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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2019
Nov
27
THE CRISIS OF 'THE PLASTIC PROBLEM' By David Hinckley
 
 
If you want to keep the mood light over holiday dinner, skip the PBS Thanksgiving Eve special on plastic waste...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
26
FAMILY DYSFUNCTION? YOU'LL FIND IT ON '15 DAYS' By David Hinckley
 
 
On the eve of the holiday we Americans traditionally celebrate by rounding up all family members, even the ones we don't really want to see, we’re getting a subtle gift from overseas...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
25
A FRENCH PROCEDURAL, 'BALTHAZAR,' IS WORTH INVESTIGATING By David Hinckley
 
 
Once upon a time, if you wanted to convey that a television character was a little wild or a little raffish, you gave that character a cigarette. For a variety of reasons – all of them good – that's become more problematic...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
25
'COLLEGE BEHIND BARS' ON THE CONTROVERSY OVER EDUCATING PRISONERS By David Hinckley
 
 
Up until 20 or 30 years ago, education was considered a standard component in prison rehabilitation programs...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
24
DESPITE ITS 'DOWNTON' PEDIGREE, 'THE CHAPERONE' IS LACKING By David Hinckley
 
 
At first blush, The Chaperone might seem like the perfect antidote for PBS viewers suffering from Downton Abbey withdrawal...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
22
'THE FEED' IS INVENTIVE, DISTURBING, AND PERHAPS A LITTLE FAMILIAR By David Hinckley
 
 
Presumably, no TV show has to convince any viewer that information technology could spin out of control and begin causing catastrophic harm...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
21
'CHEAT' IS A CHILLING AND CAPTIVATING THRILLER By David Hinckley
 
 
The British psycho-thriller Cheat has moments when it's tough to watch. At the same time, it's impossible not to watch...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
19
'FOR SAMA' IS AN EMOTIONAL, RIVETING, AND UNIQUE HOME MOVIE By David Hinckley
 
 
Sama al-Kateab doesn't know it yet, but she's got one of the world's most riveting and sobering baby books...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
17
OLIVIA COLMAN SHINES AS THE NEW QUEEN ON 'THE CROWN' By David Hinckley
 
 
By the time Queen Elizabeth had been ruling Britain for a decade, it's safe to say she had banished any tiny vestiges of spontaneity, impulse, or fun from her public behavior...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
Nov
17
LIEV SCHREIBER RETURNS FOR ANOTHER BRILLIANT TURN AS 'RAY DONOVAN' By David Hinckley
 
 
It can happen to anyone, really. You kill a corrupt cop, decapitate him, toss his head into the water and figure that's that...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley