It’s a cultural phenomenon. And it wasn’t built by the press, but word of mouth. And it was dropped all at once, it wasn’t about marketing, maintaining subscriptions over months, the work stood alone. And it wasn’t a trifle, like “Ted Lasso.” “Baby Reindeer” fits no preordained slot. But it’s the biggest thing in media […]

Netflix trailer: https://t.ly/kpQ5k It’s creepy. And slow. And in black and white. And if this bothers you, stay away. But if in college you watched foreign films from the sixties, this will feel totally familiar. The first thing you’ll notice is the black and white. Honestly, I thought it would be like “The Wizard of […]

We’re here for a hundredth birthday concert for Henry Mancini. L’Aquila is somewhere between one and two hours from Rome, depending on the traffic. It’s in the Apennine mountains. (You remember them from elementary school, right? Well, I remembered they were in Italy, but I couldn’t have picked them out on a map, nor did […]

Netflix trailer: https://tinyurl.com/bdzah3kr RottenTomatoes: 70% Critics/86% Audience That’s about right. Meaning this is an enjoyable watch, but it fails to be a classic, to resonate in a way that you want to tell everybody about it. Then again, the hoi polloi love it, my inbox is overflowing with fans of this show. So what you’ve […]