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2020
Nov
23
WHILE 'BLACK NARCISSUS' MAY HIT SOME STOCK THEMES, IT'S STILL AN INTRIGUING THRILLER By David Hinckley
 
 
It's 1934, and a bunch of nuns from India troop across part of the Himalayas to move into an old palace in a remote village where they plan to start a school for native children. What could possibly go wrong?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
22
THE REAGANS By David Bianculli
 
 
This is Episode 2 of this nonfiction miniseries about Ronald Reagan and family, telling how someone could ascend from a second tier of show business to the White House. And it wasn’t the only time.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
22
THE WIZARD OF OZ By David Bianculli
 
 
It used to be an annual TV event. Now it’s available more readily, even if you don’t have a copy at home or can’t find it on a streaming site. TBS is playing this 1939 musical classic a few times this week, and The Wizard of Oz always is a treat to watch, whether or not you have kids around to watch them watching it. After all, there’s no place like home – especially now.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
22
BANANAS By David Bianculli
 
 
One of the funniest and silliest movies ever made, especially about a political revolution led by a band of anarchistic lunatics. Woody Allen stars in this 1971 movie, one of my favorites.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
22
THE UNDOING By David Bianculli
 
 
Tonight, the trial begins – just after last week’s climactic teaser in which Hugh Grant, as the doctor and accused killer, said he had some ideas about who really killed the woman he was standing trial for murdering. Is it too much to hope that it’s a one-armed man?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
22
BELUSHI By David Bianculli
 
 
DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: John Belushi’s life, career and legacy are examined in this new documentary. Coming right on the heels of Showtime’s documentary on The Comedy Store, it’s been a good month for revisiting classic comedy – and classic comics. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower. 
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
22
DUCK SOUP By David Bianculli
 
 
One of the funniest and silliest movies ever made, especially about a political revolution led by a band of anarchistic lunatics. The Marx Brothers star in this 1931 movie, one of my favorites.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
22
FARGO By David Bianculli
 
 
Fargo is close to ending – and based on last week’s episode, is determined to get even more audacious and complex as it nears the end. So strap in – and tune in.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
22
THE MANY SIDES OF 'BELUSHI' By David Hinckley
 
 
In 1984, two years after comedian John Belushi was found dead in a Los Angeles hotel cottage from a fatal mashup of heroin and cocaine, journalist Bob Woodward wrote Wired...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Nov
22
1995: TNT PRESENTS 'THE WIZARD OF OZ IN CONCERT' By TV WW
 
 
Today in 1995, TNT presented a magical musical version of the classic children's tale, The Wizard of Oz...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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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