THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Fernando Meirelles’ “360”
> If Arthur Schnitzler had only been a member of the WGA in 1900, when he wrote the play La Ronde, and he’d had the benefit of the format rights guild members receive today, he and his descendants would be very rich indee...
THE SKED’S MIDSEASON RETURN: “Revenge”
> Last night ABC’s REVENGE became the first of the network serialized dramas to return from its long midseson hiatus. Let’s see how the show managed its 2012 arrival. WHERE WE LEFT OFF: Emily Thorne (Emi...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “The Good Wife”
> The title “Best Drama On Network Television” used to mean a lot more than it does these days (what’s the competition? Parenthood has lovely moments but also its share of contrivances; Fringe and The Va...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Road to Nowhere”
Not At Any Price: “Art” More Than Art The name Monte Hellman doesn’t mean much to the vast majority of moviegoers, but Hellman is among the cultiest of American cult directors. He came up the Roge...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Nurse Jackie”
After 3 seasons of telling more or less the same story, Season 4 of Showtime’s NURSE JACKIE took a leap that revitalized the show. Jackie Peyton (Edie Falco), having successfully concealed her drug addiction, her adulte...
THE SKED FALL PILOT REPORT: CBS’s “Vegas”
VEGAS: Tuesday 10PM on CBS – Potential DVR Alert VEGAS is CBS’s version of swinging for the fences, which is to say that it can also be seen as a neon-lit, gold-edged version of Longmire. This time the wi...
THE SKED PILOT REVIEW: “Deception”
DECEPTION: Monday 10PM on NBC – Change the Channel Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a beautiful young woman returns to the Long Island estate of the family she knew when she was growing up, becomi...
LIMITED RELEASE: “Beautiful Boy”
> Watch It At Home: Much sadness, little insight. BEAUTIFUL BOY is less interesting than you’d think it would be. The premise is certainly arresting: Shawn Ku’s first film (written with Michael Arm...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Smash”
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...
THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Smash”
And so the curtain drops on the first season of SMASH, which may have set the all-time television speed record for going from shining beacon to punching bag. Tonight’s season finale, written by now-deposed showru...
SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Smashed”
James Ponsoldt’s SMASHED (not to be confused with NBC’s Smash), which premiered in the Dramatic Competition at Sundance, is a new spin on a fairly old story. The concept goes back (at least) to 1962’s...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Covert Affairs”
COVERT AFFAIRS: Tuesday 10PM on USA WHERE WE WERE: At the CIA, where Annie Walker (Piper Perabo), the young, beautiful languages expert who supposedly works for the Smithsonian, is actually an agent. (She me...
SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Sessions”
Oscar buzz has been trailing THE SESSIONS (which was then called The Surrogate) since it was unveiled at Sundance in January, and with good reason. For Academy members, it doesn’t get much better than a warm “base...