UncategorizedHBO Cancels Stuff NowI was glad to see Enlightened get picked up for a second season even as HBO canceled most of its other half-hours : Hung, Bored to...
CultureSondheim sings an ambiguous tuneAt 83, with more recognition than ever, the lyricist hints at a comeback
UncategorizedBack to the BlueI really don’t know anything about this show except that it starred Jamie Rose as a maverick cop who plays by her own rules, and...
UncategorizedEmmy ChancesI thought the season finale of Homeland was very powerful, especially as an acting showcase. (When a TV show has great...
MoviesKim Jong Il: ’so ronery’To the West, the North Korean dictator was mostly a collection of stereotypes in a puppet movie
UncategorizedKim Jong-Il’s AestheticsThis might be an appropriate time to link to a couple of posts Merrill Markoe wrote in 2006, where she looked through two of the...
UncategorizedHitchens on C-SPAN in 1993My favourite Christopher Hitchens book is probably "For the Sake of Argument," a collection of sharp, funny and vicious essays on...
UncategorizedThe Downside of Co-ProductionsThe international co-production is becoming a bigger part of movies than at any time probably since the early ’70s, and as...
UncategorizedThe Softest SellDespite the poor video quality, this fall promo from 1974 interests me because it may be one of the most diffident promos a...