Sophie Gilbert
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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Pop The Grim, Caustic Appeal of Flack
Anna Paquin stars as a celebrity publicist specializing in scandal in Pop TV’s splashy, sporadically insightful drama.
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IFC How Documentary Now! Spoofs Male Genius
The IFC mockumentary series from Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, and Seth Meyers is better than ever in its third season.
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Netflix The Strangest True-Crime Story Yet
The new Netflix documentary Abducted in Plain Sight is a bewildering account of one girl’s kidnapping by a family friend.
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Netflix What Is Russian Doll Actually About?
The spectacular new Netflix series is packed with twists and clues that help demystify its true meaning.
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Amazon The ABC Murders: John Malkovich Is a Poirot Like No Other
And that’s not a good thing.
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Netflix The Existential Zaniness of Russian Doll
The new Netflix series by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland, and Amy Poehler is a brilliant mix of satire, sci-fi, and sincerity.
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HBO Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists Feels Like a Eulogy for Journalism
The HBO documentary mourns a golden age of oversize personalities and bad behavior.
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Comedy Central The Other Two Is a Winning Portrait of a Gen-Z World
Comedy Central’s new series is a warmhearted depiction of generational confusion.
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Thibault Camus / AP French Eroticism Withers in Adèle
With Leïla Slimani’s new novel, a literary genre gets its most joyless installment yet.
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Netflix Millennial Burnout Is Being Televised
How Fyre Fraud and Tidying Up With Marie Kondo capture a precarious cultural moment
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HBO Brexit Is Chaos. The Movie About It Is Anything But.
In a new HBO film starring Benedict Cumberbatch, James Graham turns a polarizing national moment into a surprisingly cohesive and engaging story.
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Amazon Amazon’s Informer Deftly Mines the War on Terror
The new British series is a thoughtful, detailed, compelling character study of people caught up in a knotty conflict.
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Brendan Mcdermid / Reuters Imagine the Stormy Daniels Scandal in Any Other Presidency
It’s mind-boggling to think what would have happened had Barack Obama or George W. Bush paid off a porn actress to cover up an alleged affair.
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Netflix The Thoughtful Raunch of Sex Education
Netflix’s new series is a graphic teen dramedy with a difference.
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Eric Liebowitz / Netflix / Cara Howe / ... The Most Anticipated TV Shows of 2019
In an ever more crowded field, the biggest attractions include Netflix’s Russian Doll, Hulu’s The Act, and CBS All Access’s The Twilight Zone.
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Amazon / ITV Vanity Fair Is a Misanthropic Holiday Treat
The Amazon adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s social satire comments on the unchanging nature of grift.
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Amazon The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Rejection of ‘Having It All’
At the end of its second season, the Amazon series made a surprising, gratifying decision.
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Netflix The Innocent Man Tells Half a Story
The new Netflix true-crime series lasers in on miscarriages of justice, but doesn’t fully question how they came to pass.
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Netflix What Dumplin’ and Queen America Say About Female Beauty
A new crop of works uses pageants to explore outdated ideals of physical perfection.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic The 22 Best TV Shows of 2018
The new and returning series that stood out the most
