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Stephen Schaefer

Film critic and entertainment reporter Stephen Schaefer writes regularly for The Boston Herald with interviews, features, reviews and "Hollywood & Mine," a weekly BostonHerald.com/ entertainment/movies column.  He frequently speaks with film clubs about upcoming releases and often covers film festivals in Berlin, Venice, New York and Toronto.

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Based on a magazine article inspired by Sergio Juarez’s barrier-breaking approach teaching impoverished 12-year-olds, “Radical” continues the positive work of producer and star Eugenio Derbez following his turn as a music teacher in “CODA.”

Eugenio Derbez returns to teaching role in ‘Radical’

Based on a magazine article inspired by Sergio Juarez’s barrier-breaking approach teaching impoverished 12-year-olds, “Radical” continues the positive work of producer and star Eugenio Derbez following his turn as a...
Julian Fellowes, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who created and scripts HBO MAX's “The Gilded Age” series, knew that for the second season of this period drama about baronial excess, the question was simple: How do you get bigger?

‘The Gilded Age’ takes bigger strides in Season 2

Julian Fellowes, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who created and scripts HBO MAX's “The Gilded Age” series, knew that for the second season of this period drama about baronial excess, the question...
“Fellow Travelers” highlights the now-infamous Red Scare, led by Senator Joe McCarthy to ferret out Communists in government.  It soon transmuted into the Lavender Scare, a witch hunt for “perverts,” gays and lesbians, in the State Department.

‘Fellow Travelers’ makes way through Scare-driven D.C.

“Fellow Travelers” highlights the now-infamous Red Scare, led by Senator Joe McCarthy to ferret out Communists in government.  It soon transmuted into the Lavender Scare, a witch hunt for “perverts,” gays...
Matt Singer has written the Ultimate Geek History of one of the movies’ – and television’s – most dysfunctional couples with “Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever.”

Author dives into legacy of film critics Siskel & Ebert

Matt Singer has written the Ultimate Geek History of one of the movies’ – and television’s – most dysfunctional couples with “Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever.”