Alan Arkin has an actor’s field day in this 1967 film adaptation of the Frederick Knott play, but I can’t tell you why without ruining one of this drama’s many surprises. So just tune in and watch – and turn off as many lights in your house as possible. Audrey Hepburn plays a blind woman who eventually becomes the target of a group of thieves and a home invasion. Suspense? Absolutely. Clever, intense, intimate direction? Absolutely – and it’s by Ter

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GREMLINS By David Bianculli

Chris Columbus wrote this 1984 horror comedy, and Joe Dante directed it, and both of them had a blast. Gizmo and his cuddly friends are very cute, but only if you obey the rules – which are largely ignored. Stars include Phoebe Cates, Zach Galligan, Corey Feldman, and some noteworthy supporting players. The character named “Mr. Jones” is played by Chuck Jones, animator extraordinare – and Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul fans can watch for a younger J

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THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR By David Bianculli

Tonight’s repeat of a classic Comedy Hour episode is from Season 3, when Tom and Dick Smothers were experimenting with thinking almost exclusively of the new generation. Gone, basically, were the days of cross-generational guest stars, with Bette Davis and The Who on the same bill. Instead, this 1968 installment features a young comic named George Carlin, a young improv group called The Committee (with Howard Hesseman, later of WKRP in Cincinnati), and a young rock grou

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BIANCULLI'S BINGE TIPS By TV WW

David Bianculli, founder of TV Worth Watching, provides his recommendations on binging tips during this time of home stays and social distancing…

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OCTAVIA SPENCER STARS IN 'SELF-MADE,' THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF MADAM C.J. WALKER By David Hinckley

We know where the story of Madam C.J. Walker is going. At the time of her death in 1919, no woman in America had earned more money on her own...

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THE ENGLISH GAME By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This new Netflix series is like a Chariots of Fire for soccer, or the United Kingdom “football” equivalent of David E. Kelley’s Mystery, Alaska, where a small-town team of hockey players challenged the more established franchise for a game for pride and honor. The English Game is a drama series about the origins of British football, and how it came from, and was reclaimed by, working-class rural enthusiasts. There’s a bit of&

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THE NEW DARK AGES ARE NO JOKE, BUT DARK COMEDY LIVES ON By Eric Gould

There isn’t anything remotely funny about Covid-19 or people suffering from it, or the prospects of a worldwide outbreak... And yet, we always find the humor...

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DEVS By David Bianculli

On tonight’s episode of Devs, which Hulu is dropping now as a weekly offering, the Devs team makes another breakthrough in its effort to pierce the veil of time – and what it uncovers, though somewhat garbled, is haunting.

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AFTER TRUTH: DISINFORMATION AND THE COST OF FAKE NEWS By David Bianculli

DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: What cost could there possibly be? Let’s just ask the Chinese government for the latest and most honest information regarding the spread of the coronavirus. Or, for that matter, let’s ask our own government. This new HBO documentary may not, by definition, be completely up to date – but it’s certainly about as topical as it can get.

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BINGEWORTHY OPTIONS: S, M, L, XL By David Hinckley

We’ve all said it, the sentence that begins “If I only had time." Well, now maybe we do...

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