Seven season finales to watch
May is upon us, which means that season and in some cases series finales are about to start rolling out as the 2011-2012 television season wraps up and the cable networks prepare to take over the...
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Avengers Assemble!
Bow down puny mortals to a world in which the uber-franchise is king. Where the yellowing pages of ancient comic books are bombarded with CGI radiation. Where heroes and villains escape the clutches...
Director J-P Passi Diagnoses “The Punk Syndrome”
The word “punk,” like the word “independent,” has been so oversold and misused it’s practically meaningless. So when a film bills itself as “the saga of the last true punk rock band in...
Where Did NBC’s Grimm Go Wrong?
At the start of this television season, I boldly pronounced that of the two fairytale shows competing for attention, Grimm was the superior, a cult series in the making, while Once Upon A Time lacked...
Who is HBO’s Girls For?
Watching HBO’s Girls felt like standing around at a party with a bunch of people trading insider jokes I don’t get; at the same time that I was being welcomed as part of the club, it was obvious...
A class masterpiece: Jean Renoir’s Grand Illusion
In May 1910 the funeral of King Edward VII drew together such a parade of European royalty that even the powerful Republican envoys of France and the United States had to suffer the indignity of...
Good, Clean, Bitchy Fun: Don’t Trust the B– In Apartment 23
ABC’s Don’t Trust the B--- In Apartment 23 premieres on 11 April as a midseason replacement. It would seem that the network is going both light and swear-avoidant with its midseason pickups; both...
Newfronts: A New Shift in the Television Advertising Model
The upfronts are a time-honored tradition of network media; in May, the biggest networks gather for a glitzy multi-day event in New York City to show off their new fall content. Advertisers flock to...
Bitches in Texas: ABC’s G.C.B takes aim at evangelical hypocrisy
The only thing bigger than their hair is their love for the Lord. G.C.B. brings viewers deep into the heart of white, wealthy, evangelical Plano, Texas. Amanda Vaughn (Leslie Bibb) is slinking back...
Last Days Here: An Interview with Co-Directors Don Argott and Demian Fenton
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam is the Cannes of nonfiction filmmaking, so just nabbing an invitation anoints a doc amongst the best of the best. Don Argott and Demian...