Benjamin Wainwright and Shaniqua Orwok on why Maigret is more a "why-dunnit" than a "who-dunnit", and what makes the French detective so timelessly appealing.
American Masters and PBS take a by-the-books look at the life and career of controversial Southern novelist Flannery O'Connor.
Last Days in Vietnam is a harrowing and balanced look at the waning days of losing a war.
Nothing but horror for the holidays in this week's DVD column with looks at the anthology horror V/H/S , the remake Silent Night , the ridiculous concept of having a zombie Osama Bin Laden, and the truly depressing horror faced by some teens in American schools: underfunding.
This week's a busy one at the video store, as we take a look at Chronicle, Hard Core Logo 2, a BBC remounting of Great Expectations, Rampart, Albert Nobbs, the first season of Hell on Wheels, Wrestlemania XXVIII, and a very brief, curt message about The Devil Inside .