Television

WATCH CLOSELY: Stephen King is My Boyfriend — Hanging out at “Castle Rock”

October 20, 2019
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If Castle Rock is intended to be a commentary on Trump’s not-so-great America, well, what better genre than horror to spread the angst?

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Film Review: “Christine” — Dramatizing an On-Air Suicide

October 22, 2016
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Christine is less interested in serving up a moral lesson or providing sociological analysis than generating sympathy.

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Book Review: Watching TV with Omnicultural Smarts — Clive James’ “Play All”

September 29, 2016
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Clive James is cosmopolitan and learned, but he’s far from a snob.

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Film Review: Genius, Undiminished — “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You”

July 29, 2016
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There has never been a better time in America to reconsider the importance of television’s role in the political discourse.

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Concert Review: Television — Still in its Own Orbit After Thirty Years

May 14, 2014
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The band was still Television and often as not, still magnificent.

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