On an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, the best sitcom of the 1970s, Ted Baxter (Ted Knight), the…
The only new movie that I had planned to see this month was Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (not really). But…
Five hours, baby. Of course, by Netflix standards, it’s the flicker of an eyelid, the flap of a hummingbird’s wing,…
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;…
What’s amusing about Bros — the new gay romantic comedy from the makers of blockbuster straight romantic comedies — is…
When a film intended as an exercise in cultural criticism fails, it is almost always because the director overinvests in…
Marilyn Monroe is such a well-covered tragic figure, especially for the obvious dichotomy between her sex goddesshood and purer Norma…
“It’s the smell, Jeff. I keep getting complaints.” – Landlord of convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer In the first episode…
This commentary (I won’t call it a review) requires this preliminary disclaimer: I have a business connection with the Norwegian…