Two Notable Independents Open This Week
Each presents protagonists that are too rarely seen on screen.
Summer Television and It’s Ladies’ Night— Oh What a Night! (Part One of Two)
The content machine never stops, and this summer is no exception. Get ready for fabulous series premieres with women front and center.
‘Janet Planet’ – A Universe Apart
“Janet Planet,” written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker, rotates around the mother-daughter relationship between Janet and 11-year-old Lacy.
‘Kinds of Kindness’
Yorgos Lanthimos, the controversial critics’ favorite who directed “Poor Things,” lives by the statement “Sometimes you just need to be ridiculous in order to achieve what we’re trying to achieve.”
Sizzling Summer Releases
Expect sequels of your favorites, remakes and reimaginings of stories from the past.
‘Black Uniform’—Remembering and Honoring
On this, the 80th anniversary of D Day, it is appropriate to remember all those veterans who sacrificed for our freedom, whether in World War II or in the wars that followed.
‘Butterfly in the Sky’ – The Story of Reading Rainbow
Think of unicorns, big smiles, dancing, ladybugs, butterflies and all the colors on a bright palette, and you begin to approach the past joys of the television show “Reading Rainbow.”
‘Taking Venice’— An American First
When the United States government, for one brief moment in time, decided they would wield the sword of art and culture against Communism, they stirred up a hornet’s nest at the Venice Biennale.
Spring Television – With a Bit Less Spring
I apologize for these late entries, many of which have been on for a while, but they were new when I watched them.
Spring Into Television
So much to watch! The TV series just keep coming and many of them are quite good.