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A shocking performance: Brando with Maria Schneider in “Last Tango in Paris.” (© 1972 – MGM)

'Listen to Me Marlon' (second review)

Still asking questions of Marlon Brando

Stevan Riley’s documentary Listen to Me Marlon impressionistically and unevenly surveys the career of America’s greatest film actor, and its ultimate wreckage.

Robert Zaller

Sep 08, 2015 Articles 5 minute read

Devolving to name-calling: Buckley and Vidal. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives - © 2010 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.)

'Best of Enemies': The Buckley-Vidal debates of 1968

The documentary Best of Enemies revisits 1968’s game-changing TV debate between two cultural titans, William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal.

Carol Rocamora

Aug 30, 2015 Articles 3 minute read

“After he gave us Vito Corleone, I kept waiting for him to play Lear.” Brando in “The Godfather” (© 1972 - Paramount Pictures)

'Listen to Me Marlon' directed by Stevan Riley

The genius of Marlon Brando

In the new documentary Listen to Me Marlon, if we didn’t know it already, we are convinced of the genius of Marlon Brando and the significance of his artistic contribution.

Joanna Rotté

Aug 25, 2015 Articles 5 minute read

Yoda-speak and Batman whispers: Vaughn and Farrell. (© 2015 HBO)

Second season of 'True Detective' (second review)

Fortune cookie dialogue and a plot out of 1985

Season one of True Detective was flawed but extremely enjoyable. I watched season two hoping week by week that it would get better. It didn’t.

Tara Lynn Johnson

Aug 18, 2015 Articles 3 minute read

Two troubled antiheroes: Vaughn and Farrell. (Photo by Lacey Terrell - © 2015 HBO)

The failure of 'True Detective'’s second season

The show we deserve?

The tagline for the second season of True Detective was “We get the world we deserve.” I’m not sure what I did to deserve this mess of a season, but whatever it was, I’m sorry.

Paula Berman

Aug 18, 2015 Articles 5 minute read

Carry on with caution. (Rami Malek in “Mr. Robot”) (Photo by USA Network/David Giesbrecht/USA Network - © 2015 USA Network Media, LLC)

USA Network’s ‘Mr. Robot’

Fight Club meets Macbeth

Don’t let the somewhat silly title fool you. Mr. Robot is one of the most intense and thrilling viewing experiences of the summer.

Jessica Friedman

Aug 18, 2015 Articles 4 minute read

What can you do? (photo via Comedy Central)

Jon Stewart: An appreciation

Jon Stewart ate my homework

With a rich history of 20th-century political comedians speaking truth to power, Jon Stewart firmly held a standard of intelligence and hilarity that few have equaled.

Susan Beth Lehman

Aug 11, 2015 Articles 3 minute read

Aniston puts a "brave" face on her performance in "Cake."

When Cake came out, people lauded star Jennifer Aniston — for not wearing makeup. That’s a daring choice? Would the same amazement and attention have been given to a man who made the same decision? And would I even have noticed she wasn’t wearing any if I hadn’t been told?

Tara Lynn Johnson

Aug 11, 2015 Articles 2 minute read

Listen to me, little girl: Stone and Phoenix. (© Photo by Sabrina Lantos © 2015 Gravier Productions, Inc., Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)

Woody Allen's 'Irrational Man'

Getting away with murder

In Irrational Man, his 46th film, Woody Allen continues to explore his favored themes of crime and punishment.