I empathize more with the characters on this series than on most – because I tend to forget I’m watching a scripted program, and just feel bad for the new crises in which these poor folks keep embroiling themselves. These days, those include Fiona’s efforts to run yet another business, this time a laundromat, and Lip’s determined fight to get back on track, at least academically.

2016

Nov

THE AFFAIR By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: This new, third season of The Affair gets even more complicated – because it adds yet another perspective to its twisted tapestry of a narrative. Talk about untrustworthy narrators: on this show, they’re all untrustworthy, and the truth is found, if it is at all, only by sifting through their various stories and biased accounts. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

2016

Nov

RACE By David Bianculli

Stephan James stars as Jesse Owens in this 2016 drama about the celebrated runner who grabbed and held the world stage by representing the U.S. at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin – the ones hosted by Adolf Hitler, whose theories of white supremacy were dashed by Owen’s dashing around the race track. Co-stars include Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt, and, as Nazi propaganda filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, Carice van Houten.

2016

Nov

POWER OF THE DALEKS By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Just as many early videotapes of Johnny Carson hosting NBC’s The Tonight Show in the 1970s and early 1970s were erased for reuse or trashed to save storage costs, many early TV shows in England suffered a similarly maddening and insensitive fate. One of them was the 1960s series Doctor Who, where some key early adventures were so disrespected, they had their master negatives destroyed. But audio recordings, photos, and some film clips survive – and from them, modern

2016

Nov

DIRK GENTLY’S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY By David Bianculli

This Douglas Adams mystery comedy has gotten so strange, it’s not even worth it trying to summarize the plot thus far, or what’s about to happen tonight. Just go with it. Which, in a sense, is the author’s message here anyway…

2016

Nov

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli

Tonight’s guest host, returning to the fold for one night, is Kristin Wiig, with musical guest the xx. I don’t know how good tonight’s show is going to be – but the promo for this week’s program, featuring Wiig and the entire SNL cast and crew diving into the freeze-and-hold “mannequin” craze, certainly shows a lot of effort and enthusiasm.

2016

Nov

HEAD By David Bianculli

This rarely televised 1968 Monkees movie is shown late at night on TCM tonight, but you might want to record it for viewing later. It catches the Monkees when they had tired of both their image as pre-fab Beatles ripoffs and musical hacks, yet at a time when they still had enough clout to record and play their own music, and make a psychedelic movie surrounding themselves with friends and allies. And those friends are what make Head so… weird. The movie is co-written by Jack Nicholson. Th

2016

Nov

SEASON 3 OF 'THE AFFAIR' CONTINUES WITH FRACTURED POINTS OF VIEW By David Hinckley

If you’re wondering exactly what really happened at the end of last season on Showtime’s The Affair, here’s a tip: Keep wondering...

2016

Nov

PBS FALL ARTS FESTIVAL: “ALAN CUMMING SINGS SAPPY SONGS” By David Bianculli

Alan Cumming was nothing short of amazing as the emcee in the Broadway revivals of Cabaret, which he performed, then reprised, decades apart. And after that stunning set of achievements, and while playing Eli Gold on CBS’s The Good Wife, Cumming managed to put together a one-man show, eventually launching it at New York’s fabled Cafe Carlyle. That review, Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs, received rave reviews, and includes Cumming working his way through everything from Stephen Sondhe

2016

Nov

CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND By David Bianculli

It didn’t seem possible, but this unusual musical comedy series has gotten even more bold and outrageous in its second season. And having Rebecca (Rachel Bloom) reeling from unrequited love actually makes for even better production numbers.

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