Monday, March 23

‘The Last of Us’ season 1 recap – episode 4: ‘Please Hold to My Hand’

Joel and Ellie’s bumpy journey across America continues. In “Please Hold to My Hand,” the fourth episode of “The Last of Us,” Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) finally get their hands on a vehicle and make their way toward Wyoming, where Joel thinks his brother Tommy (Gabriel Luna) is located. Read more...

Photo: Bella Ramsey (left) and Pedro Pascal (right) play Ellie and Joel in HBO’s “The Last of Us.” Episode four of the series premiered on Feb. 5. (Courtesy of Liane Hentscher/HBO)


Second Take: Class satire genre contrasts wealthy, working classes through dark comedy

Cinema’s clash of the classes paints a frightening portrait of a status-obsessed society. From rags-to-riches stories of the self-made man portrayed in movies such as “The Wolf of Wall Street” to cryptic depictions of the tiresome nature of consumerism shown in “Fight Club,” cinema has long tackled capitalism and its pitfalls. Read more...

Photo: (Isabella Lee/Illustrations Director)


‘The Last of Us’ season 1 recap – episode 3: ‘Long, Long Time’

Love persists even in the apocalypse. Released Sunday, the third installment of “The Last of Us” opens with Joel (Pedro Pascal) taking a rare moment of silence by the water in the woods. Read more...

Photo: Ellie (Bella Ramsey) (left) and Joel (Pedro Pascal)(right) stare at a pile of skeletons. The third episode of “The Last of Us” premiered on Jan 29. (Courtesy of Liane Hentscher/HBO)







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