Sophie Gilbert
The Challenge of Margaret Atwood
With her new book—the much-awaited sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale—the Canadian author is leading a resistance. But it’s not the one you might think.
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Franco Origlia / Getty The Charming Candor of Julie Andrews’s New Memoir
In Home Work, the legendary actor comes to terms with an acting career she couldn’t always control.
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HBO Why Season 2 of Succession Was So Extraordinary
The HBO show had teased a “blood sacrifice” in its thrilling season finale, and it didn’t disappoint.
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PBS The PBS Drama That Untangles British Journalism
Press is a fascinating, periodically clunky series about newspapers at war.
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Roy Rochlin / Getty / Oleksiy Mark / ... The American Sitcom Queen Behind Peaky Blinders
Caryn Mandabach spearheaded such prime-time comedies as Roseanne, The Cosby Show, and 3rd Rock From the Sun. Why is she now making a gangster show in the U.K.?
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Netflix The Great British Baking Show’s Technical Challenges Are a Scourge
Over several seasons, they’ve evolved from a basic skill assessment into a meandering tour through Europe’s most arcane pastries.
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Netflix Ryan Murphy’s Netflix Show Is Too Glib for Its Own Good
The Politician is a sumptuous, absurdist study of teen ambition.
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Phil McCarten / Invision / AP The Plea in Michelle Williams’s Emmys Speech
Her award for Fosse/Verdon, the actor said, was “an acknowledgment of what is possible when a woman is trusted.”
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Beth Dubber / Netflix Unbelievable Is TV’s Most Humane Show
The Netflix series is a remarkable study of how sexual-assault investigations should be conducted, and how they shouldn’t.
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Focus Features Downton, Downton, Revolution
The beloved British stately home drama is back, and the timing couldn’t be worse.
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HBO How The Deuce Sidelined Desire
David Simon’s show about the sex industry has lost all its curiosity about what humans want.
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Eric Risberg/AP Five Stories From the Future
Atlantic writers look ahead at Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, the next Great British Bake Off, the big split in retail, and more.
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Hulu This Way Up Is a Bountiful Binge Watch
Hulu’s latest British import is a delightful, openhearted comedy about a woman recovering from a nervous breakdown.
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Laura Cavanaugh / Getty / Hulu / Showtime ... When Women Are Accused of Complicity
Recent television shows and news stories raise a similar question: Can systems of oppression function without the involvement of women?
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Netflix The Patriarchal Allure of The Family
A new Netflix series delves into a shadowy religious group with long-standing political ties to Washington. Is it as powerful as the show suggests?
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HBO Succession Is Better Than Ever
Jesse Armstrong’s caustic HBO drama about a media dynasty is superb in Season 2.
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Netflix GLOW Goes Post-plot
In its third season, the Netflix comedy about women wrestlers takes an odd approach to storytelling.
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Deborah Feingold / Corbis / Getty Remembering the Peerless Toni Morrison
The author, teacher, Nobel laureate, and grande dame of American letters has died at the age of 88.
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Netflix The Ballad of Taystee Jefferson
In its final season, Orange Is the New Black faced a conundrum over its most pivotal character.
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HBO The Intimate Horror of Share
The HBO feature about a 16-year-old who discovers her assault has gone viral is a stunningly immersive work.
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Netflix / Chad Griffith / Paul Spella / ... What Orange Is the New Black Saw Coming
“I didn’t have a specific vision, because I was mostly terrified,” Jenji Kohan said of ending the Netflix series.
