The Office (UK)

It's been hard to forgive Peter Greenaway, above all, for the howling miscreant-ism of "8 1/2 Women" (1999). His particularized brand of hyper-structural art cinema -- and Greenaway's movies have always been stylistically distinctly his, which is no mean achievement -- had already been in self-involved decline ("The Pillow Book," etc.), but "8 1/2 Women" was a cliff edge, a film beyond which any globally respected career would have to take a good stoning, creep shamefacedly into a crawlspace somewhere and work on a sensibility overhaul while hoping we'd soon forget all about it. Greenaway has more or less hibernated since -- a short here or there, and beginning in 2003 he churned out four connected features known as "The Tulse Luper Suitcases" that saw only festival screens, and went unreleased everywhere.
I still appreciate Greenaway, even if his movies are sometimes unbearable -- his obviously honest compulsion to construct intricate Erector Set narrative contraptions, and »
- Michael Atkinson

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If you like the premise of a quirky community college study group made up of a suspended lawyer (Joel McHale), an old man that wears vests (Chevy Chase), and get this, an Asian guy that teaches Spanish (Ken Jeong as Señor Chang), then sidle up for NBC's premiere of Community tonight. Even if post-SNL Chevy Chase doesn't get your remote's pulse running, there is something for every television taste tonight, with premieres of The Office, Bones, Survivor: Samoa, Paula Abdul-hosted VH1: Divas and more! »

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School is back in session. Leaves are turning colors. Old shows are coming out of hibernation and new shows are getting their chance on the boob tube. Television is the hot place to be now, with celebrity guest appearances and television shows everywhere. Movie stars? What's that? And while I've long believed that Television is continuing to move closer and closer to another golden era (despite what VH1 and reality television may force you to think), we won't know until we watch.
Without further ado, I present to you a listing of Fall 2009 Television Premieres, with a couple of must sees (Squees!) and must misses (Mehs!). Please note that some premieres are listed that have already passed—I've left them on the list as a reference point for when that show will air and what channel it will be on.
Glee
Glee is Fox's breakout hit. Maybe that is premature, »
- Max Alexis

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