‘Homecoming’ Season 2 Shifts to a New Mystery With Ominous Suspense
As it returns for a second season, “Homecoming” faces a unique conundrum in the age of Peak TV. The series premiered two years ago…
‘The Great’ Mocks Power and Courtly Manners With a Silver Spoon and Acid Tongue
How funny the halls of power can be, as those bloated on ego and spoiled with decadence become players in their own tragedies. This is one keen observation in “…
‘Trial by Media’: Court TV Culture Is Explored in Gripping Netflix Docuseries
The role that press, public image, and other issues play in high-profile criminal cases is explored in “Trial by Media,” a six-part…
Derek Cianfrance Tells a Powerful Tale of Family Secrets in HBO’s ‘I Know This Much Is True’
Art has the power to capture not only the beauty of life but its sorrows and haunted wounds. Films and TV shows that focus on the more painful aspects of existence…
‘Dead to Me’ Season 2 Flows With Biting Humor and Emotion
Netflix’s acidly fun comedy “Dead to Me” premiered last year as a hilarious meditation on grief that was pulled off impressively well. Two suburban…
‘Westworld’ Season 3 Ends With a New World Beginning to Take Shape
There’s probably no better line that’s so prescient in this season of television than one of the closing moments of “Westworld” season three. Bernard…
Ryan Murphy Imagines a 1940s ‘Hollywood’ Where Everything That Could Have Been Great Actually Happens
Simply watching “Hollywood” has the sensation of walking around an expensive candy shop where everything looks sumptuous, draped in colors that seem to explode.
‘Homeland’ Ends Its Run With a Visceral Thriller of a Climax
Some spies pack up while others stay in the field for the series finale of “Homeland.” One of the defining thrillers of the post-9/11…
‘Vida’ Ends Its Unique Vision of Latinx Culture With a Masterfully Sublime Voice
For a third and final season “Vida” returns to the streets, homes and changing world of East Los Angeles. The title of the show,…
‘Modern Family’ Says Goodbye After 11 Seasons of Being a Sitcom Trailblazer
“Modern Family” worked like one of those classic sitcoms that later down the road will be seen as a pop chronicle of its time.