(A version of this review first appeared in The New Fillmore) The complicated bond between mother and child has never had a better, a funnier, or a more heartwarming cinematic incarnation. Unconditional love and setting boundaries drive the comedy of THE MEDDLER. Written and directed by Loren Scafaria from her own experiences with an adoring… Read More »
THE EVENT
If the NBC series THE EVENT is as good as the NBC pilot for THE EVENT is, we are in for another infuriatingly, invigoratingly, tantalizingly wonderful national cult obsession. While no one walks into a jet intake, a la Lost, which is one its spiritual, if not literal, influences, there are secret bases and unexplained… Read More »