This film is from 1979, and is one of my favorite movies – a relatively low-budget comedy-drama about an Indiana high school student and his friends, growing up surrounded by quarries and preppy college students. Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid and Daniel Stern star – and if you haven’t seen this movie, which builds to a delightful and exciting climax, I don’t want to say any more, other than to encourage you to watch.

2016

Feb

TREVOR NOAH: AFRICAN AMERICAN By David Bianculli

The current host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show is on view here in a previous incarnation, doing a stand-up comedy concert in 2013. See, and hear, what he discussed, and how he discussed it, when his personal comedy stakes were lower.

2016

Feb

DINER By David Bianculli

For writer-director Barry Levinson, this 1982 movie was his breakout film, and that went for many of his young cast members as well. This story about a close group of friends coming of age in 1959 Baltimore stars Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Steve Guttenberg, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, Paul Reiser and Ellen Barkin, all at the beginning of their careers.

2016

Feb

BARRIS WRITES 'BLACK-ISH' IN THE TRADITION OF NORMAN LEAR By Monique Nazareth

'Hope is what keeps us as a people and a country moving forward. And sadly the best way to end that movement is to take away that hope...'

2016

Feb

NETFLIX MAKES ROOM FOR 'FULLER HOUSE' (AND WELL, WHY NOT?) By Ed Bark

It’s safe to say -- boy, is it ever -- that the revival of Full House is not being greeted by the TV critic community with the same bow-down reverence reserved for Arrested Development’s sacred second coming...

2016

Feb

PBS FINDS THE THRILL OF ROCK AND ROLL LEGEND FATS DOMINO By David Hinckley

With the exception of New Orleans, no home better suits Fats Domino than the PBS American Masters series...

2016

Feb

FULLER HOUSE By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: It’s baaa-aack! Just when you thought it was safe to return to your TV set. It’s Fuller House, a next-generation sequel that’s better than the original T.G.I.F. mainstay – but though accurate, that’s still not intended as a compliment. I’ll allow that anyone who loved the original Full House as a kid probably will enjoy this new version, which updates the series, and the old series dynamic, with fidelity to the old show. Everyone shows up for

2016

Feb

INSIDE OUT By David Bianculli

The latest wonderful film from Pixar makes its cable premiere tonight, as the internal struggles and joys of a young girl are personified by emotional characters deep within her mind. It may sound odd – but as with almost any Pixar picture, this 2015 animated film is a triumph.

2016

Feb

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN By David Bianculli

Mel Brooks made several astoundingly funny films – and this one, from 1974, may be his very best. Gene Wilder, Gene Hackman and Peter Boyle are great. Then again, so are Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman and Teri Garr. And Marty Feldman, and… oh, just watch it.

2016

Feb

IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE: THE SMITHSONIAN SALUTES RAY CHARLES By David Bianculli

This is the last In Performance At the White House to be presided over by President Barack Obama, and he’s saved a salute to Ray Charles for last. Guests include Usher, who gets to sing both “Georgia On My Mind” and “What’d I Say,” and other guests include Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes, Andra Day and Anthony Hamilton, Yolanda Adams, and Demi Lovato. Check local listings.

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