Tuesday, October 14 2008
Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 2
Day Two - A demanding Decalogue overflowing with everything: from fascinating international fare, misbegotten masterworks, some out of the blue bafflers, and that seminal show about “nothing”.
Tuesday, January 29 2008
Seinfeld: Season 9
Seinfeld clearly struggled after Larry David's departure, trying to re-find its way back to a show about nothing.
Thursday, October 11 2007
Part 4 - Feasts from the Fringe
Cable created supply where there was little or no demand. Out of the myriad of subject specific programming, a few gemstones managed to shine.
Friday, June 1 2007
Seinfeld - Season 8
Season 8 of Seinfeld plays like a natural progression into not only the show's endpoint a year later, but the future absurdism of shows like Arrested Development and 30 Rock.
Wednesday, November 22 2006
Seinfeld - Season 7
Season 7 of Seinfeld ties every extraneous idea to the rest, and weaves a tapestry of empty detail. The result: something fabulous made of nothing.
Sunday, January 1 1995
The Michael Richards Show
What's puzzling is why they didn't just call the thing 'Cosmo Kramer, P.I.' That's what audiences wanted, and that's essentially what the show turns out to be.
