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‘Top of the Lake’ is back for Season 2

Sundance Channel’s critically acclaimed miniseries Top of the Lake is returning for a second season. According to Indiewire, the UK and Australian production company See-Saw is developing the new season with creator, director, and writer Jane Campion and co-writer Gerard Lee. The first season revolved around Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men) playing an Australian detective visiting her …

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Status at the Half (TV), Part 1: Top 10 TV Series of 2013 (So Far)

2013 is only halfway done, but there’s a fair chance that, in a television context, it might well be looked back upon as the year any and all accepted rules of “quality television” became utterly meaningless and the promise of great things arrived in all shapes and sizes, from all directions. Consider Netflix’s House of …

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Three Recent Films and TV Shows That Pass The Bechedel Test

While I’ve never had trouble identifying with the bulk of male roles across film and television, I cannot deny that I do delight in finding gems wherein the women get lines, and maybe even their own narrative. It’s no secret that women are grossly underrepresented in films and television, both onscreen and behind the scenes. …

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