Seitz on Downton Abbey’s Third SeasonIt’s far more than a nighttime soap for Anglophiles.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Dec. 17, 2012

Seitz on 1600 Penn: So You’re Telling Me This Is a ‘Comedy’?Ladies and gentlemen, I didn’t laugh once.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

year in culture 2012 Dec. 13, 2012

Matt Zoller Seitz’s Favorite Drama Episodes of 2012Now it’s time to get serious.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Dec. 5, 2012

Seitz on Sons of Anarchy’s Season Five: Way to CommitFX cemented its reputation as the “Holy crap, was that really necessary?” network last night during SOA’s fifth season finale.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Nov. 29, 2012

TV Review: A Look Back at Treme’s Third SeasonTV critic Matt Zoller Seitz reviews the whole, rather than the parts. What say you, David Simon?

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Nov. 28, 2012

TV Review: Season Two of BBC’s The HourThe second season of the excellent drama gives you more of the same, but different.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Nov. 23, 2012

Seitz on Liz & Dick: A Retro-Bad TV BiopicLadies and gentlemen, behold the worst reviewed program of 2012.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Nov. 20, 2012

Seitz: Inventing David Geffen Cheapens the American Masters SeriesThis program is so reverential that it could be played at Geffen’s memorial.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Nov. 16, 2012

TV Review: Ken Burns’s The Dust BowlKen Burns’s astounding documentary is about disaster and survival, yes. But mostly it’s about clouds and faces.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Nov. 13, 2012

Seitz on Mankind: History Channel History Is Guy Movie HistoryLooking for glitzy reenactments, special effects, and info-graphics? Also, history? You’ve come to the right place.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Nov. 12, 2012

Seitz on The Untold History of the United StatesOliver Stone makes like a disreputable prof in this juicy doc series.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Nov. 5, 2012

TV Review: HBO’s Combat Photog Docu WitnessHBO’s four-part series is about combat photographers.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Nov. 2, 2012

TV Review: Malibu CountryThis new ABC sitcom is much in the same vein as McEntire’s last sitcom, Reba.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Oct. 28, 2012

Seitz on Glee, American Horror StoryAt least, for now.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Oct. 19, 2012

Seitz: Imagine If a Woman Had Directed the Evil-Hitchcock Biopic The GirlIn this movie about the making of The Birds, the Master of Suspense is a bad, bad man.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Oct. 17, 2012

TV Review: American Horror Story: AsylumCan American Horror Story: Asylum recapture the surprise we felt while watching season one?

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Oct. 16, 2012

Seitz: Stop Whining, Emily Owens M.D.!Is high school really the best metaphor for understanding the world?

By Matt Zoller Seitz

Oct. 14, 2012

Seitz: The Walking Dead Kicks Off Season Three By Coming Back To LifeThe show leaves the farm and embraces its B-movies roots.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Oct. 11, 2012

TV Review: Beauty and the BeastWe’re rooting for this one to get better, because it’s thematically rich.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Oct. 10, 2012

Seitz on Arrow: Archery and Acrobatics, CW-StyleArrow is sincere and energetic but visually undistinguished.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Oct. 10, 2012

TV Review: NashvilleIt’s a pleasure to watch a show that knows what it wants to be and has the chops to pull it off.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

matt zoller seitz Oct. 10, 2012

Seitz on Chicago Fire: Comfort-Food Urban Drama, Heavy on the BeefcakeChicago Fire takes itself seriously, but not too seriously, and because it has a good heart, it’s easy to like.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

matt zoller seitz Sept. 28, 2012

Seitz on Made in Jersey: Cynically Designed for Maximum LikabilityDid this new CBS show have to seem so calculated, so pandering, so drama-free?

By Matt Zoller Seitz

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