Swiss documentary filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe has made a career out of making films about movies. Whether it’s 2017’s 78/52, an examination of Alfred Hitchcock’s famous shower scene in Psycho, his study of the influence of The Wizard of Oz…
One of America’s preeminent historians, Ken Burns became a household name when his nine-part documentary “The Civil War” first aired on PBS in 1990. A hit with critics and audiences alike, “The Civil War” received many honors including two Emmys…
Given Joe Carnahan’s track record of delivering gripping action films such as Smokin’ Aces (2006) and The Grey, it’s not surprising he was tapped to co-write and direct Not Without Hope, based on the nonfiction book of the same name…
Created by James Duff and the Shephard/Robin Company, The Closer centers on Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick), who was brought from Atlanta to Los Angeles by Assistant Police Chief Will Pope (J.K. Simmons) to lead up a new…
A chonker of a box set, Universal has released Law & Order: The Complete Original Series. Twenty seasons across 104 discs, this popular series has been in constant television rotation since its original debut in 1990. Created by Dick Wolf,…
Whatever his faults as a host, each week Ed Sullivan brought the biggest names in rock music into American homes for twenty three years and over 1,000 episodes.
Winner of 10 Primetime Emmys, this six-episode mini-series from writer-director Mike White is among the best television of 2021.
A five-week summer replacement series on CBS in August of 1971, The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour was an immediate hit. One of the top touring acts of the sixties, it had been a few years since their last hit,…
Chuck Lorre, the man behind such hit sitcoms as The Big Bang Theory, Mom, and Two and a Half Men takes on aging in his latest sitcom, The Kominsky Method. “We are passengers on boats slowly sinking,” Sandy Kominsky (Michael…
Back in print on DVD courtesy of Warner Archive, The Cincinnati Kid was adapted by Ring Lardner, Jr (M*A*S*H) and Terry Southern (Easy Rider) from a novel by Richard Jessup. Steve McQueen (The Blob) was still establishing his screen persona…