Must see TV: HBO’s ‘Bobby Fischer Against the World’
Tonight at 9 p.m., HBO is unveiling Liz Garbus’s terrific documentary, “Bobby Fischer Against the World,” which is as good as any theatrical movie I’ve seen so far this year. I had a chance to talk to...
View ArticleRent it now: Diana Vreeland documentary ‘The Eye Has to Travel’
The 2012 documentary, “The Eye Has to Travel,” takes us into the world of the great fashion editor Diana Vreeland, who started life as an ugly duckling (dismissed by her mother in favor of her pretty...
View ArticleDick Cavett & the golden age of talk shows
When I was getting ready to interview Dick Cavett a few weeks ago, I spent many happy hours watching the Shout Factory DVD collections of some of his best talk shows. The sets are divided into pop...
View Article‘Negro’: history that speaks to today
Raoul Peck’s James Baldwin documentary, “I Am Not Your Negro,” is up for an Academy Award Sunday night and has made nearly $5 million in limited release over the past month or so. It’s a sign of the...
View ArticleJoan Crawford before the shoulder pads
The current FX series “Feud” is an entertaining behind-the-scenes drama about two great Hollywood stars so desperate to hold onto their fame that they put their hatred for each other behind them and...
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