“ Categories Festivals Movies Reviews Sundance 2021 Uncategorized February 1, 2021 “Judas and the Black Messiah” explores two men and a movement Daniel Kaluuya is sensational as freedom fighter Fred Hampton in Shaka King’s insightful sophomore feature.
& Categories Reviews TV November 14, 2020 “The Reagans” is as entertaining as it is damning Matt Tyrnauer's docuseries is a swift, in-depth exploration of Ronald Reagan's time in office and his family's lasting impact.
& Categories Anniversaries Features Movies June 30, 2020 “The Patriot” at 20: Yankee Doodle Dreary 20 years later, Roland Emmerich's Revolutionary War drama skewers U.S. history and Mel Gibson's persona without trying to—or realizing it.
& Categories TV May 13, 2020 “The Great” rewrites history with tongue firmly in cheek The Favourite screenwriter Tony McNamara gives the same farcical treatment to Catherine the Great, to largely wry results.
& Categories Movies May 1, 2020 “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” is a flashy trip through economic history Justin Pemberton adapts Thomas Piketty's book on economics into an accessible (if overly neat) primer on capitalism throughout history.
I Categories TV April 15, 2020 In “Mrs. America”, Women of the World Aren’t United FX on Hulu explores the early days of the feminist movement with a history lesson packed with stunning performances.
& Categories TV March 11, 2020 “The Plot Against America” Is Alt-History and Chilling Reality David Simon and Ed Burns' adaptation of the Philip Roth novel paints a harrowing picture of an alternate America that feels all too prescient.
M Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies March 3, 2020 March’s Filmmaker of the Month: Spike Lee For the month of March, we look back at the vibrant, confrontational, incisive work of one of American filmmaking's most iconic figures.
D Categories TV February 16, 2020 Doctor Who: “The Haunting of Villa Diodati” Gets Cyber-Spooky A low-key historical ghost story turns into some lore-building terror for the Doctor. Okay, so the Oscars, a busy social schedule, and the lingering effects..
M Categories Interviews More of a Comment Really Podcasts January 7, 2020 Matt Morton on Using Old-School Tech to Score “Apollo 11” Apollo 11 composer Matt Morton discusses how he used period-appropriate synthesizers to craft a tense score to mankind's first walk on the moon.
