- January 31, 2000
- Childrens' Crusades
An HBO documentary brings home the heart-wrenching reality of war's impact on kids.
- January 24, 2000
- In brief: "The Killer at Thurston High"
- January 24, 2000
- I Want My MTV
Not even Ed Sullivan could make TV viewers appreciate opera, but "Central Park" on "Great Performances" keeps the faith with a minority audience.
- January 17, 2000
- Double Jeopardy
Bigger even than Y2K was the great quiz-show frenzy of 1999; "NYPD Blue" returns, but do we believe Sipowicz really cares about civil rights?
- December 13, 1999
- Outta Sight
HBO and Showtime both look at the federal witness-protection program and report that being invisible isn't the same thing as being free.
- November 29, 1999
- "One Special Night"
Julie Andrews and James Garner sparkle again.
- November 29, 1999
- Spilled Milk
Dan White, the Twinkie-defense murderer, has become just another angry white man with a gun.
- November 22, 1999
- The Kane Mutinies
"RKO 281" spins insouciant fictions from a documentary about the wars over "Citizen Kane" -- and you'll never think of Rosebud the same way again.
- November 22, 1999
- Three New TV Movies
- November 15, 1999
- New York Times
The documentary techniques may be familiar, but that doesn't diminish the power of Ric Burns's tour through four roiling centuries of Gotham history.