The Reel: 'The Farewell': Love, Lies, and Family Ties
‘The Farewell,’ a film about a Chinese American woman with an all-Asian cast and dialogue that is largely in Mandarin, has surpassed ‘Avengers: Endgame’ with the largest per-theater box office average...
19 Jul 201925min
The Reel: 'Too Old to Die Young': Nicolas Winding Refn Pushes the Boundaries of TV
In a world of instant clicks and information on demand, director Nicolas Winding Refn took his time to tell the tale of 'Too Old to Die Young,' his new series on Amazon Prime. The Danish filmmaker — b...
12 Jul 201928min
The Reel: An Ode to Michael Mann's 'Heat'
Michael Mann’s 1995 'Heat' has become the definitive LA crime film, but probably no one has done more lately to celebrate the epic tale of cops and robbers than a movie critic in Sydney, Australia.Sin...
5 Jul 201925min
The Reel: 'The Hills' Reboot & Reality TV's Hold on American Culture
Once upon a time in America, reality TV used to be about the rich and the famous. But THE HILLS changed the rules of the game in 2006 — merely being rich or appearing to be — was good enough to get yo...
28 Jun 201932min
The Reel: The Teenage Wasteland in HBO's "Euphoria"
HBO is pushing the envelope with its new teen-centered drama, EUPHORIA. Sex influenced by pornography, wanton drug use, aimless youth: It’s a horror movie for parents. But is it a fair representation ...
21 Jun 201935min
The Reel: 'Last Black Man in San Francisco': Gentrification & Heartbreak in The City by The Bay
"The Last Black Ma In San Francisco" is a film about a friendship, a family, a house, a city, and its community. San Francisco serves as a stand-in for cities across the country undergoing gentrificat...
14 Jun 201944min
The Reel: Resistance & Representation on Demand: The TV Landscape for Summer 2019
The revolution is being televised after all.On streaming platforms, a rebellion against powerful political, social and cultural forces is growing stronger than ever.THE HANDMAID'S TALE is eerily chann...
7 Jun 201937min
The Reel: 'Deadwood' Springs Back to Life
"Deadwood" is back, and as Al Swearengen would say, it’s about bleeping time. The show that died too young is now a film, and the return trip in "Deadwood: The Movie" — set some 10 years later — gets ...
31 Mai 201941min
