A Thousand Acres is a drama about an American family who meets with tragedy on their land. It is the story of a father, his daughters, and their husbands, and their passion to subdue the history of their land and its stories. Jessica Lange and Michelle Pfeiffer are quietly dazzling in this underrated adaptation of […]
Archives for May 2018
Enlightened: The Series
The pay-TV landscape just keeps getting better as the 21st century matures, and the medium along with it. Shows like Enlightened on the knockout HBO roster prove that premium cable is thriving in both the broadcast and home theater markets.The focus is on an enigmatic, dynamic, yet seriously damaged female lead is the absorbing narrative focus […]
Moving Places: A Life at the Movies
Moving Places is the brilliant account of a life steeped in and shaped by the movies—part autobiography, part film analysis, part social history. Jonathan Rosenbaum, one of America’s most gifted film critics, began his moviegoing in the 1950s in small-town Alabama, where his family owned and managed a chain of theaters. Starting in the Deep […]