Noel Murray
Noel Murray is a freelance writer, living in Arkansas with his wife and two kids. He was one of the co-founders of the late, lamented movie/culture website The Dissolve, and his articles about film, TV, music, and comics currently appear regularly in The A.V. Club, Rolling Stone, Vulture, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times.
Latest articles by Noel Murray
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TV's twisted love of time travel
The Explainer Why TV is overrun with series about hopping back and forth across years, decades, and even centuries
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How reality TV is getting even more unreal
The Explainer So many series are now just scripted sitcoms with bad acting. What happened?
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TV's callous neglect of working-class America
The Explainer Has TV forgotten what it's like to struggle?
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The biggest theme of Sundance 2017 was — intentionally or not — Donald J. Trump
The Explainer But the best films at the festival reinforced what really matters
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Why TV loves to hate millennials
The Explainer It's eerily similar to how TV once treated Generation X
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The flaws and fury of The Birth of a Nation
The Explainer This deeply flawed but frequently rewarding film is a remarkable piece of work
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How prestige TV mistook coarseness for ambition
The Explainer Why must every ambitious new TV series contain swearing, violence, and nudity?
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The 45-year-old book that explains TV today
The Explainer On the prophetic relevance of Television: The Business Behind the Box
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Will these superhero and fantasy blockbusters ever get made?
The Explainer From Boba Fett to Gambit to... King Arthur Part 5?
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