TIFF 2021: The Guilty Review
Jake Gyllenhaal's great performance is not enough to save The Guilty.
Nic Pizzolatto
True Detective Horror Diary: The Constellation of Cthulhu
In the final True Detective Horror Diary of the season, we examine the horror genre tradition of withholding closure in endings.
True Detective Season 3 Horror Diary: The Exorcist of Time and Memory
Wayne Hays needs an exorcism. The old Vietnam war veteran, ex-detective and subject of a forthcoming true crime docuseries is haunted by ghosts as he tries to piece together the narrative pieces of the homicide case that defined is life and marriage.
True Detective Season 3 Horror Diary: The Forest of Leng
For the highly anticipated third season of True Detective, That Shelf and our friends at Everything is Scary are teaming up to examine the scarier elements in what we agree to be a landmark of horror television.
True Detective Episode 2.8 Recap
If you went into this season of True Detective expecting a satisfying conclusion to a complex mystery then you were watching it wrong
True Detective Episode 2.7 Recap
True Detective shows us the protective power of love in an action packed penultimate episode.
True Detective Episode 2.6 Recap
“Church in Ruins” isn't going to change the minds of viewers who have turned to hate-watching True Detective but lovers of Nic Pizzolatto’s brand of nihilism porn will find it exhilarating.
True Detective Episode 2.5 Recap
Ray Velcoro is set on a heroic path in the face of overwhelming darkness in "Other Lives."
True Detective Episode 2.4 Recap
We live in a chaotic world in which bad things happen for absolutely no coherent reason. The fourth hour of True Detective season two, “Down Will Come,” is remarkable in illustrating this concept.
True Detective Episode 2.3 Recap
"Maybe Tomorrow" is all about the many masks we wear — and the violence of removing them.
True Detective Episode 2.2 Recap
Hard boiled pulp collides with abject horror and True Detective hits its stride in the shocking "Night Finds You".
True Detective Episode 2.1 Recap
In True Detective's difficult second season you'll have to be your own Rustin Cohle.
CONTEST: Win TRUE DETECTIVE on Blu-ray!
Enter for a chance to win a copy of True Detective on Blu-Ray, courtesy of Dork Shelf and HBO Home Entertainment Canada!
You Should Be Watching: 5 Miniseries to Fill the True Detective Void
Going through True Detective withdrawal? Good news! To help get you through this rough time, we’ve compiled a list of five miniseries to fill that empty spot in your heart with.
True Detective Episode 1.8 Recap
By the end, the thing that made True Detective darkest - the potential that Rust and Marty were truly bad people - became the very aspect that put the bright stars in Pizzolatto and Fukunaga’s night sky.
