Sophie Gilbert
Is Television Ready for Angry Women?
Producer Marti Noxon has two shows about women’s pain and rage debuting this summer—and the timing couldn’t be better.
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Starz America to Me Tackles Race in New Ways
The 10-part Starz docuseries from Steve James follows students and faculty through an Illinois high school to explore racial inequity from a different angle.
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Peter Kramer / AP What the Shaming of Geoffrey Owens Reveals
The reaction to the former Cosby Show actor working a retail job says a lot about how Americans understand success.
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Amazon Studios Jack Ryan, Reaganite Hero
Tom Clancy’s character—a former Marine, Wall Street millionaire, reluctant CIA agent, and loyal family man—has long been a symbol of a bygone era.
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HBO In Sharp Objects, Love Is Poison
The finale to the HBO series revealed its villains, and how corrupted they’d become.
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Netflix The Innocents Is the Most Netflixy Drama Yet
The new eight-part supernatural series about teenagers on the run feels like a weaker mishmash of other streaming hits.
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HBO The Lazy Trope of the Unethical Female Journalist
With Camille Preaker, Zoe Barnes, and Rory Gilmore, Hollywood’s depictions of women reporters have never been further from reality.
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Hulu Minding the Gap Is an Extraordinary Feat of Filmmaking
The Hulu documentary by Bing Liu examines masculinity and trauma through the lens of three Illinois skateboarders.
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Netflix Disenchantment Subverts the Cartoon Fairy Tale
Matt Groening’s new Netflix series pushes the envelope, but not far enough.
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Dennis Van Tine / STAR MAX / IPx Donald Trump and the Currency of Tapes
Why eavesdrops, hot mics, and other unorthodox recordings are such a staple feature of the 45th presidency
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Marc Burckhardt The Lie of Little Women
Peering into the secrets of Louisa May Alcott’s real life sheds light on her treasured coming-of-age tale.
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Amazon Ordeal by Innocence Is the Darkest Agatha Christie Drama Yet
The Amazon three-parter is a star-studded but ponderous tale about toxic family dysfunction.
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Netflix Can Television Destroy Diet Culture?
Netflix’s Insatiable and AMC’s Dietland both feature fat heroines who are bullied for their body type. But they’re very different shows.
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HBO Succession’s Masterful Finale Tips the HBO Show’s Hand
Never has the Roy legacy seemed more tragic, or more toxic.
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Netflix The Middling, Melancholy Charm of Like Father
Netflix’s new feature comedy starring Kristen Bell and Kelsey Grammer is unremarkable in every way except one: It’s barely funny.
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Netflix How Will Orange Is the New Black End?
As the Netflix series heads toward a possible final season, its conclusion could be hopeful or honest, but not both.
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NBC The Existential Comfort of Making It
The NBC crafting competition is a balm for troubled times.
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Netflix Orange Is the New Black Is Still Worth Watching
Despite the Netflix show’s reliable inconsistency, few series are as willing to take this many risks.
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Netflix The Disaster Zone of Netflix’s Dark Tourist
The new eight-part series supposedly travels to the most mad, macabre, and morbid places in the world.
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FX Snowfall’s Compelling Second Season Is All About Power
The FX drama about the crack epidemic—which has added the crime writer Walter Mosley to its creative team—finds its groove.
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Showtime Who Is Sacha Baron Cohen Satirizing?
In his new Showtime series Who Is America?, the British comedian shows the best and worst of his comedy.
