Sitemap - 2023 - Beth's TV & Film Recommendations

Beth's Top Shows of 2023

Beth's Top Films of 2023

👑 "The Crown" Ends - Part 2

👑 “The Crown” Ends - Part 1

"Lessons in Chemistry" Offers up Serious Life Lessons

“Murder at the End of the World” is a Wildly Addictive Mystery

"The Killer" is a Slow Cool

❤️ “The Buccaneers” isn’t Bridgerton 2.0

♀️🌍 “Creamerie” milks the Dystopian Bogey

❤️ "Past Lives" Presents Alternate Romantic Realities

"Fingernails" Review - Listen 🎧

"Fingernails" Review: Love, Loss, & Certainty

"Fall of the House of Usher" Recap - Listen 🎧

"Fair Play" & "Bottoms" Reviews: Subverting the Patriarchy is Costly

It's My Birthday and I'll Cry if I Want To

"Race" plots its viewers in the middle of evil and implores us to find the moral discourse

The Best in BEVP Boob Tube: 10/9

"Kelce" says something about the brutality and brotherhood of playing pro football

The Best in BEVP Boob Tube: 10/2

"The Assistant" is a subtle and suggestive film about everything and nothing

7 in 10 people will like "Love at First Sight"

"Oppenheimer" Review: He's a Fire God and a Fall Guy

"Justified: City Primeval" Season Finale

Babylon is a Brilliant & Messy Symphony

Justified: City Primeval Episodes 6-7 - Showdown at the O.K. Corral or the Airport Radisson

Are You There God? It's me.

Two Shows that are Hard to Love but Worth the Effort + Other Anti Rom-Coms to Watch

Justified: City Primeval Episodes 4-5 Roundup

"Jury Duty", "The Afterparty" Season 2, "Hijack" & Some Other Bonus Content

An Update with an Exclamation Point

Justified: City Primeval Episodes 2-3 Afterthoughts

Barbie Review: C’mon Barbie Let’s Go Party

Justified: City Primeval Episode 1 Review

"Girls5eva" is Tina Fey Funny

"The Horror of Dolores Roach" Review: Don't Push Her

The Bear - Season Two’s Strange Currencies

"The Bear" Review - Season 1 Staging

Somebody Somewhere: Because sometimes you just need a little help from a friend

Am I Being Unreasonable Review: A show you probably never heard of is really quite good

Barry Review: A non-redemption narrative that leaves its audience in quiet discomfort

Being Mary Tyler Moore Review: A Portrait in stoicism

Lucky Hank Review: Not all is lucky for Odenkirk and co in this Richard Russo adaptation

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Finale: Reckoning with ambition, fame, and the appeal of a guardian angel

Unveiling Marvelous Connections: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Gilmore Girls

AIR Review: Entertaining, uplifting, and a perfect basketball flick, especially as we head into NBA Conference finals

Mid Life Women on the Verge

Shining a light on Varian Fry, one of WW2's "Righteous," and America's lack of intervention to save Jews and anti-Nazis in early 1940s Europe

Beef: An exquisite cornucopia of fear, anger, and what moves us

What I'm watching & listening to: 4/1/23

The Case for a 2nd season of "Reboot"

In the Israeli documentary, I Am Not, an adopted child, discovers who he is by understanding who he's not

Israeli films explore themes of cultural diversity, family, estrangement, and romantic relationships

The Last of Us Review - Episode 9 Recap: Look for the Light

What I'm watching & listening to: 3/15/23

The Last of Us Review - Episode 8 Recap: When we are in need

The Last of Us Review - Episode 7 Recap: Left Behind

Random stray thoughts that have nothing to do with movies or films

The Last of Us Review - Episode 6 Recap: Kin explores the fragility of human life and leaves us with a worrisome conclusion

On The Legacy of “Dead to Me” - Detective Perez breaks bad, Judy's Boho Chic Cali-Style, and Season 3 Preview

The Last of Us Review - Episode 5 Recap: Endure a lot and survive but then ultimately die

How to use the Substack editor

Velma Finale & Parting Thoughts

"Your Place or Mine" Netflix Film Recap Review

On The Legacy of “Dead to Me” - 80s Gal Pal Reverence, Coping with Loss & The Exceptional Load of Being Female - Letter #1

The Last of Us Review - Episode 4 Recap: I wanna hold your hand

Velma Review - Episodes 7 & 8: Fog Fest & A Velma in the Woods

The Last of Us Review - Episode 3 Recap: Making love out of nothing at all

Velma Review - Episodes 5 & 6: Marching Band Sleepover Velma Makes a List & The Sins of the Fathers and Some of the Mothers

The Last of Us Review - Episode 2 "Infected" Recap: Save who you can save

Velma Review - Episodes 3 & 4: Velma Kai & Velma Makes a List

The Last of Us Review - Episode 1 Recap: Where a post-apocalyptic fungus f*cks with humanity

Velma Review - Episodes 1 & 2 Recap: An exercise in re-camped excess of a beloved, formerly unseen character

What’s coming on BEVP for January

The Menu Review: Where a table setting serves as haute class warfare

"Fleishman Is in Trouble" Review: We’re All in Trouble