We are on pace to close out 2016 with more than 430 scripted primetime programs across cable, streaming, and broadcast. If you use the rule of thumb that 10% of any artistic endeavor is worthwhile…
Directing movies, Quentin Tarantino has said, “is a young man's game. Directors don't really get better as they get older…I've been studying all these directors' careers, and boy, you tell me the one…
The funny thing about Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” is that although it ran on the schedule a few full news days after Fallon's…
How big is too big? That's the question the team behind the Toronto International Film Festival really ought to be asking themselves as the festival, now in its 41st year, draws to a close: The event…
Now that “Blair Witch,” the abysmal shaky-cam horror sequel that no one was waiting for, has come and bombed, you might be tempted to say that a certain genre is ready to lay down and die. But you'd…
If Jimmy Fallon had any credibility left as a thinking comedian with a point-of-view, he lost the last shred of it last night. Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump appeared on “The Tonight…
The all-important financial engine for most U.S. media conglomerates — cable networks— enjoyed a decent second quarter: Revenues were up, and margins continue to be healthy. But dig deeper, and…
With the Emmy awards imminent, our TV critics have strong opinions about who should take home the top prizes. Naturally, they don't always agree. The question is: will voters agree with Team Ryan or…
Years from now, when the presidential campaign of Donald Trump is a distant memory, it's more than likely that someone will try to make a movie out of it — a truth-is-loonier-than-fiction satire like…
Two intractable forces have turned a once-healthy unscripted-TV ecosystem toxic over the past several years. The first is the decline of cable channels, which are facing an existential threat from…
Sunday morning, I woke up to some terrible news. One of my oldest friends, comrades and fellow travelers, someone who not only moved and touched me deeply as a beautiful human being but whose…
