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His Dark Materials

  1. overnights
    His Dark Materials Recap: A Cesspit of Moral FilthMrs. Coulter’s swan song is elevated despite some weird setbacks.
    By Devon Maloney
  2. overnights
    His Dark Materials Recap: Mangy VerminThe TV show fails to do the harpies justice.
    By Devon Maloney
  3. overnights
    His Dark Materials Recap: Hold On to What’s RealMary’s new friends, Dr. Cooper’s last stand, and the narrative betrayal of Lyra Silvertongue.
    By Devon Maloney
  4. overnights
    ‘His Dark Materials’ Recap: Where Will I Go?The HBO show’s fundamental dæmon problem threatens to undermine an otherwise gripping episode.
    By Devon Maloney
  5. overnights
    His Dark Materials Recap: What I Want You to BeThere’s so much sexual subtext that a casual viewer dropping in on this episode would have absolutely no clue that this was once a children’s series.
    By Devon Maloney
  6. overnights
    His Dark Materials Season-Premiere Recap: Death Is Going to DieAfter a two-year wait, Asriel’s megalomaniacal campaign kinda … hits different.
    By Devon Maloney
  7. overnights
    His Dark Materials Recap: Your Strength, My GuileCoulter loses at chess, Asriel does an enhanced interrogation, and Mary Malone plays an adventure RPG.
    By Devon Maloney
  8. emergency discussion
    How Is His Dark Materials Going to Pull This Off?The series’ final season takes on the difficult task of translating many heady, absurd, and arguably heretical elements from The Amber Spyglass.
    By Roxana Hadadi, Jackson McHenry, and Kathryn VanArendonk
  9. overnights
    His Dark Materials Season Finale Recap: With Me or Against MeJohn Parry and Asriel are really taking the term “deadbeat dad” to new heights.
    By Devon Maloney
  10. justice for hester
    His Dark Materials Renewed for a Third Season on HBO and BBCRead on for a really good Balthamos and Baruch casting idea.
    By Rebecca Alter
  11. overnights
    His Dark Materials Recap: Mother of us AllIf Mary is the serpent, what does that make Coulter?
    By Devon Maloney
  12. overnights
    His Dark Materials Recap: Impertinent, Intelligent, FreeThe series’ first episode entirely written and directed by women demonstrates exactly what’s been missing: nuance and female interiority.
    By Devon Maloney
  13. overnights
    His Dark Materials Recap: One Knife to Rule Them AllAt last: A moment of pure, spine-chilling wonder.
    By Devon Maloney
  14. overnights
    His Dark Materials Recap: Pain and PossessionAn underwhelming and at times infuriating crossroads episode is offset by a bit of Paddington magic.
    By Devon Maloney
  15. overnights
    His Dark Materials Season Premiere Recap: A Murderer and a Mercy KillingAnd so we meet again, Will Parry.
    By Devon Maloney
  16. chat room
    His Dark Materials Star Amir Wilson Introduces His Will ParryWhat it was like to bring the hero of The Subtle Knife to life.
    By Jackson McHenry
  17. babies
    Ed Sheeran, His Dark Materials Stan, Had a Baby and Named Her LyraThe singer and his wife, Cherry, welcomed their first daughter, Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran
    By Zoe Haylock
  18. trailer mix
    Hot Priest Wears a Hoodie in the New His Dark Materials TrailerReuniting with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, no less.
    By Justin Curto
  19. overnights
    His Dark Materials Season Finale Recap: Daddy IssuesLord Asriel may be a deadbeat dad and megalomaniac of the highest order, but give the man this: He sure can monologue.
    By Devon Maloney
  20. overnights
    His Dark Materials Recap: Bear JusticeTaken captive by Iofur Raknison the bear king, Lyra hatches the grift of her life.
    By Devon Maloney
  21. overnights
    His Dark Materials Recap: Mother!An episode that turns on the emotional horror of separating someone from their daemon is frustratingly, almost ghoulishly, light on actual daemons.
    By Devon Maloney
  22. overnights
    His Dark Materials Recap: A Severed ChildAs we say good-bye to Billy Costa in one universe, we say hello to Will Parry in another.
    By Devon Maloney
  23. emergency discussion
    Is His Dark Materials Finally Getting Good?Philip Pullman hive, activate!
    By Rachel Handler, Jackson McHenry, and Kathryn VanArendonk
  24. his dark materials
    Lin-Manuel Miranda’s His Dark Materials Mustache Was His IdeaFor his big entrance into the HBO series, Miranda tapped into Lee Scoresby’s yeehaw energy through the transformative power of facial hair.
    By Benjamin Lindsay
  25. fleabag season 3?
    Let Phoebe Waller-Bridge Play Lyra Belacqua, You Cowards!We have a Pullman superfan in our midst.
    By Zoe Haylock
  26. overnights
    His Dark Materials Recap: Strike the Strength Out of ThemLyra’s time with the Gyptians doesn’t make a lot of sense on a character level, but it sure provides a lot of backstory.
    By Devon Maloney
  27. overnights
    His Dark Materials Recap: Let Me Mold YouIn Ruth Wilson’s hands, Mrs. Coulter is both distinctive and deliciously unpredictable in her cruelty.
    By Devon Maloney
  28. behind the scenes
    How the His Dark Materials Puppet Master Conjured Daemons on SetLead puppeteer Brian Fisher on the benefits of using physical daemon stand-ins and Ruth Wilson’s close working relationship with her monkey puppet.
    By Jackson McHenry
  29. overnights
    His Dark Materials Series-Premiere Recap: Everyone’s SpecialHBO’s do-over adaptation reworks the ingredients of Philip Pullman’s iconic book trilogy for a thoughtful, moving interpretation.
    By Devon Maloney
  30. tv review
    His Dark Materials Is a Gorgeous Adaptation in Need of a PurposeHBO’s imagining of Philip Pullman’s book trilogy boasts unabashedly lovely visuals, strong performances, and seemingly no idea what to do with either.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  31. trailer mix
    His Dark Materials Trailer: Ruth Wilson and James McAvoy Wage Zepplin-Based WarRuth Wilson wears a nice coat!
    By Jackson McHenry
  32. sdcc 2019
    4 Major Takeaways From Comic-Con’s His Dark Materials Panel“I do something quite nasty to a child,” Ruth Wilson says of her character. “It was quite fun, though!”
    By Chris Lee
  33. trailer mix
    Watch the New His Dark Materials Trailer Released at Comic-ConBrrr! It’s cold in here!
    By Bethy Squires
  34. great adaptations
    15 Fantasy Adaptations We’re Excited to See on TV SoonSwords, potions, magic, oh my.
    By Devon Ivie
  35. trailer mix
    His Dark Materials Trailer: We’re Just Daemon-Dancing in the DarkHBO sure loves its sprawling sci-fi.
    By Devon Ivie
  36. great adaptations
    10 Book-to-TV Adaptations Coming in 2019All it took for George Clooney to return to his small-screen roots was … good satire.
    By Devon Ivie
  37. his dark materials
    HBO Is Now Co-Producing the BBC’s Big, Expensive His Dark Materials AdaptationHBO’s going from dragons to daemons.
    By Jackson McHenry
  38. season renewals
    The BBC Orders More His Dark Materials Before Airing Its AdaptationThe Philip Pullman series will star Dafne Keen, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Ruth Wilson.
    By Jackson McHenry
  39. casting
    Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tom Hooper in Talks for a His Dark Materials TV SeriesLogan’s Dafne Keen is in talks to play Lyra.
    By Jackson McHenry
  40. Philip Pullman Returns to His Popular Material With New Trilogy The Book of DustThe Book of Dust will feature several characters from the best-selling His Dark Materials trilogy.
    By Tolly Wright
  41. tube junkie
    ‘The Golden Compass’: Part of the Deleted Ending Appears OnlineThis makes us glad the movie’s plot bowdlerized the book’s.
  42. apropos of nothing
    ‘The Golden Compass’ Flops?Is hope of a trilogy dead?
  43. the take
    Where Did ‘The Golden Compass’ Go Astray? And Was Tom Stoppard’s Original Script a Masterpiece?We got our hands on two early drafts of the screenplay and figured out why the movie wound up a failure.
  44. apropos of nothing
    Would ‘The Golden Compass’ Be Easier to Market if Philip Pullman Were Dead? Philip Pullman Thinks So!And we agree!
  45. the take
    Philip Pullman Realizes ‘Killing God’ Not the Ideal Sales PitchHollywood vs. Christmas, all over again!
  46. the take
    Is ‘The Golden Compass’ Too Anti-Christian, or Not Anti-Christian Enough?The Catholic League and the National Secular Society argue about why New Line’s fantasy franchise is offensive.
  47. trailer mix
    New Line Selling ‘The Golden Compass’ as ‘Lord of the Rings IV’
  48. apropos of nothing
    How Nicole Kidman Finds Her Power Animal