TV Review: 'Orphan Black'

BBC America's Supernatural Saturday a marketing fumble, but a DVR must

"...The Nerdist’s maiden voyage: Tatiana Maslany of new show Orphan Black, which also debuts Saturday in the nicely nestled..."

March 29, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

I Like to Watch

Orphan Black, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and the appeal of the status quo

"...I would never go so far as to say Orphan Black (whose season 4 premieres on BBC America, Thu., April..."

April 15, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

The Best and Worst of TV in 2013

From 'Breaking Bad' to 'Bunheads,' this list has it all

"...4) Black Mirror (Audience Network) This Twilight Zone about the "way..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

Luce

High school drama becomes an indictment of “either/or” culture

"...a young man destined for great things, a war orphan being raised in suburbia by doting parents. But that’s..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Shadow

Zhang Yimou's period martial arts drama probes the moral grays of life in a royal court

"...Jingzhou (Deng again, in an extraordinary double performance), an orphan rescued and raised by Ziyu's uncle as his duplicate,..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Don't Touch That Dial

ATX Television Fest is back for round three

"...Orphan Black co-creators Graeme Manson and John Fawcett are bringing..."

March 28, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Picture Bride

"...-- a story about Riyo (Kudoh), a 16-year-old Japanese orphan married off to Matsuji (Takayama), a Japanese immigrant living..."

Aug. 11, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Roommates

"...tragedy that's left its youngest member, six-year-old Michael, an orphan. It's the kind of declaration that characterizes Rocky: plain,..."

March 10, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Ida

Concisely but with great depth, this Polish film explores questions of individual and national identity.

"...Anna (Trzebuchowska, an arresting newcomer) is an orphan and novitiate nun on the verge of taking her..."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Babylon A.D.

Vin Diesel stars as a mercenary hired to escort a woman with a dangerous virus out of Russia.

"...down for our not so brave new world. Dead, black, and blue replaces the now-obsolete red, white, and blue,..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nacho Libre

This sophomore outing from the director of Napoleon Dynamite is full of cheesy goodness, courtesy of Jack Black, but a little goes a long way.

"...Directed by: Jared Hess. Starring: Jack Black, Héctor Jiménez, Ana de la Reguera, Moises Arias, Rene..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: A Christmas Horror Story

Seasonal horror anthology is a holiday delight

"...Steve Hoban, who's also responsible for Splice, and the Black Christmas remake). In a clear nod to that deliciously..."

Dec. 21, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

I Like to Watch

Our new TV columnist wants to believe

"...Canadians, whose only export is being better than us. Orphan Black is the show you have heard about, with..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

Page Two: Mysteries Unraveled

Part two of Louis Black's interview with novelist John Irving

"...a gay man and his transvestite lover adopting an orphan? Well, it would take the Virgin Mary's tears, that's..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Column by Louis Black

The House With a Clock in Its Walls

Eli Roth swaps gore for delightful childlike Gothic wonder

"...Directed by: Eli Roth. Starring: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan and Colleen Camp...."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

DVDanger: 'Ginger Snaps'

The Fitzgerald sisters unleashed in the werewolf classic

"...are reunited on the equally femmecentric Canadian clone Sfer Orphan Black...."

Aug. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Rooster Teeth Built Meaningful Diversity Into gen:LOCK

Austin studio emphasizes representation in its animated show

"...brought in Austin-based writer Evan Narcisse (Rise of the Black Panther) as part of the writers room, and that..."

July 10, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Panic Fest 2022: Woodland Grey

Fear in the forest in this subtle psychological horror

"...with a mysterious past (Ryan Blakely, best known as Orphan Black's Reverend Mike), and Emily (Jenny Raven). She disturbs..."

May 18, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Pink Wall

Add another classic to the “Breakup Dramas” genre

"...to shuffle the deck. Leon (Jay Duplass) and Jenna (Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany) have been together for six years,..."

March 10, 2019 SXSW Post by Josh Kupecki

Spike Lee, Rian Johnson, and Chelsea Manning for SXSW

Plus major tech names, Westworld panel, and more added

"...• Emmy-winning actress Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black, Stronger)..."

Jan. 30, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: Musicians of Behavior

Actors are musicians of behavior

"...nature, plays many roles in the Canadian TV production, Orphan Black: Sarah, Helena, Cassima, Beth, Rachel, a dead German..."

May 2, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Talking About 'My Generation' at ATX Television Festival

TV celebration adds Austin-shot ABC drama to schedule

"...become one of the growing audience that realizes that Orphan Black is one of the most underrated shows on..."

April 18, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television Fest Lines Up FX Premieres

UPDATED: 'Roswell' reunion added; ‘Fargo,’ ‘The Strain’ to close fest

"...Previously announced programming includes an Everwood reunion, an Orphan Black sneak, and the inaugural Achievement in Television Excellence..."

April 15, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Yonder Stands Your Orphan

"...Yonder Stands Your Orphanby Barry Hannah..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Books Review by Shawn Badgley

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...every one of God's minutes." -- Yonder Stands Your Orphan, 2001..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Raising Arizona

Arizona Dranes, the gospel beat, and the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

"..."This institution is neither an orphan asylum, a children's home, an asylum for embeciles, nor..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Gifted

A child prodigy gets caught up in a custody battle

"...theatre. Writer Tom Flynn hit the “best unproduced movie” Black List a few years back with this script and..."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Winter's Tale

Neither Colin Farrell's charms nor Will Smith as the Devil can rescue this soggy valentine.

"...as every other actor here, is Peter Lake, an orphan set adrift, Moses-like, in the Hudson River in turn-of-the-century..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Downton Abbey' Season Premiere: Part One

The denizens of Downton are back (some of them in black)

"...wear on a potentially chilly walk. Mary wants the black one, as she’s committed to her widow’s weeds. Nanny..."

Jan. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

Songcatcher

"...First she pillages the musical memory banks of doe-eyed orphan-waif Deladis Slocumb (Rossum), then she seeks out the wizened..."

June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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