TV & Film
TV & Film
Published Thursday, 28-Jun-2007 in issue 1018
Saturday
“Super Made”
MTV at 8 p.m.
The new MTV series “Super Made” has experts in music, dance and film transforming people’s lives. In its debut episode, three friends compete against one another to guest star on a soap opera.
Sunday
“Concert for Diana”
NBC at 8 p.m.
In commemoration of the late Princess Diana’s birthday, this charity concert, hosted by Matt Lauer, boasts performers including Elton John, Duran Duran, Lily Allen, Kanye West and Nelly Furtado, among others.
Wednesday
“Next Best Thing: Who is the Greatest Cele-brity Impersonator?”
ABC at 8 p.m.
Fourteen semifinalist impersonators compete to win a $100,000 grand prize. Impersonators include “George W. Bush,” “Tina Turner,” “Robin Williams” and “Al Pacino.”
Sicko
Michael Moore, director of the award-winning documentaries Fahren-heit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine, gives us another helping of his brand of social criticism with Sicko. This time, his lens is focused on our privatized health care system and how 15 percent of citizens in the richest country in the world do not have health care.
Killer of Sheep
Played by Henry Gayle Sanders, “Stan” works at a slaughterhouse in Watts, Calif., in the mid 1970s. Stan’s life is fraught with financial problems, but he finds solace in simple moments, such as dancing with his wife or spending time with his daughter. While there is no plot or real conclusion to the film, it documents the everyday struggles and joys of one black family.
Broken English
Indie-film queen Parker Posey plays “Nora Wilder,” a single, 30-something woman living and working in Manhattan. Nora dreams about finding love and, after several terrible dates, she finds what seems to be the man of her dreams. She later realizes that she can never find love in another before she finds it within herself.
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