As a documentarian, Ken Burns makes Michael Moore look like the amatuer he truly is. I can't recall any of Burns' works that I didn't find compelling. He has a gift as a storyteller most novelists would kill for and a filmaker's eye for making a visual feast of anything he decides to shoot.Best known for what in my mind is the greatest television program in history, The Civil War, Burns has tackled subjects from Baseball to the Brooklyn Bridge, each told with meticulous attention to the facts and a an obvious affection for America. Now Burns has devoted his formidable talents to telling the story of America during World War II. Simply entitiled The War (as if there was never any other), the show will air on most PBS stations tonight and for an additional 6 parts (check local listings for times and dates).Ed Lasky highlighted one review of Burns work earlier this week in AT - a savage panning by the New York Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley. Blogger and Boston Herald editor and...(Read Full Post)