Movie Review: ‘King Saud,’ Worst of Year?
Writing at the end of the year, I can safely say I won’t see a worse film this year than “King Saud,” a clumsy, blood-soaked stumble through world problems through…
Capital Radio 12-30-24: New Year’s Eve Kiss
As if to even the ante set by other holidays, there were a bunch of New Year's Eve songs to play on today's Capital Radio -- and a few to…
When Jimmy Carter Came to the Theater
I never met Jimmy Carter, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning former President who died Sunday at 100. But I was at Arena Stage in D.C. for the premiere of a play…
Monday TV: A Beauty Queen’s Identity Crisis
Sharon-Rose Khumalo, a winning South African beauty queen, faced an identiy crisis when she discovered she’s intersex. Her story is told in Tunde Skovran’s documentary “Who I Am Not,” making…
Sunday TV: Memorable Grammy Moments
February’s duet of Luke Combs and Tracy Chapman on her “Fast Car.” Lady Gaga’s 2016 David Bowie tribute. The Joe Strummer tribute with Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and Dave Grohl…
Some Other Things I Wrote This Year
Here are some of the things I've written over the last eight months that hadn't otherwise appeared on this blog. An interview with Damon Wayans, pictured here, about his new…
Saturday TV: Eight College Football Bowl Games
It’s football and that’s about it on TV today. A wealth of college football bowl games start in Boston, where baseball's storied Fenway Park is turned into a football field…
Friday TV: Behind Grammy’s Best Songs
The first of two specials telling the stories behind the Grammy winners for song of the year, the two hour “Grammy Greats: The Stories Behind the Songs” (CBS, 9 p.m.)…
Thursday TV: A Second Season for ‘Squid Game’
The popular series “Squid Game” (Netflix, streaming) returns for a new season, set three years after Song Gi-hun’s winning the treacherous survival competition in the first season. He’s back to…
Wednesday TV: Christmas Specials from the UK
For Christmas, American broadcasters give viewers reruns and sports. But the Brits continue to make very special episodes for holiday premieres. The two-hour “‘Call the Midwife’ Holiday Special” (PBS, 8…