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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Netflix The Sly Subversion of Sex Education
With its second season, the joyfully eccentric, inventively raunchy Netflix series cements itself as a different sort of teen comedy.
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Victoria Will / Invision / AP The Filmmaker Who Says M. Night Shyamalan Stole Her Movie
A lawsuit filed by Francesca Gregorini argues that the Apple TV+ series Servant shares eerie similarities with her 2013 film, The Truth About Emanuel.
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HBO A Stephen King Adaptation That Doesn’t Believe in Monsters
The Outsider, HBO's new 10-part series about an inexplicable murder in a small Georgia town, misses the uncanny intrigue.
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HBO / Comedy Central / Netflix / Paramount ... The Most Unmissable TV Shows of 2020
A new Star Trek series, an Awkwafina-led comedy, star-studded literary adaptations, and more picks to watch, stream, and DVR
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Sarah Lee / eyevine / Redux Rose McGowan’s Hijacked Life
The woman who helped topple Harvey Weinstein talks about what it cost her.
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Reuters A Chaotic Golden Globes for a Chaotic Moment
The kickoff to awards season was an evening that oscillated wildly between jovial bonhomie and current crisis.
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Apple TV+ What Went Wrong With The Morning Show?
Despite moments of profundity, the show ultimately didn’t know what it wanted to do, or say, or be, other than expensive.
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Amazon What Is The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Afraid Of?
In its third season, the series is stuck in a relentlessly cheery mode that’s cloying to watch.
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Naomi Elliot The 15 Best TV Shows of 2019
The year’s most distinct and worthwhile series
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Apple+ The Callous Horror of Servant
M. Night Shyamalan and Tony Basgallop’s new series has a richly chilling premise, but it doesn’t do justice to parental grief.
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Netflix How The Crown, and Its Clothes, Transform Power
The new season of the Netflix show explores the unorthodox ways Queen Elizabeth II uses her wardrobe to underscore her authority.
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Sundance / AMC The Preppy Murder Unpacks a Tabloid Frenzy
A new Sundance/AMC series about a 1986 homicide in Central Park explores the pervasive unwillingness to believe that a handsome white Manhattan teen could be culpable.
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Showtime The Joyful Redemption of Back to Life
Daisy Haggard’s new Showtime series is a poignant, optimistic show about a woman’s return home after an 18-year prison sentence.
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Star Tribune / Getty Margaret Atwood Bears Witness
Over the course of her writing career, she has explored the power and limits of personal testimony in times of crisis.
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HBO Daniel Sloss Shows How Comedians Should Talk About Assault
The Scottish performer’s new HBO special is a stunning experiment in controlled transgression.
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Apple+ A #MeToo Scandal Erupts. The Morning Show Captures What Happens Next.
Apple’s new series about misconduct at a television network is inert, until it turns fascinating.
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Presley Ann / Getty / Nasa / The ... Joel Kinnaman’s Leading-Man Evolution
The star of the new Apple+ series For All Mankind has long specialized in offbeat characters. Now he’s shifting to more heroic material.
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HBO Porn Infiltrates Suburbia in Mrs. Fletcher
HBO’s new adaptation of Tom Perrotta’s 2017 novel stars Kathryn Hahn as an empty-nester whose online discoveries make her question her entire identity.
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David Levenson / Getty John le Carré’s Scathing Tale of Brexit Britain
In Agent Running in the Field, the celebrated spy novelist takes on a chaotic international landscape.
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HBO Watchmen Is a Blistering Modern Allegory
The new HBO series is a stunning, timely departure from its graphic-novel origins.
