DF’s TV Report — Les Revenants, Rectify, and Empire
A week ago, I wrote that I’d review some of the TV series I’ve been watching this summer. I’ll start with two good, and […]
DF’s Summer TV Diary… or, The Special Pleasures of Bad Television
In the coming weeks, I plan to do a few short reviews of TV shows I’ve been catching up on this summer. Some […]
Annalise & Anna Mae — Why I’m Still Watching How to Get Away with Murder
I didn’t plan to write about How to Get Away with Murder. For a while, I doubted I’d even finish the series, […]
Thoughts on Tony Awards 2015
This is by no means a comprehensive review of the Tonys, but rather some impressions about specific bits that stuck with me. […]
Thoughts on Mad Men
Has anything been more over-analyzed than Mad Men? Really, I should be embarrassed to join the fray… but I can’t help myself. […]
I Want to Love Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — But …
Is there a more fertile comic imagination today than Tina Fey’s? Collaborating on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt with co-creator Robert Carlock, the wit […]
Oscars 2015 — Bah, Humbug
I saw more movies-in-theatres this year than I have in ages, but still managed to miss a number of important nominees in […]
Thoughts on NBC’s Peter Pan
On Facebook, I offered a more-or-less ongoing (and more-or-less snarky) commentary about last night’s Peter Pan… but I want to recap my […]
DF Reviews Bad Jews (Walnut Studio Theatre, October 2014)
To review or not to review? That was my question as we divided up the schedule for City Paper. In the yes […]
DF Summer TV Catch-Up / Loathing The Borgias
Summer is TV catch-up time at our house, and how low we’ll go in choosing shows is a measure of how hopelessly […]
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