Akira Kurosawa

Alice Waters, owner and founder of Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse, first fell in love with French cuisine while skipping classes at the Sorbonne in Paris.

Companies such as FilmStruck never wanted to be anything more than niche. But they had a big idea: They wanted to be a panacea to the algorithm-driven big data culture that plagues the streaming industry.

This summer, I decided it was time to check off a new box on my list of manic pixie dream girl jobs and apply to work at a movie theater.

While this density resulted in excellent episodes, it has also proved to be a drawback, as the show’s plotlines have grown increasingly convoluted.