Hugh Grant plays the idealistic E.R. doc who stumbles onto the conspiracy and pursues it to personal ruin. Just as a suspense potboiler, this Michael Apted-directed movie is often eerie and unnerving. In a memorable sequence, Grant follows a guide into the city's bowels to locate the homeless who inhabit the damp darkness. It's deja-Dante all over again. This is another freewheeling discussion series from Bill Moyers on God and morality, as seen from many religious and philosophical perspectives.
Genesis focuses on the stories in the first book of the Old Testament with wit and vigor.
The opening episode, with novelists of varied gender, age and background analyzing the implications of the Cain and Abel narrative, was typically lively. It made you wonder if you'd ever really read this story, in which God prefers Abel's sacrifice to Cain's. Cain murders his brother out of jealousy and asks his famous question about being his brother's keeper. For some, the range of comment and expertise is more confusing and depressing than enlightening. For the Abels of this world, Mary Gordon says the moral of the story is to witness.