Same time on sunday nights. Its funny because tv can work both ways and its interesting watching directors and studios trying to find the balance. And the competition is so the balance. And the competition is so immense. That has to be good for the viewer, hasnt it, because it pushes everyone to do better . That is the best case. I would say that sometimes for the viewer it is also just overwhelming, because there are so just overwhelming, because there are so many shows. As a critic, because it is myjob, i can tell you there isa it is myjob, i can tell you there is a tiny show on a network youve never heard of that you feel like you should look at, but as a viewer, you should look at, but as a viewer, you have enough going on. Ideally, its great, but there are so many people doing great work and these little gems are buried here and there and some of the big names stuff is pushed to get better. There are only so many hours in the day. Thank you so much. Enjoy the show when you get to
Hello, im annette insdorf. Im chair of the Film Division at columbia universitys school of the arts and ill be moderating a discussion on hollywood style and the contemporary American Cinema. Our panel has four outstanding writerdirectors. To my immediate right is Paul Schrader. His credits as writerdirector include american gigolo, cat people, mishima. As a screenwriter for other directors hes responsible for the script of obsession for Brian Depalma Mosquito Coast for peter weir and for Martin Scorsese, taxi driver, raging bull and the last temptation of christ. To his right is Joan Micklin Silver whose credits include hester street between the lines chilly scenes of winter and crossing delancey. To my immediate left is james toback. His credits include the gambler and bugsy, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for screenplay. And in terms of directing his credits include love and money, exposed and the pickup artist. To his left is Whit Stillman whose first feature, me
Un official appeals to the population to end the violence will be life in the capital bought the institution. Hello welcome back to full swing to his room and to lose sleep thank you for joining us first it was announced i dont say that the full israeli Prime Minister ariel sharon has died in a hostel in time of the few was the five years old. He didnt occur innocent suffering a stroke while steve is still in office back in january two thousand and six and he never regained consciousness. Well reports on to manage his deteriorating condition in the past few days and he died surrounded by his family. My cats astonishment eia gives us the latest on reaction to the news is that. Meeting the weld in the morning ariel sharon was frances president. Arielle sharon the former Prime Minister of israel was a major figure in the history of this country after long military and political career. He chose to turn to dialogue with the palestinians. I offer my sincere condolences to his family and the
To be the countrys next president. Marshall law has been declared in thailand. The armys intervention follows months of protests and unrest. The military say they want to restore order and not seize power. This is the scene of the thai capital where soldiers are on the street. Veronica pedrosa, our correspondent, is in the thai capital, bangkok. Army is surrounding the protest camps. What is the atmosphere like . I think people are pretty relieved in some way, and in some sections of society, because this is a country thats been in a state of political turmoil since 2006, and most recently in a state of political deadlock. It feels as if the military is taking control in a kind of big brother kind of way. But it remains to be seen whether that is, indeed, the case. Because what they have done is theyve asked all the protesters to stay where they are, and to cope calm. Theyve asked people to go about their business as usual. At the same time they have issued a number of declarations tha
An emancipation proclamation. They didnt know there would be a civil war yet they built families. Do you know that there were only 388,000 africans who were brought to the United States in the whole history of the slave trade. You know how many were brought to brazil . Rose how many . Five million. The 42 million African Americans today grew, thats what the phrase was, were going to grow our own slaves out of this body of 388,000. So that means these people, despite the fact they were slaves, believed in the principles of democracy in this great republic. Rose a look at the golden age of television and a look at African American history when we continue. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our Studios New York city, this is charlie ros you all know exactly who i am. Say my name. Do what . I dont i dont have a damn clue who the hell you are. Yeah, you do. Im the cook. Im the man who killed gus fring. Rose television is entering what is called a new golden age. Rich story te