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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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.
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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.”
