Must-See Cult TV, From Danger Man To The Middleman
David Lynch and Mark Frost’s indispensably surreal soap opera ripped apart television tradition as it riveted viewers with a ceaseless mix of dream-noir intrigue and persistent humor.
Patrick McGoohan
10 Culture Turkeys That Put 2009 to Sleep
Happy Thanksgiving, Americans! You’ve got a lot to be thankful for. This is not that.
The Prisoner: An All-Star Appreciation
Its revolutionary mix of geopolitics, sci-fi and psychedelia has influenced not just television, but also music, comics, film and more.
Reboot of Patrick McGoohan’s Spy-Fi The Prisoner Stripped of Sci-Fi
What gets lost in the remake’s dark dissection of human relationships complicated by ubiquitous surveillance and callous commodification is, simply put, ambition.
The Prisoner Inspires Dhani Harrison’s TheNewNo2 Experiment
“It’s kind of like opening up a massive can of worms.”
R.I.P. Patrick McGoohan, Television Visionary
Be seeing you.
The Prisoner Reboots the Panopticon
I spent last week chatting up actors Jim Caviezel, Ian McKellen and other principals behind the reboot of Patrick McGoohan’s culturally influential sci-fi allegory The Prisoner — and it was […]