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Sequart Releases Time is a Flat Circle: Examining True Detective, Season One

Julian Darius — Sun, 13 Jan 2019 12:54:05 +0000

Time is a Flat Circle: Examining True Detective, Season One" title="Sequart Releases Time is a Flat Circle: Examining True Detective, Season One" style="float:left;" />Just in time for tonight’s season-three debut, Sequart is proud to announce the publication of Time is a Flat Circle: Examining True Detective, Season One, by Melissa Milazzo. When it premiered in 2014, the first season… [more]

Where True Detective Meets Community: Character Based Meta Examinations

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:00:06 +0000

True Detective Meets Community: Character Based Meta Examinations" title="Where True Detective Meets Community: Character Based Meta Examinations" style="float:left;" />True Detective was an amazing show. Brilliantly thematically driven, fabulously shot, and incredibly acted. It was filled with top-of-the-line craft across the board. There’s so much to learn from that show, but one of the… [more]

Too Little Too Late: Thoughts on True Detective

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:00:16 +0000

True Detective" title="Too Little Too Late: Thoughts on True Detective" style="float:left;" />The way the show incorporated meta moments was key to understanding the ending. True Detective displayed an undeniable desire to poke and prod at the edge of the frame containing it. [more]

True Detective and Breaking the Hard-Boiled Code

Melissa Milazzo — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:00:09 +0000

True Detective and Breaking the Hard-Boiled Code" title="True Detective and Breaking the Hard-Boiled Code" style="float:left;" />Of all the genres used in True Detective, hard boiled detective fiction is the most easily recognizable. Detectives Marty Hart and Rust Cohle have front row seats to the graphic violence and systemic corruption in… [more]

True Detective Explores the Roots and Branches of Southern Gothic

Melissa Milazzo — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 11:00:26 +0000

True Detective Explores the Roots and Branches of Southern Gothic" title="True Detective Explores the Roots and Branches of Southern Gothic" style="float:left;" />Set on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, and filled with images of hurricane-wrought destruction, the first season of True Detective uses many Southern Gothic visual elements. Physical decay evokes themes of moral decay, which are… [more]

True Detective as Minotaur Myth

Melissa Milazzo — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:00:44 +0000

True Detective as Minotaur Myth" title="True Detective as Minotaur Myth" style="float:left;" />I recently binged all of HBO’s True Detective. Though not perfect, the show is gorgeous and full of enough mystery and symbolism to keep me puzzling over it long after I was finished watching. Nic… [more]

True Detective: Something Deep and Dark

Carole-Ann Perron — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:00:46 +0000

True Detective: Something Deep and Dark" title="True Detective: Something Deep and Dark" style="float:left;" />Most people still see Matthew McConaughey as the pretty boy, the Prince Charming of chick flicks. Those individuals clearly haven’t seen Killer Joe or Dallas Buyers Club. But how could I blame them? When I… [more]