Television

Television Review: “Wormwood” — Errol Morris’ Brilliant Bricolage

December 20, 2017
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Wormwood is full of secrets, some revealed, some tantalizingly unknowable.

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Television Review: “Too Funny to Fail” — Timeless Comedy

November 17, 2017
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It always takes a while for the culture to catch up with the best and brightest; what’s on the cutting edge today becomes tomorrow’s gold standard.

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Film/TV Review: “Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive” — A Fresh Look

October 30, 2017
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive does an honorable service for the writer who embodied, as well as created, “The Imp of the Perverse.”

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TV Review: “The Defenders” — Netflix’s Comic Book Big Bang?

September 8, 2017
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Netflix has spent the past two and a half years slowly setting the stage for the grittiest superhero universe yet.

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TV Commentary: A Little Real Talk about “Real Time”

July 14, 2017
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Bill Maher’s once robust contrarian streak has shriveled over time.

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Television Review: “The Handmaid’s Tale” — Not a Documentary…Yet

April 26, 2017
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Margaret Atwood’s novel turns out to have been far more clairvoyant than even she believed it would be.

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TV Review: “3 Mics”—Neal Brennan’s Innovative Stand Up

March 5, 2017
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Neal Brennan’s mix-and-match of styles manages to combine deadpan sensibility with shocking poignancy.

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Dance Preview: “Black Ballerina” — Sparking Conversations about Dance and Race

October 17, 2016
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“Tokenism also plays into this issue. Some companies are hiring one dancer of color and they think they’ve done diversity.”

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Television Review: “The Get Down” — Netflix’s Flashy Hip Hop Melodrama

August 20, 2016
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The Get Down has the tragic resonance it deserves, though Baz Luhrmann pulls back from confronting the narrative’s political implications.

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Television Review: “Horace and Pete” — A Bracing Shot of Nihilism

July 21, 2016
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Louis CK has said that he is more proud of this show than anything else he’s done.

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