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‘Our Towns’ Review: Across America, Signs of Life In this companion piece to the book of the same title, James and Deborah Fallows search for revitalization in American cities that had fallen on hard times. Sharon Jones, from Columbus, Miss., in the documentary “Our Towns.”Credit...HBO Our Towns Documentary When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. The documentary “Our Towns” serves as a compani...

HBO documentary ‘Our Towns’ visits 6 American cities and finds unity, not division Ann Hornaday © HBO Max/HBO Max HANDOUT IMAGE: A scene from the film, Our Towns. Martin Luther King Day march in Riverside, California. Image from HBO press website. *USE ONLY WITH DIRECT COVERAGE OF (movie), ACROSS PLATFORMS, NO SALES, NO TRADES*. NO SALES. NO TRADES. FOR USE ONLY WITHIN THE MOVIES PUBLICITY WINDOW. Credit: HBO Max Rating:  (3 stars) It’s a jittery time to be an...

It was a chance, as James Fallows, the former chief speechwriter for Jimmy Carter and journalist formerly based in Washington, Texas, and several countries in Asia, put it in the Atlantic in 2019, to visit places generally uncovered by the national media except during elections or times of crisis. The multimedia project would “report on how schools, businesses, families and civic life were faring ‘out there’”. Over four years of criss-crossing the country, the experiment mor...

HBO documentary ‘Our Towns’ visits 6 American cities and finds unity, not division Ann Hornaday © HBO Max/HBO Max HANDOUT IMAGE: A scene from the film, Our Towns. Martin Luther King Day march in Riverside, California. Image from HBO press website. *USE ONLY WITH DIRECT COVERAGE OF (movie), ACROSS PLATFORMS, NO SALES, NO TRADES*. NO SALES. NO TRADES. FOR USE ONLY WITHIN THE MOVIES PUBLICITY WINDOW. Credit: HBO Max Rating:  (3 stars) It’s a jittery time to be an...

What’s on TV This Week: ‘Our Towns’ and ‘Beethoven in Beijing’ A documentary on HBO looks at small towns across America. And PBS’s “Great Performances” revisits a pivotal 1973 classical music tour. A scene from “Our Towns.”Credit...HBO April 12, 2021 Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one. Here are some of the shows, specials and movies coming to TV this week, April 12-18. Details and times are subjec...

Critics review “Voyagers,” about a group of genetically engineered teenagers in outer space; “Thunder Force,” a Netflix original comedy starring Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer as two friends who become a crime-fighting duo; “Our Towns,” an…

HBOs Our Towns Documentary Examines American Struggle and Spirit James and Deborah Fallows 2018 book adapted for the screen by Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan by Ben Speggen HBO Like the book upon which it is based, "Our Towns," the new HBO documentary from Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan is uplifting without being pollyannish. The feature film captures the triumphs and trials of present-day America thro...

The week's TV highlights include the premiere of the new HBO fantasy series, "The Nevers"; the return of "Fear the Walking Dead"; and Jamie Foxx starring in the Netflix series, "Dad Stop Embarrassing Me."

President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan into law on March 11, 2021. The White House In his first prime time address to the country, President Biden told Americans that after a year of suffering, there’s reason to believe better days are coming soon. He promised that all adults would be eligible for the vaccine by May 1st, and he said people may be able to hold small gatherings to celebrate the Fourth of July. The speech came hours after Biden signed a massive 1.9 trillion...

Deborah Fallows has spent much of her life learning languages and traveling around the world. But nothing prepared her for the surprises of learning Mandarin, China's most common language, or the intensity of living in Shanghai and Beijing. Over time, she realized that her struggles and triumphs in studying the language of her adopted home provided small clues to deciphering