Drama
‘Dare Me’: A ‘Slow Burn’ Approach Rewards Viewers of the USA Drama
‘This show is allowed to be a little bit slower … It’s kind of poetic in a way that is literary,’ explains ‘Dare Me’ star Willa Fitzgerald. […]
Articles by Jeff Pfeiffer
Holiday
‘A Christmas Carol’: Guy Pearce Says FX Film Takes ‘a Darker Sort of Path’
Guy Pearce & Andy Serkis talk about their new version of Charles Dickens’ classic ‘A Christmas Carol,’ airing on FX this holiday season. […]
Comedy
Showtime’s Refreshingly Different ‘Work In Progress’ Has Its Origins in the World of Improv
This month, Showtime is introducing a fascinatingly diverse Sunday evening lineup of programming. It’s headed by the return of The L Word in a sequel series. That series will lead into a new comedy called Work in Progress that is not only refreshingly different in terms of the types of characters regularly portrayed on television, but also in its engaging and hilarious format. That format is inspired largely by the previous work of the show’s star/co-creator/cowriter/co-showrunner Abby McEnany, who has been a longtime staple of Chicago’s improv scene. Together, she and Tim Mason, another Windy City improv-er, have fashioned a […]
Comedy
‘The L Word: Generation Q’ Returns for a New Era
This sequel to the groundbreaking 2004-09 drama ‘The L Word’ brings back original stars Jennifer Beals, Leisha Hailey and Katherine Moennig, and interweaves stories from a new generation of characters. […]
Magazine Archive
The Preppy Murder: Death In Central Park
“Before O.J. Simpson, the Preppy Killer — that was the trial of the century.” Former print and TV reporter Steve Dunleavy offered this quote when he was interviewed for the new AMC/SundanceTV docuseries The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park. Dunleavy was probably correct, as the 1986 killing of 18-year-old Jennifer Levin at the hands of 19-year-old Robert Chambers in New York City’s Central Park was a highly sensationalized case — the press nicknamed Chambers “the Preppy Killer.” But as this intriguing five-part, three-night series shows, it is worth looking back on the “Preppy Murder” not for prurient curiosity about […]
Magazine Archive
Everything You Need to Know About the New Disney+ Streaming Service
The most buzzed-about new streaming service this year, Disney+, finally launches Tuesday, Nov. 12. Here’s what you need to know before you sign up. […]
Drama
Showtime Releases Daisy Haggard’s Darkly Funny ‘Back to Life’
This dark comedy import from Britain stars Daisy Haggard as a woman who spent 18 years in prison and is now returning to the scene of the crime — the small coastal English town she grew up in. […]
Family
The Wonderful World Of Disney Presents The Little Mermaid Live!
Ariel, the title character of Disney’s classic animated film The Little Mermaid, famously sings about wanting to become “Part of Your World” in relation to the prince she loves and the surface-dwelling existence she thinks is preferable to her life undersea. While Ariel’s efforts to achieve that new life for herself lead to conflict and drama, the masterfully produced movie didn’t have much difficulty instantly becoming a lasting part of our world after it hit theaters 30 years ago, in November 1989. Thanks in large part to infectiously catchy Alan Menken/Howard Ashman tunes like “Under the Sea” and “Kiss the […]
Magazine Archive
‘Patsy & Loretta’ Traces the Friendship of Two Country Music Legends
This Lifetime original movie chronicles the short but impactful friendship between country music legends Patsy Cline (Megan Hilty) and Loretta Lynn (Jessie Mueller). […]
Documentary
Ken Burns Presents the History of Country Music in New PBS Miniseries
Ken Burns’ eight-part, 16-hour film chronicles the history of country music from its early days through the late ’90s in what we found to be one of the director’s most consistently compelling films since 2007’s ‘The War.’ […]