Daniel Lefferts

What is keeping HBO's The Leftovers from being an unmemorable flash in the pan? It's not the writing — for every genuinely interesting character arc (a gun-toting widow, a gambling priest), the show pulls greedily from the cliche grab-bag (hot-cop…

When news broke in late April that Giovanni's Room in Philadelphia, said to be the oldest LGBT bookstore in the country, will close its doors, many in the gay community took it as a death knell for gay bookstores and, worse still, a sign of gay…

[Warning: This article is the Carcosa of spoilers.] Not since Lost has a TV show been the subject of as much close scrutiny, heated discussion and perpetual theorization as HBO's True Detective. The guessing game inspired by the show's scattered red…

It's been less than two weeks since Netflix released the second season of House of Cards, but you can be sure that the show's biggest, most binge-prone fans are already well into the Kübler-Ross stages of TV grief. Anyone who's finished all 13…

WARNING: This entire piece is one massive spoiler. Of the many Churchill-worthy lines of dialogue in House of Cards, one of the most memorable is Frank Underwood's observation about sex in season one: "Everything is about sex except sex," he tells…

Amazon released its "100 Books to Read in a Lifetime" last week, to much fanfare in the book community. In the words of the retailer, the comprehensive list of titles satisfies "a well-read life." Lists are, by definition, exclusive creatures. Much…

Valentine's Day is only a few days away, and, trust us, your date doesn't want to hear that love is blind or that it makes the world go 'round. If you'd like to pour your heart out to your significant other (or to the empty bottle of Yellow Tail…

By now you've heard the news that the Barneys New York spring campaign "Brothers, Sisters, Sons & Daughters" will feature 17 transgender models — all of them clad in stunning attire from labels such as Givenchy, Balenciaga and Lanvin. The solemn yet…

When faced with a show about historically underrepresented minorities, we generally expect two things: 1. That it will complicate our understanding of those people by showing them to be unpredictable and diverse ("Look, not all X's are the same!");…