Bonnie Raitt, performing songs from her first album in seven years, visits Austin City Limits to strut her stuff, strum her guitar, and demonstrate, once again, that she somehow keeps getting better as she gets older. I’ll have what she’s having. Check local listings.

2012

Oct

THE GIRL By David Bianculli

There’s an odd imbalance to this new HBO telemovie, which tells of the brief and by all accounts troubled film career of actress Tippi Hedren, who was “discovered” by Alfred Hitchcock and starred in his The Birds and Marnie. It’s told entirely from Hedren’s Birds-eye view, which means we must accept at face value her account of the director’s behind-the-scenes misogyny, sexual harassment and intentionally shocking off-color limericks. In this docudrama, Sienna

2012

Oct

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli

Bruno Mars is both the guest host and musical guest of this week’s new show – so if he’s your favorite Martian, make sure to tune in.

2012

Oct

HBO'S 'THE GIRL' PUTS A BIG HITCH IN THE HITCHCOCK LEGEND By Ed Bark

Alfred Hitchcock at the mercy of The Girl, a provocative HBO film drawn from his allegedly obsessive and abusive relationship with leading lady Tippi Hedren...

2012

Oct

1953: ARTHUR GODFREY FIRES JULIUS LA ROSA By Christy Slewinski

On this day in 1953, "The Old Redhead" Arthur Godfrey fired "Little Godfrey" singer Julius La Rosa during the live radio broadcast of Arthur Godfrey Time...

2012

Oct

2012 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS By David Bianculli

Yesterday’s American League Championship Series was decided definitively, with the Detroit Tigers sweeping the New York Yankees in four straight games, and claiming a spot in this year’s World Series, Over at the National League Championship Series, it’s a little more competitive: We’re already up to a Game 5, with the San Francisco Giants facing, once again, the St. Louis Cardinals, who at this point have the advantage – the Cards are stacked, at least in the respe

2012

Oct

GHOSTBUSTERS By David Bianculli

Lovable and very funny performances are everywhere in this 1984 blockbuster comedy, but I never tire of watching three of them in particular: Bill Murray’s uber-confident leading role, Rick Moranis’ eventually demonic dweeb, and, most of all, Sigourney Weaver’s bewitching and possessed apartment-house neighbor.

2012

Oct

A FACE IN THE CROWD By David Bianculli

Here’s another prime, and prime-time opportunity, to see one of the major, startlingly intense big-screen performances by eventual sitcom icon Andy Griffith. Years before he pinned on the badge as Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, Griffith made an indelible mark in this Elia Kazan movie, written by Budd Schulberg, about a small-town drifter who uses the media to rise to fame, attaining stardom while using and abusing almost everyone along the way. If you can’t picture Gr

2012

Oct

HUNTED By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Frank Spotnitz, who wrote nearly 50 episodes of The X-Files, is the creator of this new eight-part drama series, a rare and intriguing co-production by Cinemax and England’s BBC One. It stars Melissa George, of In Treatment, as a spy for a private international firm who is betrayed and nearly killed on the job, and emerges determined to both return to work and discover who targeted her and why. It’s got elements of both Homeland and Rubicon, with action and intrigue

2012

Oct

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

Bill Maher and company really gave it to Barack Obama after the first presidential debate, criticizing and ridiculing his performance. Now, days after the second presidential debate, they get to tackle Mitt Romney’s “binders full of women” remark, and other memorable moments. All that, and passionately vocal, and outspoken, reporter and author Matt Taibbi as well.

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