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Sunday, April 11, 2021

Pilkey

FICTION Young Adult

Dav Pilkey Pulls Book Because of Racial Stereotypes

March 30, 2021April 6, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Captain Underpants, Dav Pilkey, Ook and Gluk, Scholastic

‘Kung-Fu Cavemen’ are no more

Lonesome Dove

CREATORS FICTION FILM Remembrance Writers

Larry McMurtry Was One Lucky Bastard

March 29, 2021March 31, 2021 Michael Giltz 1 Comment Brokeback Mountain, Cybill Shepherd, Diana Ossana, Doc?, E. Annie Proulx, Hud, James L. Brooks, Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove, Martin Ritt, Paper Moon, Paul Newman, Peter Bogdanovich, Polly Platt, Terms of Endearment, The Last Picture Show, The Murder of Mary Phagan, What's Up

The late Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist has Hollywood to thank for his biggest successes

The Last Blockbuster

DOCUMENTARY FILM

‘The Last Blockbuster’ Ignores the Fact that Blockbuster Video was Terrible

March 29, 2021April 5, 2021 Paula Shaffer 3 Comments Blockbuster Video, Kevin Smith, Lloyd Kaufman, The Last Blockbuster, Troma Entertainment

It destroyed independent video stores, and censored movies

Beverly Cleary

CREATORS FICTION Remembrance Writers Young Adult

America Mourns Beverly Cleary

March 28, 2021March 30, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Beverly Cleary, Faith Salie, Jenny Han, Judy Blume, Ramona Quimby, Reese Witherspoon, Viola Davis

Tributes pour in for beloved children’s author, who passed away last week at 104

Bob Odenkirk Goes Berserk in ‘Nobody’

March 26, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Bob Odenkirk, Christopher Lloyd, Connie Britton, Hardcore Henry, Ilya Naishuller, Michael Ironside, Nobody

An Average Joe action hero for Generation Die Hard

Depardieu

L’Affaire Depardieu

March 25, 2021March 29, 2021 Michael Washburn 5 Comments Abel Ferrara, Caroline Barclay, Dominque Strauss-Kahn, Gerard Depardieu, Welcome To New York

French actress takes a stand for the accused star in the shadow of #MeToo

‘Ridgerunner’ Takes a Wrong Turn at the Pass

March 25, 2021 Michael Giltz 0 Comments Gil Adamson, Ridgerunner, The Outlander

A Sophomore Slump Western from a talented Canadian author

George Segal

Actors CREATORS Remembrance

George Segal Dies; Jews of a Certain Age Grieve

March 24, 2021March 30, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments A Touch of Class, Barbra Streisand, California Split, Carbon Copy, Denzel Washington, Elizabeth Taylor, Elliott Gould, George Segal, Glenda Jackson, Jacqueline Bisset, Richard Burton, Robert Altman, The Owl and the Pussycat, Who Is Killing The Great Chefs Of Europe?, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Clips from our most ‘That Guy From Temple’ movie star

Eilish

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

Billie Eilish is a Little Blurry

March 24, 2021March 29, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Billie Eilish, Madonna, The World's A Little Blurry, Truth or Dare

The documentary of a modern popstar for the people, totally in control

Nationtime

DOCUMENTARY FILM

‘Nationtime’ and ‘Jazz On A Summer’s Day’

March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 Michael Giltz 1 Comment Amiri Baraka, Anita O'Day, Bert Parks, Betty Shabazz, Chuck Berry, Coretta Scott King, Harry Belafonte, Jazz on a Summer's Day, Jesse Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Nationtime, Newport Jazz Festival, Sidney Poitier, William Greaves

Time for two great reissued documentaries

Center Stage

‘Center Stage’ Returns to the Spotlight

March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Center Stage, Maggie Cheung, Ruan Lingyu, Tony Kwan

New York’s Metrograph theater revives an unconventional Chinese biopic

Three Days of the Condo

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Anthony Mackie, Bucky Barnes, Don Cheadle, Sam Wilson, Sebastian Stan, The Falcon, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, The Winter Soldier

‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,’ Marvel’s latest not-very-thrilling political thriller

Justice League

Death of a Thousand Snyder Cuts

March 22, 2021March 24, 2021 Nick Tangborn 0 Comments Amy Adams, Aquaman, Batman, Ben Affleck, Darkseid, Diane Lane, Jeremy Irons, Justice League, Mike Reiss, NFT, Snyder Cut, Superman, Trench dressing, Zack Snyder

Surprise! The Zack Snyder Cut of ‘Justice League’ is better, more coherent, and moderately fun

Ginny & Georgia

Netflix TELEVISION

‘Ginny & Georgia’: It’s No ‘Gilmore Girls’

March 18, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Gilmore Girls, Ginny & Georgia

Every episode runs just under an hour, but each manages to feel like a day

Last Chance U

DOCUMENTARY TELEVISION

‘Last Chance U’ Season 6 is a Slam Dunk

March 18, 2021March 31, 2021 Jon Hart 0 Comments East Los Angeles College, John Mosley, Last Chance U, Netflix

The focus switches to college basketball in time for March Madness