Review
One of the best things about the 40-minute selection from “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway” that stood at the center of guitarist Steve Hackett’s near-three-hour show was its focus on the music without visual bolstering.
Novelist Dan Jones excels in re-imagining the life of common people in wartime, in particular a small group of English fighters embroiled in the so-called Hundred Years War (1337–1453) between England and France.
Ultimately, all of the digressions, anecdotes, and mini-profiles in “We The People” seem like an avoidance mechanism whose purpose is to steer clear of a constitutional crisis that is too painful to face.
If there ever was anyone to handle Hayim Nahman Bialik’s broad, impressive, and impressionistic craft with the acute passion, it is scholar and poet Peter Cole.
The script focuses on the internal struggles that made Eleanor Roosevelt an uncomfortable wife, rather than taking a deeper dive into the moral and progressive vision that made her such an admirable first lady.
While not without its flaws, the series proves that traditional TV cop drama can be given a new spin, and it is especially gratifying when the innovation involves kick-ass women.
“Saul “may be an oratorio, but it’s about as operatic as one can get.
Director Raoul Peck, like his subject George Orwell, encourages critical thinking and urges us to consider how best to resist the strengthening forces of tyranny.
“Nuns vs. The Vatican” prepares its audience for an ongoing story that is expanding each time one more victim agrees to talk publicly. Do not doubt that there will be a sequel.
If only every billionaire could be forced to work as a food delivery driver and learn the true meaning of Christmas.
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