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Review: Transparent returns with sharp writing and lived-in performances

December 11, 2015 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of Amazon

After more than a year, the Pfefferman clan returns for a new season with 2×01 ‘Kina Hora’. Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Transparent, TV, TV - Internet, TV Review Tagged With: Alex MacNicoll, Amazon, Amy Landecker, Bashir Naim, Gaby Hoffman, Hari Nef, Jay Duplass, Jeffrey Tambor, Jenny O'Hara, Judith Light, Kathryn Hahn, Kiersey Clemons, Melora Hardin, Season Premiere, Tig Notaro

Transparent review – 1×09 / 1×10: ‘Looking Up’ / ‘Why Do We Cover The Mirrors?’

November 2, 2014 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of Amazon

It’s the end of the road of Transparent‘s first season as the Pfeffermans come together – and blow up – over a death in the family.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Transparent, TV, TV - Internet Tagged With: Alex MacNicoll, Alexandra Billings, Amazon, Amy Landecker, Brett Paesel, Carrie Brownstein, Gaby Hoffman, Jay Duplass, Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light, Kathryn Hahn, Kiersey Clemons, Lawrence Pressman, Melora Harden, Rob Huebel, Season Finale

Transparent review – 1×05-1×07: ‘Wedge’ / ‘The Wildnerness’ / ‘The Symbolic Examplar’

October 18, 2014 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of Amazon

We’re smack dab in the middle of the first season of Amazon’s Transparent and everyone is struggling to adjust to the new normal.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Transparent, TV, TV - Internet Tagged With: Alexandra Billings, Amazon, Amy Landecker, Bradley Whitford, Carrie Brownstein, Deborah S. Craig, Gaby Hoffman, Ian Harvie, Jay Duplass, Jeffrey Tambor, John Kapelos, Kiersey Clemons, Lawrence Pressman, Melora Hardin, Rob Huebel

Transparent review – 1×04: ‘Moppa’

October 10, 2014 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of Amazon

Having failed to tell her son Josh (Jay Duplass) the truth, Maura (Jeffrey Tambor) instead comes out to her youngest daughter, Ali (Gaby Hoffman).

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Transparent, TV, TV - Internet Tagged With: Amy Landecker, Bradley Whitford, Brett Paesel, Gaby Hoffman, Jay Duplass, Jeffrey Tambor, Melora Hardin

Transparent review – 1×02/1×03: ‘The Letting Go’ / ‘Rollin’

October 3, 2014 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of Amazon

It’s time to dig deeper into the lives of the Pfefferman clan with episodes two and three of Amazon’s Transparent.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Alexandra Billings, Alison Sudol, Amazon, Amy Landecker, Bradley Whitford, Gaby Hoffman, Jay Duplass, Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light, Melora Hardin, Rob Huebel

Transparent review – 1×01: ‘Pilot’

September 26, 2014 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of Amazon

The best new show of the fall TV show is currently airing on your computer. After many months, the complete first season of Transparent is now available on Amazon.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Transparent, TV, TV - Internet Tagged With: Abby Hoffman, Amazon, Amy Landecker, Jay Duplass, Jeffrey Tambor, Series Premiere

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The 411 on me

I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

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> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

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