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2015
Dec
21
 
 
This is Nick Read’s documentary about a disturbing and violent attack that took place in the fine arts world, when Sergei Filin, director of the Bolshoi Ballet, had acid thrown in his face. By whom and why? Those are two of the questions examined in this film.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
21
 
 
The Who have been performing live for 50 years now – well, surviving original band members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey have been, anyway – and in this concert film from London, the group starts in broad daylight and plays through sundown and into the evening – the perfect time for a medley from Tommy. See them, hear them. Half a century later, the Who still rocks.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
21
 
 
Paula Prentiss is fun and adorable, and Yvette Mimieux is gorgeous, in this 1960 comedy about girls on spring break in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. But when I watch it, because I grew up there, I watch it for the non-human scenery. Very little of the city looks the same 55 years later – not even the beach. But the Elbo Room is still there…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
21
 
 
We’ve all seen the stories, way too many of them really, where a DNA test proves someone could not have committed a crime, years or decades after he or she was wrongfully slapped in jail. Netflix’s Making a Murderer starts off with what appears to be a classic case of Wrong Guy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
20
 
 
We can never have too many engaging TV dramas, so you might want to put Australia’s A Place To Call Home on your holiday wish list....
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
20
 
 
I’m not sure this is an enhancement, but here it is: Tonight’s ABC presentation of The Sound of Music – the 1965 Julie Andrews film, not the recent live TV musical – comes complete with superimposed lyrics whenever a song is sung, so viewers at home can sing along. Just great: the hills are alive with the sound of karaoke…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
20
 
 
For tonight’s prime-time game, NBC is flexing its muscles and employing its option under the NFL flex schedule, moving games around to get the best one on TV. So tonight, instead of the previously scheduled Cincinnati Bengals vs. San Francisco 49ers game, Sunday Night Football presents the Arizona Cardinals vs. Philadelphia Eagles, live from Philly.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
20
 
 
SEASON FINALE: There’s a terrorist bomb filled with sarin gas, and last week Carrie was in chase in the tunnels under Berlin. Tonight, she tries to get to the bottom of things, and solve the case, and identify and defuse another terrorist threat. Welcome to the end of another hectic season of Homeland…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
20
 
 
SEASON FINALE: It’s a short season for this new AMC series – and if you haven’t seen it, or stayed with it, the network is presenting all Season 1 episodes leading up to tonight’s 10 p.m. ET season finale. The mini-marathon begins at 5 p.m. ET.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Dec
20
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Another season finale for the holiday season: This one ends Season 2 of The Affair, which doubled down on its perspectives, and became an even more interesting drama – and mystery. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.