Todd VanDerWerff
Culture Editor
Todd VanDerWerff is the Culture Editor for Vox. Before that, he was the TV Editor for The A.V. Club. Before that, he worked at a bunch of newspapers. And before that, the Internet wasn't around, so who cares?
An awful twist sends UnReal careening off the rails
This show has completely lost sight of its three most important characters.
The Democrats’ big pitch: We’re the party of family values now
Michelle Obama’s speech took Hillary Clinton’s much-mocked It Takes a Village — and made it an applause line.
The Night Of builds characters through tiny but telling details
These five small moments from "A Dark Crate" add up to solid character development.
Syfy’s 12 Monkeys reimagines the movie as a low-budget opera
Here’s a show about fate vs. free will. You know. That old chestnut.
Stranger Things, Netflix’s scary new drama, is only made stronger by its many flaws
There’s plenty to complain about, but who cares when a show is this entertaining and watchable?