Ani Bundel

Washington, D.C., United States

Associate Editor at Telly Visions: The Podcast

Assoc. Editor @telly_visions Podcast: Telly Visions: The Podcast. Bylines: MSNBC, CNN, etc. @OfficialTCA Member. She/Her.

Articles

'Verona's Romeo & Juliet' Resurfaces as 'Juliet & Romeo'

6 days ago | tellyvisions.org | Ani Bundel

It would be impossible to list out all the various adaptations of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, even if one were to stick to only those committed to film. Moreover, much like Pride & Prejudice, feature-length stories of the star-crossed lovers seem to function on a generational scale — every 20 years or so, a new "definitive" version arrives.
Acorn TV Picks Up Gaelic Series 'Crá,' Retitled 'Boglands'

6 days ago | tellyvisions.org | Ani Bundel

Despite technically referring to two completely different languages, the word "Gaelic" is one that's fraught with emotional baggage, as the last century saw the Irish version become the language of rebellion, of terrorists, as the Irish Republican Army tried to bomb their way to freedom in the most recent major bout of "The Troubles." This is an unfortunate situation because, in light of the Welsh language revival, Irish residents, especially those from Northern Ireland, would like to see...
Acorn TV Rides 'Harry Wild's Debut into "Murder Mystery May"

1 week ago | tellyvisions.org | Ani Bundel

It's no secret that AMC Networks, the parent company that owns AMC+, BBC America, Shudder, Sundance Now, Acorn TV, and several others, is not performing well in the current phase of the streaming wars.
'Death Valley' Season 1: Cast, Plot, U.S. Premiere

1 week ago | tellyvisions.org | Ani Bundel |Kiell Smith-Bynoe

BritBox is chugging along in 2025, full steam ahead, no holds barred, cozy crime caper after cozy crime caper, with a few A-list British actors starring in horrifying thrillers in between and the occasional reality series.
'The Gilded Age' Season 3 Will Shine in Summer

1 week ago | tellyvisions.org | Ani Bundel

It’s no secret that The Gilded Age on HBO has not come close to replicating the success of Downton Abbey (the series that inspired it) once was on PBS. It’s not the fault of series creator Julian Fellowes (the creative force behind both shows); the landscape of TV has altered radically since 2010, when the latter show first arrived on ITV and then was picked up by Masterpiece on PBS.
'Welcome to Wrexham' Season 4 Returns to the Pitch in May

1 week ago | tellyvisions.org | Ani Bundel

There are two sports in the U.K. that the average American doesn't understand. The best-known is cricket, a not-exactly baseball variant offshoot that includes sticky wickets and cow corners. (No, I don't know what those mean either.) The other is football — not American football with the funny-shaped handegg, but footie football, which Americans and Australians call soccer. For decades, the sport has tried to make inroads in the U.S. with the World Cup and nationalist feeling.
'Boarders' Season 2: How to Watch & Stream in the U.S.

1 week ago | tellyvisions.org | Ani Bundel

HBO and Max are betting big on a certain family-oriented franchise about a poor kid whose life is magically changed for the better when he gets an invite to go away to an exclusive boarding school where the residents are used to a very different, far more rarified lifestyle. However, Anglophiles know plenty of school-based stories exist that are not focused on a special Boy Who Lived.
Paapa Essiedu Will Officially Play Severus Snape for HBO

1 week ago | tellyvisions.org | Ani Bundel

There was a time, about a decade ago, before I joined Telly Visions, when I launched a Harry Potter/Wizarding World website. I say this to be upfront about how long and how dedicated a Potter fan I was, without getting into things that are better left locked away on LiveJournal, and to help explain why covering the new series is something I'm doing out of obligation.
'Adolescence' Director To Helm 'Enola Holmes 3'

1 week ago | tellyvisions.org | Ani Bundel

Millie Bobby Brown has had a less-than-ideal early 2025, with the latest Netflix-produced Russo Brothers movie she stars in, The Electric State, doing exactly as well with critics as everything else they've made since the 2018-2019 Avengers double whammy. Moreover, after a decade in the business, she's growing up, trying to dress the part, and overshooting the mark exactly as much as one would expect a newly married 21-year-old to.
'Harry Wild's Season 4 Trailer Confirms Harry Is Here to Stay

1 week ago | tellyvisions.org | Ani Bundel

So far in 2025, BritBox has been on a tear, with enough British hits from ITV and the BBC in the first four months to be considered genuine competition to PBS and Masterpiece. It's been an interesting turn of events, especially compared to Acorn TV, which has been around almost a decade longer and has never even begun to compete in such a manner, content to stay a niche offering among a disparate group of them.