Curb Your Enthusiasm

In “About My Father,” comedian Sebastian Maniscalco casts the patron saint of Italian Americans, Robert De Niro, as his own father — because when you’re a relatively unknown comedian repackaging your already mediocre standup material as a movie, you desperately need something to sell the tickets.

“He’s the perfect naked man,” she described the statue with too much arousal for comfort. “Half tense, half relaxed.”

“The Outfit” is at its best when it interrogates moral ambiguities or, at the very least, provides a cheap thrill in the form of an undulating plot that induces bated breath. Regrettably, it is wont to lose sight of both.

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will likely be handing out awards to some long-deserving titles formerly overlooked in the era of “Game of Thrones” and “Veep.”

...this final remark speaks to the broader message of the film, acknowledging and validating feelings of disillusionment surrounding the holidays. Instead of simply trying to cope with failure during the holiday season when Charlie Brown is confronted with it again and again, he eventually just owns it.

It’s true that some aspects of cultural or ethnic identity are integral to who you are. I don’t think I would be wholly me if I weren’t Jewish. But I can reference my Judaism and have that serve as one of my key characteristics without making that my sole identifier.

We are presently in a golden age of television. It would be nearly impossible for one person to sort through all of the television at our fingertips and decide what is or isn’t the best. This is where the Emmy Awards come in.

While most heads are turned toward which shows will be nominated, there are bound to be equally as many noteworthy snubs.