“The Midnight Special” ended in 1981, but the producer, who went on to earn an Oscar nomination for making “Children of a Lesser God,” kept the rights to the show, ...

The Midnight Special, the once hugely popular music program that featured such now legendary performers of the 1970s and early ’80s as David Bowie, Tina Turner, Elton John and too many others to ...

“The Midnight Special” ended in 1981, but the producer, who went on to earn an Oscar nomination for making "Children of a Lesser God," kept the rights to the show, ...

But Midnight Special holds far too much in reserve where it counts. Its minimalism comes off as gelid rather than as an essential tool for deploying story. Roy and Lucas both remain more or less ...