March 2020
Apple TV's Home Before Dark is an Excellent Family Mystery
By EntertainerThe first episode of “Home Before Dark” has nine-year-old investigative journalist Hilde Lisko (Brooklynn Prince getting the gig she deserves after "The Florida Project") going head-to-head with a modern menace: a hateful...Amazon’s Tales from the Loop Aims to Break Your Heart
By EntertainerThe slow, rhythmic sound emanating ominously from an unknown source has always been a reliable hook in science fiction, taking such forms as the encroaching footsteps of a dinosaur in “Jurassic Park” or the radio signal from deep space...Advocates for Democracy: Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance on the Gerrymandering Documentary Slay...
By Entertainer"Slay the Dragon" is a terrifying look at efforts to undermine the most fundamental structures of democracy. Directors Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance include remarkably candid interviews, devastating data, and, thankfully, inspiring stories of...#377 March 31, 2020
By EntertainerMatt writes: The COVID-19 pandemic is keeping us all at home to "flatten the curve" while protecting those among us most susceptible to the virus. Movie theaters have been closed and festivals around the world (including our own Ebertfest) have...Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, 25 Prospect Street Among Highlights at the 12th Annual ReelAbilities...
By EntertainerOf all the statements I’ve read regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, few have moved me as deeply as the anonymous one recently paraphrased by West Belfast community worker Tommy Holland in a video from Ireland's Upper Springfield community...This Incredible, Unusual, Really Unique Sort of Hook: Writer/Director George Nolfi on The Banker
By Entertainer"The Banker" sounded like it was going to be 2019's "Hidden Figures." Two "Avengers" stars played real-life black men who became wealthy real estate investors with vast properties by telling their white construction worker what to say so that he...It Just Takes Common Sense: Dr. Marty Goldstein on The Dog Doc
By EntertainerIt’s been nearly a decade since director Cindy Meehl made her debut feature “Buck,” a stirring documentary on the real-life horse whisperer Buck Brannaman and his unconventional way of training horses with respect and compassion....Krzystof Penderecki: 1933-2020
By EntertainerDębica, Poland sits only a few hours from the Ukrainian border, which meant it was in a precarious position in the early 1930s. When the Germans invaded, some of the sizable Jewish population fled for the Soviet controlled territories rather...Netflix's Unorthodox Depicts a Melancholic Escape from Faith
By EntertainerBased on the memoir by Deborah Feldman, Netflix's “Unorthodox” presents viewers with a rare women’s perspective from inside a Hasidic community in Williamsburg, an aspect that's a large part of this miniseries' intrigue....Banana Split
By EntertainerThere's something about the summer in between high school and college. Friendships break up or become super clingy, due to all that impending separation anxiety. Romances break up. People get way too drunk and hug it out. Tears are shed. Things get...
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