hidden gems from Amazon Prime, Netflix, BBC iPlayer, and Hulu
Passion, creativity, and suspense in stillness… [A teaser of an essay for Patreon patrons and Substack subscribers only.]
BBC iPlayer
PBS ‘Frontline’ and BBC ‘Panorama’ take on Harvey Weinstein
A good primer on the rapid unraveling of Harvey Weinstein, with hints of how much more story there may still be to tell.
I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again this Sunday, October 15th
We’ll be talking about the London Film Festival, which wraps up this weekend.
Doctor Who blogging: “The Time of the Doctor”
I’ve watched this episode four times now, and it annoys me more every time.
heads-up! “new Doctor Who to be revealed at Albert Hall tonight”
I wasn’t planning on listening to the Proms tonight, but I might have to now. (You can listen online even outside the U.K.)
BBC iPlayer’s volume goes to 11
I can’t believe I only just noticed this…
BBC iPlayer goes international
Somebody’s been listening to me. Shut up: let me at least pretend as much.
Osama bin Laden on Twitter; no black people at the royal wedding, duh; DVD sales are plummeting; more: leftover links
Plus: Where are the women of summer? Is ‘Doctor Who’ violating a new BBC ban on product placement? Is ‘Glee’ turning kids gay?
NBC is sooo regretting letting Conan go; new Wolverine movie is called ‘The Wolverine’; BBC continues to employ David Tennant and John Simm; more: leftover links
Plus: the shocking number of British actors who have not been in a Harry Potter movie; is Wikileaks’ Julian Assange being persecuted?; we don’t need no stinkin’ objectivity in journalism; and more.
