In last week’s cliffhanger, Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) let it be known that he saw his fiancé Robin and best friend Ted embracing on Central Park’s carousel. Tonight, the two old bros have it out, hoping to clear the air in the days before Barney and Robin are supposed to get married.

2013

Oct

POV:"BROOKLYN CASTLE" By David Bianculli

This sweet film, by Katie Dellamaggiore, looks at a program at one junior-high school in Brooklyn that has excelled in producing nationally competitive chess players. You might come to this POV program expecting a chess version of Fame, with driven students fighting their way to Nationals. But what you get, in addition to that, is a story about dedicated teachers, parents who inspire and sacrifice to help their kids do well, and federal and state politicians and programs that drain these program

2013

Oct

THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY By David Bianculli

Tonight is Part 6, which, like the others, has an absurdly long title: 1953-1957 – The Swollen Story: World Cinema Bursting at the Seams. And it has a swollen focus to boot, trying to cover, and explain, a global explosion of innovative cinema, including several from France and Japan. In the latter country, the films of director Akira Kurosawa, including his landmark 1954 movie Seven Samurai (pictured here), proved massively influential on a world scale.

2013

Oct

THRONE OF BLOOD By David Bianculli

This 1957 Japanese movie (pictured) is one of two classics by director Akira Kurosawa shown tonight by TCM, both starring Toshiro Mifune, presented tonight by TCM as a tie-in to its latest Story of Film: An Odyssey documentary series entry. Also tonight, at 3 a.m. ET: Kurosawa’s 1954 classic, Seven Samurai.

2013

Oct

60 MINUTES By David Bianculli

Lara Logan, for years, has been among the very best of the modern generation of TV news correspondents. Tonight, on a new 60 Minutes, she provides another impressive exclusive: a 20th-anniversary story on the mission in Somalia against al-Qaeda that was dramatized in the movie Black Hawk Down. Included in her report: military surveillance footage, broadcast on TV for the first time, shot during the actual ill-fated mission.

2013

Oct

THE SIMPSONS By David Bianculli

Annoyingly early for Halloween, but welcome in all other respects, comes Treehouse of Horror XXIV – a numerical reminder of just how long The Simpsons has been entertaining us with these anything-goes dark twisted versions of the Springfield universe. This time around, the opening credits alone are worth tuning in to see, and I’m not exaggerating: it’s a segment that’s super-sized, inventive, and truly creepy. And here’s why: the nearly three-minute opener was conco

2013

Oct

THE GOOD WIFE By David Bianculli

Alicia (Julianna Margulies) and Cary (Matt Czuchry) go to court, together, to defend a controversial client – one who wants to sue the National Security Agency.

2013

Oct

HOMELAND By David Bianculli

With the CIA ranks decimated after the bombing, Saul (Many Patinkin) calls in a new “expert” to help steer their investigation – a young woman who’s just started at the agency, and doesn’t exactly make a positive first impression with her new boss. Saul starts off being rather tough with her – and before the episode is over, that sternness spreads to other people in Saul’s inner circle.

2013

Oct

MASTERS OF SEX By David Bianculli

Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan continue their starring roles as sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson, and in tonight’s episode, the private fantasies of both of them are revealed, and shown on screen. His are of a sexual nature, with her. Hers are of ways to reject his advances. This couple, indeed, is worthy of further study.

2013

Oct

'BREAKING BAD' VIDEO AS ART By Eric Gould

You'd think that a week out from the finale, we would be all done with Breaking Bad material. Uh uh... Here's a supercut collaboration compiling some of the signature shots from Season 5.2...

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