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Lara Zarum

Lara Zarum is a regular film contributor at Voice Media Group. VMG publications include Denver Westword, Miami New Times, Phoenix New Times, Dallas Observer, Houston Press and New Times Broward-Palm Beach.

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Top 10 TV Shows of 2018

By Lara Zarum
Dec 31, 2018

It was a terrible year in so many ways, but onscreen, with shows including Sharp Objects, My Brilliant Friend, Better Call Saul, The Americans and Atlanta, it sparkled
Michelle Wolf Was Never Gonna Be Your Jon Stewart, America

By Lara Zarum
Aug 24, 2018

At its best, the show was a canny deconstruction of contemporary late-night comedy, which has been swamped with political satire since Stewart, the former Daily Show host, turned Bush-era liberal outrage comedy into its very own TV genre
It’s Sadly Kind of Perfect That New Season of GLOW Is Stolen by Marc Maron

By Lara Zarum
Jul 18, 2018

In Season 2, that tension gathers over Sam and Ruth (Alison Brie), a GLOW wrestler/cast member and veteran of discouraging, often humiliating Hollywood casting calls
Whitney Soars When It Lets Its Subject Speak and Sing for Herself

By Lara Zarum
Jul 10, 2018

At first, Whitney gives off the unpleasant whiff of dirty laundry being aired, as the members of Houston’s inner circle, speaking alone in front of the camera, dish on the family’s secrets
Won't You Be My Neighbor? and Mr. Rogers Insist Humanity Can be Better Than This

By Lara Zarum
Jul 9, 2018

Through archival footage of Rogers both on and off the set of his iconic show, as well as interviews with his family, friends and former crew members, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? draws a flattering yet complex portrait of its subject, who died of cancer in 2003