Posts by Sam Donsky

March 11, 2015
Truly the Best List of Real Frank Underwood Truth Bombs

Here [no spoilers] are my favorite pearls of Frank Underwood wisdom from the first three seasons of ‘House of Cards.’
February 25, 2015
When the Park Was a Pit: Celebrating the Darkness of ‘Parks and Recreation’ Season 1

This pretty-excellence continued unabated for (your mileage may vary) six more seasons, culminating in last night’s series finale in which good things happened to good people. Great!!!!!! I liked Season 1 better.
February 4, 2015
Wow, That’s So Cronenberg: The Filmmaker Influence Bulls--t Rankings

Here are 10 artists, and here are the 10 masterpieces they were brave enough to be brilliant enough to claim to be influenced enough to make.
January 12, 2015
A Sliding-Doors Thought Experiment: What If Leonardo DiCaprio Had Done ‘Boogie Nights’?

For Mark Wahlberg to land ‘Boogie Nights,’ something else had to happen first. Leonardo DiCaprio had to pass. Here’s the question, though: What if he didn’t?