Tess of the D’Urbervilles is a morality tale of love, betrayal, seduction and ultimately, murder. Yet it is also the…
Television
Fans of the American version of Queer as Folk need a fix so bad that the fizzle of the last…
The defining characteristic of Firefly is that it melds together two seemingly disparate genres: science fiction and the Western. But…
Despite its flaws, Babylon 5 remains one of TV’s greatest science fiction shows. It is ambitious storytelling, told on a…
Our review of the New York stage production of Talking Heads Note – UK videos are not compatible with US…
The Mystery! series, produced by PBS Boston affiliate WGBH, has been on the air for an astounding twenty-four years, presenting…
The Grid, a six hour miniseries, is as timely as today’s newspapers. The subject matter of this fictional drama is…
With its new documentary series Mapping Murder, BBC America is presently serving up classic summer-rerun-style slop to fill the air…
Theyre ba-a-a-ack! The ensemble cast of the Fisher family and clan, and now the family business of Fisher & Diaz,…
Jack Chambers (Robson Green) and his wife Kay (Beth Goddard), with daughter Maggie (Julie Mallam) and son Dan (Sean McMahon)…
From Monty Python to The Office, British television has long held a reputation as a purveyor of high-quality comedy. It…
Magic Color Clock from the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Americanization of the groundbreaking British series, Queer as Folk, has…
How queer can Queer As Folk be as Showtimes hottest series? It depends. If you are an activist transsexual lesbian…
McCallum, the new crime thriller made by Scottish television, is for nice people. There’s only a token flash of sex…