Tig Notaro

Maddie Ziegler in Music

Music, Sia’s vivid imagination

Music is what I ended up watching weeks into the writers’ strike when the streamers are full of old material I’ve already watched. This first effort as a filmmaker by Sia is definitely not good, but I watched it all the way through anyway.

Reese Witherspoon in Your Place or Mine

Your Place or Mine, above average romcom

Your Place or Mine brings a stellar cast to a slightly above average romcom. Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher are in the lead roles. There’s a terrific cast surrounding them. The film was written and directed by Aline Brosh McKenna.

Ed Helms and Patti Harrison in Together Together

Together Together, but not like that

Together Together is about a couple who spend a few intense months together, but they aren’t together together. It’s a story of the slow growth of respect and friendship between two people who are connected out of necessity, not love. This film is available on Hulu.

the cast of Transparent Musicale Finale

Review: Transparent: Musicale Finale

Transparent: Musicale Finale takes a grieving Pfefferman family on a journey toward healing with music, Jewish traditions, and some truly bizarre turns of fantasy.

Sarah Gadon in Alias Grace

10 Great TV Series Directed Wholly or Partly by Women from 2017

My standard disclaimer about top 10 end of year lists: there are many things I don’t see on TV because I don’t have the right channels or subscriptions. If I overlook your favorite, that may be why. Here are the best TV shows I saw in 2017 (even if they weren’t released in 2017).

Tig Notaro in One Mississippi

Review: One Mississippi

The only thing wrong with season 1 of One Mississippi is there isn’t enough of it. It’s a mere 6 brief episodes with Tig Notaro in her semi-autobiographical struggle to survive cancer, C-Diff, childhood trauma, and the death of her mother all in one overwhelming onslaught.

Tammy and Sarah kiss at their wedding

Transparent Season 2 Episode 1: Let the Pfeffermans Begin

Transparent gave Amazon Prime members an early preview with the release of season 2, episode 1 yesterday. The remainer of the season will be available on December 11. I don’t plan to review or recap each episode individually, but I couldn’t resist commenting on the early release episode 1. I’ll write about the season as a whole after it releases. …

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