Richard WexlerA German television drama, and its de facto sequel, look at life before, during and after the wallBefore the review, a plea: These are great series — they’re also damn complicated, especially if you are neither German nor a student of…8 min read·Feb 25, 2024----
Richard WexlerAn open letter to some people I wanted to think of as friendsThe president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has pledged unwavering solidarity with the Palestinians, condemned Israel’s assault on…16 min read·Oct 22, 2023----
Richard WexlerWe’re old, we’re bold, get used to it!It’s a toss-up when it comes to which prejudice blazing forth from the cover of The New Yorker is more offensive, the ableism or the…3 min read·Sep 30, 2023----
Richard WexlerA drama from Finland explores being a journalist in a post-truth worldWhen police raided the newspaper in the small town of Marion, Kansas this month, a myth quickly took hold among some journalists. It was…4 min read·Aug 20, 2023----
Richard WexlerA salute to Neil Burnside — the spy who got me to MaltaContains mild spoilers about a 44-year-old television series you’ve probably never heard of — though it’s currently streaming on BritBox.5 min read·May 28, 2022----
Richard WexlerFrom Portugal with love — and saudadeAbout nine years ago, a work colleague and I were discussing Jess Walter’s brilliant novel, Beautiful Ruins. It’s a novel The New York…4 min read·Mar 6, 2022----
Richard WexlerNetflix Japanese drama “The Journalist” is ripped from the headlines — and faithful to themAt the very end of a long closing credits sequence in The Journalist, the first series Netflix has commissioned from Japan, there appears…6 min read·Jan 30, 2022----
Richard WexlerAfrican politics through an African lensThere are no white saviors in the fascinating, and frustrating, Senegalese-French political drama Wara5 min read·Dec 19, 2021----
Richard WexlerAnd to think that I saw it in my Facebook feed: A few words about those Dr. Seuss booksLast week Dr. Seuss Enterprises (DSE) decided to let six of the famed children’s book author’s books that almost no one was buying anyway…6 min read·Mar 7, 2021----
Richard WexlerHow the racial and class bias sneak into the journalism● A New York Times Upshot story about COVID-19 and schools dresses up middle-class angst and inconvenience in the trappings of science…7 min read·Feb 12, 2021----