Going against the grain of their usual approach, Ken Burns and producing partner Lynn Novick have seen to it that historians, sociologists, and other assorted academics are kept out of The Vietnam War. The history is still too recent and raw for that...

2017

Sep

THOUGHTS ON A B-SIDE OF THE 'VIETNAM' SOUNDTRACK By David Hinckley

Whenever Ken Burns talks about The Vietnam War, his epic 10-part documentary, he repeatedly stresses that this war doesn’t have one single truth.... Nor does it have any one single soundtrack...

2017

Sep

ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CRIMES OF THE FILTHY RICH WITH ‘RIVIERA’ By David Hinckley

Riviera reminds us how many television characters have a billion dollars, but can’t afford a moral compass...

2017

Sep

FRANK VINCENT AUGUST 4, 1939 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 By David Hinckley

Some actors fight against being stereotyped. Frank Vincent settled back and enjoyed it...

2017

Sep

RIVIERA By David Bianculli

MINISERIES PREMIERE: The expansion and fracturing of the streaming TV universe continues – and now Sundance is getting in the game, with its new Sundance Now streaming service offering an exclusive new TV mystery miniseries to its paying customers. That series is Riviera, a 10-part drama imported from the U.K., and starring Julia Stiles and shot on location in the south of France. It’s created by Neil Jordan, writer-director of The Crying Game, and co-stars Lena Olin. As to whether t

2017

Sep

THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW By David Bianculli

Liberals, take note. Conservatives, cover your ears and eyes. Tonight on The Rachel Maddow Show, the host’s special guest is current author, and recent presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton.

2017

Sep

BETTER THINGS By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Pamela Adlon not only is starring in all 10 of this season’s new episodes, in which she plays a harried single mother of three girls, but also directing them. And she and her producing and writing partner, Louis C.K., are toiling there as well, making this another modern example of auteur TV. And a good one. As with a lot of Louis C.K.’s comedy, many scenes and ideas hit a nerve – and that’s no accident, because that’s where the really uncomfortable

2017

Sep

THE GUEST BOOK By David Bianculli

In tonight’s new episode of The Guest Book, the guest checking in at the remote cabin is a young Amish man on a rumspringa – a journey where he’s supposed to go out, sample the “outside world,” get it out of his system, and return to the fold. One of his first stops? One of this series’ regular settings: a seedy backwoods strip club named Chubby’s. What could possibly go wrong?

2017

Sep

SEASON 2 OF ‘BETTER THINGS’ ARRIVES By Roger Catlin

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

2017

Sep

GABRIEL MACHT ON ‘SUITS’ AND HARVEY SPECTER By David Hinckley

Gabriel Macht and Sarah Rafferty have been best pals for almost a quarter century, so it’s a nice bonus that they’ve gotten to star together for seven seasons on the USA legal drama Suits...

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