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John Leonard

March 26, 2007
Planet Earth

Sigourney Weaver, Discovery Channel, and the BBC have teamed up for a month of Sundays to show us what 70 camera operators spending more than 2,000 days in 200 locations all over the globe can do.

March 26, 2007
Pilgrimage to Karbala

Karbala, in Iraq, is the site of the murder and butchering of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson in 680 A.D., in this remarkable Wide Angle documentary from Kevin Sim.

March 26, 2007
The Wedding Bells

Why executive producer David E. Kelley should be so hard on marriage is a mystery to me. After all, isn’t he married to Michelle Pfeiffer?

March 12, 2007
Suburban Warfare

The Riches features a family of grifters—and the most scathing take on class relations anywhere on TV.

March 12, 2007
Life Support

Nelson George, who co-wrote and directs Life Support, is thinking about his real-life sister Andrea, a community health activist in Bed-Stuy whose specialty is spreading the word about AIDS.

March 12, 2007
Kings of South Beach

Not even the considerable writing, directing, and acting talents of Nicholas Pileggi, Tim Hunter, and Donnie Wahlberg and Jason Gedrick can make Kings of South Beach seem altogether fresh.

March 5, 2007
Emerald Ire

The Black Donnellys presents a smart—if familiar— take on Irish guts and guilt.

March 5, 2007
Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?

According to Independent Lens and filmmaker Frank Popper the answer is a resonant “maybe.”

March 5, 2007
Barbarians II

As if the Huns, Goths, Vikings, and Mongols of three years ago weren’t enough, the History Channel returns with four more hours of rape and pillage.

February 26, 2007
The Ad Hoc Behavioral Laboratory

Abu Ghraib, from all the angles.

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