“Godfather of Harlem” season two is being tied with the “French Connection.” It is the title of this season’s first episode, a new business venture for Forest Whitaker’s Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson,…
The starting point of HBO’s six-part limited series “Mare of Easttown” is a murder mystery. It then develops as an excellent thriller but along with the questions comes a stronger kind of…
Laura Donnelly and Ann Skelly have acted in numerous period pieces before, donning costumes and traveling to some other era. But they have never been in anything quite like HBO’s “…
Few directors can truly be called internationalist to the level of Raoul Peck. His journey as an artist and thinker is a collection of work that tells unknown or underground histories, from…
It’s a beautiful day in the racist neighborhood at the beginning of Amazon’s new anthology series “Them.” White picket fences and pristine lawns hide horrific secrets and monsters that are not always…
With its splashes of melodrama and lots of ammo to spare, “Queen of the South” nears the end with both style and inevitability. At a time when we’re being constantly flooded with…
The CW’s “Kung Fu” is a new show using an old title, rather than a reboot of an old classic. The original “Kung Fu” series, which aired from 1972 through 1975, is…
The great Jewish-German critic Walter Benjamin once wrote as the storm clouds of World War II gathered, “There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of…
Adolescence has a universal way of giving us all great and terrible memories. It’s just part of the human experience to smile and cringe at our adolescence. “Chad” brings a fresh diversity…
Nasim Pedrad felt there was something missing on television. It was her story. Rarely, if ever, is the Persian-American experience represented in popular media. The same could be said for many communities…
As technology advances it begins to morph our old paranoias about love and finding the perfect mate. HBO Max’s “Made for Love” is the latest dose of dystopian romance, where a fairy…
There is a poignant and simple message in the story of Tina Turner. She is an icon, gifted with a fierce, natural talent. Her hits are now standards. But before all of…