Bingeable Abbott & Costello
Looking for a comedy gem to binge-watch? Contributing writer Charlie Greenberg recommends ‘The Abbott and Costello Show’ (1952-1954). You can stream it free on Tubi and Vudu
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A Commanding ‘Ma Rainey’
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’ a reasonably faithful and inspired adaptation of August Wilson’s 1984 play, is a full-throated interpretation of one of the writer’s strongest female characters
‘Chappelle’ Still Shocks
‘Chappelle’s Show’ – known for, among other things, its unflinching look at race in America – still shocks. Pulled from Netflix, here’s where you can stream it
Stranger Bedfellows
We mark Election Day with more fictional politics: ‘Being There’ and the more ominous ‘Gabriel Over the White House’
Strange Bedfellows
Election Day is just a few days away. Here is the first of two articles looking at classic movies involving political satire
‘Ratched’: Grade A Camp
If you haven’t caught Netflix’s ‘Nurse Ratched’ yet, our streaming critic Charlie Greenberg explains why it “is fun, super-campy, and oft times, utterly ridiculous”
Monster Family Pedigree
The classic Universal monster films are available to rent from a number of streaming sites
Wild, Wild Western
Arrow Video Channel, a cult-film streamer available on Apple TV, adds one wacky horse opera — ‘El Topo’
Speaking Truth to Power
A Lavazza commercial uses an 80-year-old Charlie Chaplin speech to reassure and inspire a pandemic-weary public
Norma Desmond at 70
We revisit a Hollywood classic, ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ on the 70th anniversary of its big screen release
