Recent viewings

Good night and good luck. An atmospheric tale of the confrontation between hardnosed newsman Edward R. Murrow and Red-baiting Senator Josephy McCarthy. Clooney & Co. beautifully replicate the moody, high-contrast black-and-white look of a period when broadcast newsrooms were still inhabited by men in white shirts with suspenders and ties and fedoras, rarely without a Scotch in hand or a cigarette sending a luxuriant plume of smoke climbing in elegant curves toward the ceiling. Unfortunately, the drama never develops quite as much heat as those ubiquitous glowing cigarettes.