Panama is mostly spoken of in terms of its canal and its role in connecting two great oceans for navigation. But the isthmus also connects two continents and thus allows migration of species between North and South America...

2017

Nov

"POOR KIDS" SEQUEL IS ALSO ON THE TABLE FOR THANKSGIVING By Roger Catlin

Before we sit down to overfilled holiday tables and gorge, it’s time to remember the 2012 Frontline report “Poor Kids" with a new sequel...

2017

Nov

HBO LOOKS BACK ON 50 YEARS OF 'ROLLING STONE' By Roger Catlin

The 50th anniversary of Rolling Stone is being marked a number of ways including this two-part documentary, Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge, that takes a swing from its heyday...

2017

Nov

NEW PBS DOC ON JOHN COLTRANE IS THE JAZZ COOL AUTHORITY By Roger Catlin

Independent Lens kicks off its 16th season with what would be a perfect American Masters... the absorbing and uplifting biography of jazz giant John Coltrane...

2017

Oct

THE NEW 'CHRIS GETHARD SHOW' IS LIVE AND HIGH-WIRE By Roger Catlin

At a time when huge teams of writers script nearly every moment of late night comedy shows, with filmed bits are carefully shot in advance The Chris Gethard Show adheres to the fearless, no-net thrills of live TV...

2017

Sep

ESTEEMED VIETNAM VETS – SENATORS AND SECRETARIES – ATTEND SCREENING OF ‘THE VIETNAM WAR’ FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION OF THEIR EXPERIENCES By Roger Catlin

There will be scores of community talk-backs associated with the Ken Burns-Lynn Novick opus The Vietnam War that starts Sunday on PBS...

2017

Sep

SEASON 2 OF ‘BETTER THINGS’ ARRIVES By Roger Catlin

Better Things is even better as its second season starts tonight...

2017

Sep

THE SPOTLIGHT SHINES AGAIN ON PLAYERS FROM THE NFL’S ‘YEAR OF THE SCAB’ By Roger Catlin

For the fifth year in a row, the Washington NFL team began its season with a loss Sunday. No news here: it looks like it might be another long season...

2017

Sep

‘MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER’ IS AN INSPIRING AND INTIMATE LOOK AT THE LOVE OF TWO PEOPLE By Roger Catlin

My Love, Don’t Cross That River is a simple and profoundly moving examination of a couple that’s been together 75 years...

2017

Sep

'STEVE' ATTEMPTS LATE NIGHT DURING THE DAY By Roger Catlin

The new "Steve", produced by NBC Television that debuted Tuesday has less of advice and more of the celebrity interviews and desk humor that are the staples of late night...

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