Media diet

Good Night, and Good Luck. Edward G. Murrow bio-pic pretends Cold War was a contest of wills between liberal white male newscasters and the ghost of Senator McCarthy.

Noah's Ark. Patrick-Ian Polk's sepia take on the 'Queer as Folk' genre, now running on Logo, is notable primarily for casting a high femme as lead and not making him a pinkface minstrel a la Jack on Will&Grace. But all those chiselled abs and high cheekbones will collapse whatever is left of your body image.

Little Britain. Now playing on BBC America. There is a God, and he is the only gay in the village.

Do They Know Its Halloween? Hilarious hipster spoof on the whole Sir Bob Geldof charity single genre. Just in time for the Holidays.

Dolly Parton's new album. Sixties-era protest songs from Ms. Parton? Who says country can't be political?