This Coen Brothers movie from 2007 is a masterpiece. Its cinematography is evocative and unforgettable. Its leading performances – from Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, and Javier Bardem – are remarkable. (And that’s not to minimize the contributions of supporting players Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, and Garret Dillahunt. It’s just that Jones, Brolin, and Bardem all embody unshakably original, fully realized characters.) Its dramatic tension, when it occurs, is dialed u

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MR. MAYOR By David Bianculli

In tonight’s new episode, Ted Danson’s newbie mayor gets advice on a new initiative from his former adversary, and now assistant, played so wryly by Holly Hunter. And any episode that finds a way for Danson and Hunter to share more screen time is an episode well worth watching. That’s one political point on which we all should be able to agree.

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CLORIS LEACHMAN 1926 – 2021 By David Hinckley

Of all the things Cloris Leachman did well, maybe what she did best was play with others...

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1976: 'LAVERNE & SHIRLEY' SPINS OFF ABC'S 'HAPPY DAYS' By David Bianculli

On this day in 1976, ABC introduces the Happy Days spinoff, Laverne & Shirley...

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BONDING By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Season 2 of this comedy about the S&M scene gets darker, but not in a bondage sense. Surprisingly, and commendably, it gets darker and deeper by taking its two main characters, and their relationships, seriously. Zoe Levin plays Tiff, who embarks on a new chapter of her life in New York by becoming a dominatrix in training. Brendan Scannell plays Pete, who’s embarking on his own New York aspirational quest – to become a successful standup comedian. The two of the

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SILENCE OF THE LAMBS By David Bianculli

Next month, CBS premieres Clarice, a new TV spinoff series based on Thomas Harris’ 1988 novel The Silence of the Lambs, so this seems a good time to revisit Jonathan Demme’s Oscar-winning 1991 film treatment. Clarice won’t be the first to draw inspiration from Harris’ serial-killer imaginings. Before Harris’ Lambs novel, in fact, the murderous Hannibal Lecter also was central to Harris’ 1981 novel Red Dragon &n

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RESIDENT ALIEN By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Alan Tudyk, who co-starred in two cult Joss Whedon TV series, Firefly and Dollhouse, gets a genre series of his own in this new Syfy series. He plays an alien who arrives on Earth with bad intentions (for earthlings, anyway), but once he assumes the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor, his perspective begins to change a bit. Think of it as an intergalactic version of Northern Exposure… and try it. For a full review, see David Hinckley's

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SYFY'S 'RESIDENT ALIEN' HAS AN EASY TIME FITTING INTO THE TV UNIVERSE By David Hinckley

When we finally meet aliens on TV or movie screens, it's remarkable how many of them turn out pretty cordial. Mork, Alf, ET, Close Encounters. Dr. Harry Vanderspiegle has no such benevolence in his alien soul...

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'RESIDENT ALIEN' HAS LANDED ON SYFY By Mike Hughes

Like most small towns – well, most small towns in TV shows – Patience, Colo., has odd folks who feel like they don't fit in...

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