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The end of 'Mad Men'

The cynical redemption of Don Draper

If the purpose of the retreat is to figure out who you really are, how you feel about that, and how to recognize love, then isn’t it an act of radical honesty and self-acceptance for Don to embrace himself as a person who works best when he spins his dreams into brilliant ad copy?

Paula Berman

May 19, 2015 Articles 6 minute read

On the road to hell with Guy Fieri. (Photo via foodnetwork.com)

Is the Food Network making us fat?

While the Food Network has its share of old-fashioned cooking shows, hosted by pleasant, chatty cooks, each with a personal schtick, the network's dominant subgenres are the cooking competition and the eating travelogue.

Gary L. Day

May 19, 2015 Articles 4 minute read

Godard’s 3D is not like others’: Marie Ruchat in "Goodbye to Language" (© 2014 - Kino Lorber Inc.)

'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' and 'Goodbye to Language'

The 4K redemption

What digital cinema makes possible could not have happened with celluloid, love it as much as we wish. Dr. Caligari and Goodbye to Language show why.

Michael Woods

May 16, 2015 Articles 6 minute read

Hilary Mantel’s ‘Wolf Hall’ by the BBC

A Machiavelli for all seasons

For more than five centuries, Thomas Cromwell was perceived as the evil genius behind the machinations and marriages of England’s Henry VIII. Hilary Mantel’s brilliant novel Wolf Hall enables us to see Henry’s conspiracy-ridden court through Cromwell’s eyes. The BBC’s recent adaptation renders the experience even more compelling.

Dan Rottenberg

May 12, 2015 Articles 7 minute read

The triumph of law and order. (Photo © 2015, FX Networks.)

FX's 'Justified'

Good-bye to a great bad guy

Justified shows the edgy, hand-on-your-gun relationship between lawman and outlaw in “Bloody Harlan.”

Bob Ingram

Apr 28, 2015 Articles 3 minute read

Pinpoint anger and possible delusion: Hutton and Huffman. (Photo by Van Redin/ABC - © 2015)

John Ridley's 'American Crime' on ABC

ABC grows up

Improbably, ABC now steps up to challenge the best cable crime series. Honest.

Rick Soisson

Apr 14, 2015 Articles 3 minute read

A skinny, big-eared kid: Sinatra c. 1947. (William P. Gottlieb Collection, Library of Congress)

'Sinatra: All or Nothing at All' on HBO

A man of contradictions

Frank Sinatra was born 100 years ago. HBO’s documentary reveals the flaws of this fascinating, contradictory man.

Steve Cohen

Apr 10, 2015 Articles 3 minute read

One big, happy family. (All photos by Saeed Adyani - © 2014 Netflix, Inc.)

‘Bloodline’ on Netflix

How slow can you go?

I’m willing — nay, happy — to settle in with a show and see what happens, but Bloodline sorely tried my patience.

Judy Weightman

Apr 05, 2015 Articles 4 minute read

Are they really friends? Burgess and Kemper (© 2015 Netflix)

‘Kimmy Schmidt’ and ‘Broad City’ Take Manhattan

Both Kimmy Schmidt and Broad City feature socially awkward 20-something women struggling to thrive in New York City. That’s where the similarities end.