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Thursday, May 28, 2020

FICTION

‘Good Citizens Need Not Fear’

May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 Art Edwards 0 Comments Good Citizens Need Not Fear, Maria Reva, Ukraine

What’s the point of reading fiction set in Ukraine?

‘The Wrong Missy’ but the Right Lapkus

May 18, 2020May 19, 2020 Neal Pollack 2 Comments Adam Sandler, David Spade, Lauren Lapkus, Nick Swardson, Rob Schneider

A slapstick star is born in a bad Happy Madison Netflix comedy

Actors CREATORS FILM Remembrance TELEVISION

The Best of Fred Willard

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments

Five essential performances from the brilliant comic actor

CREATORS Directors FILM Remembrance

Lynn Shelton, Acclaimed Indie Director, Dead at 54

May 17, 2020May 17, 2020 Kevin L. Jones 0 Comments

“Everyone she worked with loved her.”

FILM

‘Capone’ Shits the Bed

May 16, 2020May 16, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Capone, Josh Trank, Kyle MacLachlan, Matt Dillon, Tom Hardy

A crazed scatological portrait of a gangster’s endgame

FILM

We Went to the Drive-In

May 15, 2020May 20, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Blue Starlite, David Bowie, Dazed and Confused, Drive-in, Labyrinth, Spaceballs, The Empire Strikes Back

It was something to do

FILM TELEVISION

Miss Fisher and the Missing Appeal of Miss Fisher

May 14, 2020May 19, 2020 Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell 0 Comments

Full-length film discards the show’s charm

Netflix TELEVISION

Is #BlackAF Black AF Enough?

May 14, 2020May 15, 2020 Michael Patrick Welch 0 Comments #BlackAF, Esa Lewis, Helen Kreiger, Kenya Barris, Rashida Jones

An interview with two of Kenya Barris’s writers

CREATORS FILM TELEVISION

COVID-19 Culture is the Worst in Human History

May 13, 2020May 17, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Andrew Cuomo, Bill Maher, Chris Cuomo, Don Cheadle, Donald Trump, Gal Gadot, Gloria Gaynor, Heidi Klum, Imagine, James Corden, Jimmy Fallon, Katy Perry, Parks and Recreation, Quibi, Retta, Rolling Stones, Scoobs, Tiger King, Tim Gunn, Trevor Noah, Trolls World Tour, WHO

Here are some lowlights

Netflix TELEVISION

‘Never Have I Ever’ Flips the Teen-Sex Comedy Script

May 13, 2020May 15, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Andy Samberg, John McEnroe, Lang Fisher, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Mindy Kaling, Never Have I Ever

Mindy Kaling celebrates horny girl power

Actors CREATORS TELEVISION

Jerry Stiller, RIP

May 12, 2020May 14, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment Frank Costanza, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Stiller, Seinfeld

The Best of Frank Costanza

FICTION TELEVISION

You Should Read ‘Normal People’ First

May 12, 2020May 17, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People, Paul Mescal, Sally Rooney

It will make you love the TV adaptation even more

DOCUMENTARY FILM Sports

Michael Jordan Was Before My Time

May 12, 2020May 20, 2020 Peter Warren 0 Comments Chicago Bulls, Craig Ehlo, Isaiah Thomas, Jerry Krause, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, Ron Harper, The Last Dance

For a college student, ‘The Last Dance’ has been a fascinating history lesson about basketball’s greatest

CREATORS Writers

Are Writers Really Better Off At Home?

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Harlan Ellison, Henry Miller, Paragraph Brooklyn, Stephen King

Here’s hoping writers’ spaces reopen as soon as possible

CREATORS History Writers

Heather Cox Richardson Has Her Eyes on The Present

May 11, 2020May 27, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Heather Cox Richardson, How the South Won The Civil War, Letters From An American

A historian responds to current events in real time: the BFG interview