Lili Loofbourow

The Explainer What if Arnold is Ford's father, who built him as a mechanical robot, not the "real boy" Ford wants to be?

By Lili Loofbourow Published 7 November 16

feature Her deflowering represents a massive upheaval of the show's title

By Lili Loofbourow Last updated 3 November 16

feature "Forget about authors, then: Love — if it's worthwhile — what they write."

By Lili Loofbourow Published 1 November 16

opinion What's made Kelly shine is her ability to remain an unflappable and even scornful authority when confronted with increasingly hysterical Republican men

By Lili Loofbourow Last updated 31 October 16

The Explainer It was only a matter of time before the series turned — however briefly — into the HBO show many suspected it of being

By Lili Loofbourow Published 31 October 16

feature BBC America's adaptation is vastly different from the books, but that's ok

By Lili Loofbourow Published 25 October 16

The Explainer What's tricky about Westworld the show is what's tricky within the park itself: separating the intended storylines from the "mistakes"

By Lili Loofbourow Published 24 October 16

opinion In Donald's world, the truth is open to interpretation

By Lili Loofbourow Last updated 20 October 16

The Explainer Instead of tight episodes with perfect arcs, web series create peculiar and extremely specific moods. They conjure up constellations of feeling.

By Lili Loofbourow Published 20 October 16

feature What happens when a machine overwrites its human-designed programming?

By Lili Loofbourow Last updated 17 October 16

The Explainer What Divorce gets right about how marriages go wrong

By Lili Loofbourow Published 13 October 16

The Explainer The show seizes on our impulse to glut ourselves on pleasure, and it isn't nice about it. It makes us seem cheap and unimaginative and horrible.

By Lili Loofbourow Published 10 October 16

feature Meflection, Midasing, Cookie-Grubbing, and more of Trump's go-to rhetorical moves

By Lili Loofbourow Published 6 October 16

opinion She is one of our greatest living writers. And for 25 years, she has been publishing under a name that is not her own. Until some man outed her.

By Lili Loofbourow Published 5 October 16

feature The show takes robots to a disturbing new level

By Lili Loofbourow Last updated 3 October 16

opinion Gish Galloping, Shkreling, Meefing, Cookie-Grubbing, and more of Trump's go-to rhetorical moves

By Lili Loofbourow Published 27 September 16

opinion On the rise and fall of America's premiere celebrity couple

By Lili Loofbourow Last updated 26 September 16

opinion You have to slow down and name what Trump is doing instead of reacting to it. Otherwise it might work on you.

By Lili Loofbourow Last updated 26 September 16

feature The Pfeffermans are stripped of old labels, so they have to create new ones

By Lili Loofbourow Published 23 September 16

The Explainer Everything is a paranoid invitation to code-crack — at the expense of character interaction, narrative momentum, and meaningful stakes

By Lili Loofbourow Published 22 September 16

feature Jessica Fletcher is not just the star of your grandmother's favorite show. She is a phenomenon.

By Lili Loofbourow Published 20 September 16