Katie Kilkenny
Katie Kilkenny is an associate editor at Pacific Standard.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Why Are So Few Film Critics Female?
The medium once championed their voices, but now, fewer than 20 percent of Rotten Tomatoes-excerpted reviews are by women.
Bettmann / Corbis Maybe a Twin Peaks Revival Without David Lynch Wouldn't Be That Bad
Without its famous co-creator at the helm, Showtime's reboot of the cult TV show can try to emulate the success of other Lynchian knockoffs.
Downton Abbey, Casualty of a Changing World
The aristo-soap, which won an immense following in the aftermath of the financial crisis, is ending before the appeal of its upstairs-downstairs dynamic wears off.
PBS Was James Bond the Result of Ian Fleming's Midlife Crisis?
A new book about the novelist's Jamaican retreat, Goldeneye, suggests an indulgent and escapist lifestyle inspired a character who embodied a stubbornly anachronistic ethos.
Pegasus Humans Are Terrible in Chappie, and That's the Point
Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi, coming-of-age film plays up the flatness of its flesh-and-blood characters to focus on the soul of its young robot hero.
Sony Pictures Apocalypse, Now: Dig's Surprisingly Relevant Doomsday Drama
USA's new outlandish murder-mystery miniseries offers a smart portrayal of religious fanaticism that has real-world resonance.
USA Downton Abbey Ends With Good Cheer
The fifth season finale successfully warmed hearts, despite another Bates tragedy, a very nasty butler, and some inedible broth.
PBS/The Atlantic The Troublesome Rebirth of the Kevin Costner Everyman
The star's heartfelt performances in his two latest films can't redeem the fact that his once-beloved archetype doesn't speak for America the way it used to.
Disney/The Atlantic The Oscars' Renaissance of Political Activism
The Academy Awards ceremony has never been particularly friendly to big displays of social advocacy. So what happened this year?
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