arts and entertainment
Comcast and NBC Universal’s Peacock: A strange bird
July 31, 2020These “hyperconglomerates,” media giants combining telecommunications, satellite systems, and digital delivery and transmissions, are often reactionary in nature.
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Perry Mason, then and now
July 7, 2020Matthew Rhys from The Americans is pitch perfect in the role of the talented but befuddled and mixed-up Mason.
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‘The Twilight Zone’: ‘Meet in the Middle’ explores the price of human connection
July 2, 2020“What kind of compromise goes into a connection with another human being?” – ‘The Twilight Zone’
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Serial TV and the global drug pandemic
June 24, 2020This is a very mixed series by an extraordinary filmmaker who has brought both his creative talents and his political baggage to television.
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‘Proud’: Episodes of the long march for LGBTQ rights in France
June 19, 2020Proud consists of three episodes, each about 50 minutes in duration, focusing on the evolution of a French family across three generations spanning the years from 1981 to 2013.
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