There’s been some recent research into the life of Vincent Van Gogh, including the discovery of letters and other evidence suggesting the true, previously unsuspected motivation for the now-famous artist’s also famous act of self-mutilation, cutting off part of his own ear. Why, and how much? Those are two of the questions addressed here – and for those overly attached to the long-accepted story of Van Gogh’s drastic action, the revelations in Van Gogh’s Ear may fee

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RECTIFY By David Bianculli

SERIES FINALE: After three seasons of very intelligent, well-paced character exploration, Rectify comes to a close, with an episode titled “All I’m Saying.” Will it finally reveal the identity of the true killer, the person who perpetrated the crime for which Daniel (Aden Young) served nearly 20 years on death row before being released? Or is that less important than how Daniel deals with his release, and how those around Daniel deal with him? However it ends, I expect Rectify

2016

Dec

'STAR' IS OFF TO A FOGGY START By David Hinckley

The first episode of Star, Fox’s much-anticipated new show about a hot female singing trio, contains enough down-and-dirty drama to fill the life stories of a dozen girl groups...

2016

Dec

THE QUEST -- AND TRUTH -- BEHIND 'VAN GOGH'S EAR' By David Hinckley

Pinning down the surgical details about Vincent van Gogh cutting off his ear may seem like a ghoulish quest. Bernadette Murphy, who spent years doing just that, says it turned into something considerably more insightful...

2016

Dec

THE MIDDLE By David Bianculli

This new installment of The Middle, in which Sue keeps a secret from her family as Christmas approaches, is the kickoff sitcom for a night full of new ABC holiday episodes – which will continue on American Housewife (Katie plans a Christmas-themed school pageant), Fresh Off the Boat (Marvin is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future), and The Real O’Neals (a Christmas choir competition gets heated).

2016

Dec

THE VOICE By David Bianculli

CYCLE FINALE: At 8 p.m. ET, The Voice presents a one-hour recap of last night’s final competition, which was stolen by Billy Gilman singing “My Way” and Wé McDonald closing the show with “Don’t Rain on My Parade.” Gilman should win, but McDonald was amazing too. Catch up, by all means, but stay for the two-hour live season finale beginning at 9, with guest appearances by KISS, Stevie Wonder, Bruno Mars, Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande, Sting, and others.

2016

Dec

GOOD BEHAVIOR By David Bianculli

Most episodes of Good Behavior, to date, have found ways to surround Letty (Michelle Dockery) with the fanciest of trappings and the most attractive of clothes. Tonight’s episode is decidedly different: Returning home to the south to spend a day with her son, Letty takes her son, and her unshakeable traveling companion Javier, to a big-box store.

2016

Dec

WILD STRAWBERRIES By David Bianculli

This 1957 Ingmar Bergman film, essentially, is a Swedish road movie – just as dark and slow, yet searingly honest and haunting, as that might imply. An elderly doctor is being honored for 50 years of a respected medical practice, and decides to drive to the event with his daughter-in-law – picking up insight, and hitchhikers, along the way. Victor Sjostrom, Bibi Andersson star.

2016

Dec

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! By David Bianculli

Here’s some network synergy for you. The Disney-owned ABC networks presents a special prime-time edition of the ABC Studios-co-produced Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which presents guests and clips from the new Disney-produced Star Wars movie, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

2016

Dec

THE WIZARD OF OZ By David Bianculli

There are two chances to see this 1939 musical classic on TNT tonight. Once at 7 p.m. ET, and again, immediately afterward at 9:15 p.m. ET. In both of them, Judy Garland’s Dorothy arrives in Oz at the exact same time, and watches her drab black-and-white world shift to color. Of course, that didn’t happen when I watched this then-big-deal annual TV event on my family’s TV as a kid. It was in black and white, so Oz wasn’t quite so magical – and that “horse of a

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