NBC Dumps Three New Shows in Lackluster Summer Season
Three new programs premiere on NBC this week. None are worth your time.
TV/Streaming
You Just Might Find: The Midseason Finale of “Mad Men”
Libby Hill takes a look at the last few episodes of the 2014 season of “Mad Men.”
Effective Melodrama of HBO’s “The Normal Heart” with Mark Ruffalo
Fantastic performances balance out Ryan Murphy and Larry Kramer’s
melodramatic approach to the history of the AIDS crisis in HBO’s
highly-anticipated “The Normal Heart,” premiering Sunday, May 25th,
2014.
Streaming Consumer Guide: May 20, 2014
A bi-weekly feature on the best movies new to Netflix, On Demand, and other streaming services.
“Rosemary’s Baby” Never Justifies Its Existence, “Penny Dreadful” Delivers
NBC’s remake of “Rosemary’s Baby” and Showtime’s new weekly adventure
series “Penny Dreadful.” One is awful and it’s not the one with a
synonym for the word in its title.
Streaming Consumer Guide: May 8, 2014
Your guide to the best movies New to Netflix, On Demand, and other at-home services.
In Defense of Norma Bates or How Bates Motel Radically Reinvents Psycho
LIbby Hill examines how A&E’s Bates Motel has reimagined the history and impact of Norma Bates on her legendary son.
You’re gonna make it after all: Mary Tyler Moore and the women of “Mad Men”
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong notes the parallels between the fictional world of Mad Men and the behind-the-scenes stories behind The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Jack Bauer Returns in “24: Live Another Day”
Jack Bauer returns in the limited FOX series “24: Live Another Day.”
FX’s “Louie” Returns Just As Funny, Smart As Ever
Louis C.K. brings his hit FX show back to the network on Monday, May 5th. We’ve seen the first four. It’s still the best comedy on TV.
Streaming Consumer Guide: April 22, 2014
The latest interesting additions to Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon, and On Demand platforms in the Streaming Consumer Guide.
BBC America’s Addictive “Orphan Black” Picks Up Right Where It Left Off
BBC America’s hit sci-fi show is back for another round of addictive action.
In Defense of Don Draper: How “Mad Men” Will End
Ali Arikan has figured out how AMC’s “Mad Men” will end.
AMC’s “Mad Men” Begins Final Descent
The final season of “Mad Men” begins with the familiar routines of its damaged characters but they have more tragic resonance than ever.
FX’s “Fargo” Has Creative Spark of Coen Classic
Clever, fun, twisted, and wildly entertaining in the way that fans of not
just “Fargo” but all of the Coens’ work hoped it would be.
Streaming Consumer Guide: April 8, 2014
Introducing our Streaming Consume Guide, with picks from the work of On Demand, Netflix and more.
“It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” Gets the Deluxe Treatment from Criterion
An epic essay on an epic comedy of the 1960s, now given deluxe treatment on Blu-ray and DVD by Criterion.
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Memory lane with the Coen Brothers and John Goodman; the uncharacteristic reticence of Ronan Farrow; how our minds mislead us (let us count the ways); Ernst Lubitsch’s pre-code transgressions; Rebecca Miller on the importance of casting directors.
Slapstick last: Why a Modern-Day Harold Lloyd is Unthinkable
What’s happened to physical comedy? Have we’ve lost the desire to stimulate the part of the brain pratfalls talk to? Max Winter wants answers to these questions, and wonders if the great silent comedian Harold Lloyd can provide them.
Ca va bien: Two Godard Films New to DVD and Blu-ray
Distribution company Olive Films
has released two obscurities by Jean-Luc Godard, 1976’s “Comment Ca Va” and 1987’s “Soigne ta Droite”
(known in the U.S. as “Keep Your Right Up”) and while these films may
not have the immediate impact of his better-known works, they both
reveal a filmmaker who has spent his career challenging himself, his viewers
and the very medium of cinema itself in ways that are oftentimes
fascinating and frustrating in equal measure.
