My Brilliant Friend
HBO's dramatic adaptation of Elena Ferrante's 2011 novel comes to an enrapturing and emotionally poignant end in the season finale.
My Brilliant Friend Episode 4.09: “The Disappearance” Review
My Brilliant Friend season four, episode nine considers disappearances both literal and figurative.
My Brilliant Friend Episodes 4.07-8 Review
Episodes 7 and 8 of My Brilliant Friend season four ask audiences how much life really changes and how much things stay the same.
My Brilliant Friend Episodes 4.04 – 4.06 Review
Earthquakes are terrifying in every moment of their existence. The initial tremor when you can’t entirely picture just how catastrophic the event might be – but perhaps you are one of the many who will picture the worst possible scenario of destruction; the phase of the earthquake where the entire earth seems to intent on […]
My Brilliant Friend Episodes 4.01 – 4.03 Review
The fourth and final season of HBO's hidden gem, My Brilliant Friend, returns with more quietly observed drama surrounding classism and motherhood.
My Brilliant Friend: Season 3 Finale Review
My Brilliant Friend's third season comes to a close, trembling with uncertainty and joyful with the promise of a hopeful tomorrow.
My Brilliant Friend 3.07: “Try Again” Review
The latest episode of HBO's My Brilliant Friend sees confrontations between the self, self-perceptions, and society's violence.
My Brilliant Friend 3.06: “Becoming” Review
Elena confronts herself in a nightmare in My Brilliant Friend, and she does not like what she sees.
My Brilliant Friend Episode 3.05: “Terror” Review
Violence of every shade is etched throughout this masterpiece of an episode.
My Brilliant Friend Episode 3.04: “Cold War” Review
"Devastation is a writer who can find so much but is bereft because she can’t find herself." Akash Singh reviews Episode 3.04 of My Brilliant Friend.
My Brilliant Friend Episode 3.03: “The Treatment” Review
Episode three of season three of My Brilliant Friend confronts tradition as Alfonso comes out to Elena, and Lila seeks birth control.
My Brilliant Friend: Episode 3.02: “The Fever” Review
Lila does everything a woman isn’t supposed to do in a deeply patriarchal society. Episode 2 of My Brilliant Friend harnesses her strength.
My Brilliant Friend Review: Episode 3.01: “Indecencies”
HBO's My Brilliant Friend returns for a third season and Akash Singh reviews the first episode back, "Indecencies".
Emmys 2020: What’s On Your Ballot?
Akash Singh offers his personal picks for this year's Emmy nominations.
My Brilliant Friend Episodes 2.06-7 Review
Who has the privilege to express their rage amid the confines of the world?