DAVID BIANCULLI

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2017
Feb
6
 
 
One of the many benefits of Black History Month programming is the way it dusts off critical historical links that can fade into the mists of time. In that spirit, PBS’s Independent Lens series revives some of the story of William Monroe Trotter...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Feb
5
 
 
Maybe, just maybe, distilling the Civil War to good guys versus bad guys misses the point. PBS’s Mercy Street continues to raise that possibility in its second season...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Feb
2
 
 
NBC’s Powerless is also kind of pointless. The new series isn’t without its goofy charm. After all, it’s set in Charm City...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Feb
2
 
 
Training Day hasn’t lost much of its brutality or cynicism in moving to the small screen...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Feb
1
 
 
Most of the civilized world would root for a family-run neighborhood doughnut shop that takes on Starbucks. The question is whether they would patronize it...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jan
30
 
 
If you’re happy with TV crime procedurals where the bad guys get nailed and justice wins in a crisp 42 minutes, don’t bother watching the latest incarnation of Witness for the Prosecution when it debuts on Acorn TV Monday...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jan
30
 
 
Warren Buffett is the kind of guy who gives the super-rich a good name. That’s probably America’s dominant perception of a man worth about $63 billion...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jan
30
 
 
Before he announces his Supreme Court nominee on live TV Tuesday night, President Trump might want to have someone on his staff Google Megan Walker...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jan
27
 
 
A Zelda Fitzgerald series is a wonderful and welcome thing...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Jan
26
 
 
Tell Laura I love her...