Like a lot of people, I was perplexed when I first heard Fargo was being remade as a tv miniseries (technically re-remade, since it already spawned one unaired pilot). One of the Coen Brothers’ best workers, the film doesn’t exactly lend itself to further exploration with its relatively high body count and stark ending. Beyond […]
Is This the End? Burning Out with The World’s End
Inspired perhaps by the ending that didn’t come last year despite whatever promise we read into Mayan calendar habits, 2013 has been a year for finality, from the apocalyptic narratives dominating pop culture to the tense, imminent conclusions of series like Breaking Bad. But few works this year merge metaphorical endings with literal ones quite […]