Movies

The problematic history of the Oscars recognizing—or failing to recognize—Black people in the acting categories is a well-trod subject. We all heard about #OscarsSoWhite in 2015 and 2016, a two-year span in which all 40 acting nominees were white....

Sam Shainberg’s “Endless Sea” opens on a dreary metropolitan street where it looks like freezing rain has been pouring all morning. Carol (Brenda Cullerton) has a collection of recyclables she deposits for a little extra pocket change. She then...

The live-action anime adaptation is always a dicey proposition, no less so when it’s Netflix doing the adapting. Their version of “Cowboy Bebop” was a dour, muggy reshuffling of the series’ events with a mismatched cast and no sense...

One of my favorite coffee-table books in a very long time is now available in stores: Martin Scorsese: All the Films by Olivier Bousquet, Arnaud Devillard, and Nicolas Schaller. Admittedly, I’m biased because of my unceasing adoration of Martin Scorsese’s...

Seventy years ago, the Hollywood studio system was in slow decline, with constant reshuffling in corporate suites and reduced attendance spurred by the rise of television. By the 1955–56 season, the number of US households with television access had...

“Rooster” could be considered the third entry in what I’ll refer to as Bill Lawrence’s “Likable White Guy Failing Upward” Trilogy, assuming, of course, that he stops at three. The first was “Ted Lasso,” which was co-created by Lawrence,...

With the film industry once again in flux, be it the Paramount and Netflix bids for Warner Bros., the rise of AI, or general box office malaise, I thought it would be interesting to look back at what was...

Are you a murder mystery aficionado looking for a new show? Ever wanted to get into murder mystery TV shows, but don’t know where to start?  I’m here to solve that mystery for you. Along with my family, I...