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Television Review: “Reframed: Marilyn Monroe” — A Feminist Tribute or a Reframe-up Job?

The primary interest of Reframed isn’t film history; it is revisionist social statement, and a new twist on the celebrity documentary: star bio-cum-feminist essay.

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review, Television Tagged: CNN, Daniel Gewertz, Marilyn Monroe, Reframed: Marilyn Monroe

Television Review: “As We See It” — Life “On the Spectrum’

As We See It is a humorous as well as heart-wrenching look at the realities of living with autism.

By: Sarah Osman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: As We See It, autism, Jason Katims, Sarah Osman

Television Interview: “Poetry in America” Host Elisa New — “Poetry is in all of us”

Viewers are drawn into an active, immersive experience watching the series. They come away with the feeling that poetry is in them.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Interview, Television Tagged: Elisa New, Poetry, Poetry in America, WGBH

Arts Feature: Best Music Documentaries of 2021 — and Some Disappointments

This list consists of recent music documentaries that I streamed over the past year — a couple of duds as well as the standouts.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Film, Music, Review, Television Tagged: Billy Tipton, Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James, Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road, Fanny: The Right to Rock, Listening to Kenny G, Mr. Saturday Night, No Ordinary Man, Noah Schaffer, Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché, Streetlight Harmonies, Summer of Soul, The Rumba Kings

Best of 2021: Music Documentaries on TV

Here is my list of the 5 best music documentaries from the past year that you could/can watch on the boob tube.

By: Jason M. Rubin Filed Under: Featured, Film, Music, Review, Television Tagged: Jason M. Rubin

Arts Feature: According to Our Critics — The Best That TV Offered in 2021

After a brief respite, we were driven indoors (again) and told to stay there, so we turned to our screens for entertainment.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Television Tagged: Peg Aloi, Sarah Osman

Television Review: “Station Eleven” — Dadaesque Déjà Vu

For those looking for a humane alternative to the media panic, to steady themselves during a period of uncertainty, Station Eleven comes along at the right time.

By: Sarah Osman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: HBO Max, Sarah Osman, Station Eleven

Television Review: “Brooklyn Inshallah” — A Marginalized Community Fighting for a Voice

An in depth look at the injustices the Arab American community faces — even in Brooklyn, the most liberal of places.

By: Sarah Osman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review, Television Tagged: Ahmed Mansour, American ReFramed, Brooklyn Inshallah, Sarah Osman

Film Review: “Death to Metal” — Heavy Metal Hijinks

Death to Metal is the best sort of low-budget exploitation flick because its ideal balance of ridiculously excessive gore and self-aware humor makes up for its technical and budgetary shortcomings.

By: Nicole Veneto Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review, Television Tagged: Death to Metal, Kevin Koppes, Nicole Veneto, The Video Underground, Tim Connery

Television Review: “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything” — Episodes 5-8

The series gives a fine overview of its selected artists, and it does an even better job of introducing the turbulence, torments, treasures, and trippiness of 1971 to audiences who didn’t live through it (or who can’t remember much of it, for whatever reason).

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, Television, Uncategorized Tagged: 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything:, Jim Brown

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