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Category Archives: TV & Cable
The Year So Far: Documentaries
There have been so many great documentaries in recent years. It’s an incredibly flexible art form. The following fourteen are the best of what I saw from January through June of this year. ______________________________________________________ Abacas: Small Enough to Jail (Steve … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Documentaries, Film, Home Video, Streaming, TV & Cable
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The Year So Far: Feature Films
The following feature films are some of the best that I’ve seen in the last six months. We’ll see how this shakes out at the end of the year, after six more months of movies. But in the meantime… Alien: … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Home Video, Streaming, TV & Cable
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Best Docs 2016 – Update
When I wrote my recent post on the best documentaries of 2016, I hadn’t yet seen three films that I thought would have made my list based on what I’d heard about them.: Fire at Sea, I Am Not Your Negro, and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, Home Video, Streaming, TV & Cable
Tagged Civil Rights, James Baldwin, Lampedusa, Mark Fuhrman, migrants, O.J. Simpson, Rodney King, Simpson trial
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What I Watched Last Year: Best TV 2016
_______________________________________________________ Billions (Showtime) Paul Giamatti plays Chuck Rhodes, a U.S. Attorney obsessed with taking down hedge fund manager Bobby “Axe” Axelrod, played by Damien Lewis. It’s nice having Lewis back after seeing him on … Continue reading
Posted in Home Video, Streaming, TV & Cable
Tagged Amazon Prime, AMC, Bill Maher, Billions, Billy Bob Thornton, Bosch, Doctor Thorne, FX, Goliath, HBO, Homeland, John Oliver, Julien Fellowes, Larry Wilmore, Luke Cage, Michael Connelly, Netflix, O.J. Simpson, Richard Price, Samantha Bee, Showtime, The Night Of
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What I Saw Last Year: Best Documentaries 2016
________________________________________________________ 13th, By Sidney Lumet, and The Witness are my top picks for 2016 documentaries, but the rest of the titles on my list are very strong as well. Note that I have not yet seen O.J.: Made in America( a … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Home Video, Music, Streaming, TV & Cable
Tagged 13 Amendment, Aaron Brookner, Alexander Sokurov, ALS, Anderson Cooper, Anthony Weiner, Ava DuVernay, Bill Genovese, Danny Fields, Eva Hesse, Gloria Vanderbilt, Howard Brookner, Huma Abedin, Ido Haar, Kirstin Johnson, Kitty Genovese, Kutiman, Laura Israel, Nancy Buirski, New Wave music, New York Film Festival, Princess Shaw, Punk music, Robert Frank, Ron Howard, Sidney Lumet, Silk Road Ensemble, Steve Gleason, The Beatles, William Burroughs, Yo-Yo Ma
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“Singin’ in the Rain” – Gotta dance!
Yesterday I saw a 65th anniversary showing of Singin’ in the Rain sponsored by Turner Classic Movies at an AMC theater here in New York. It was great seeing it on a large theater screen in pristine digital condition. Singin’ … Continue reading
