How the video game The Last of Us fits into the growing catalog of post-apocalyptic media.
Television
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Alec Guinness Gets a Makeover
The classic 1980s John le Carré miniseries Smiley’s People is getting the Blu-ray treatment.
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Shonda Rhimes’ Huma Abedin
Real-life Huma Abedin is pretty much Scandal’s fictional D.C. political fixer Olivia Pope. Both women know their way around a crisis.
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All the News that’s Fit to Reprint
Aaron Sorkin’s attempts to recycle long-mildewed news stories on The Newsroom—which begins its second season this Sunday—have grown modestly better! Sort of.
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Revolution Until Imprisonment
The documentary The Revolutionary, which documents the life of Charleston native and Chinese Communist Party member Sidney Rittenberg, looks at how political zeal becomes zealotry.
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John Oliver’s Summer Audition
Jon Stewart’s summer Daily Show replacement is doing just fine—but not fine enough that he endangers the Comedy Central king’s reign.
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Game of Thrones and the Problem of Unhappy Endings
What happens when a story doesn’t satisfy our need for justice to prevail.
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“Pussy Riot Secret Headquarters,” Revealed
HBO’s documentary of the Russian performance artists is a riot for punk rock lovers and politicos alike.
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How My 15 Minutes With Marc Maron Changed Everything
Talking politics and cracking un-wise with America’s favorite over-sharer.
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How the Patriarchy Screwed the Starks
How last night’s shocking deaths reveal Game of Thrones’ biggest theme
