And shooting them, and knifing them, and running them over with trucks
Even before her comeback, the actor excelled at humanizing characters who were written as mere laughingstocks.
HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us offers a definitive case for games’ narrative impoverishment.
Natasha Lyonne is extremely fun to watch as a crime-solving waitress on the run.
The show’s real problem is its attitude toward viewers.
Netflix’s new adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s 2020 novel is a striking, moody show about the contours of deceit.
Gal Beckerman’s culture picks include two must-preorder spring books, Michelle Williams, and Indiana Jones.
If the show succeeded, it was thanks to the likes of Michelle Yeoh, Jennifer Coolidge, and Ke Huy Quan.
The HBO adaptation is well versed in the bleak clichés of the zombie genre, but it also offers something unexpected: empathy.
Kate Lindsay’s culture picks include a variety of murder mysteries and one go-to comfort sitcom.
The most comforting shows to watch during the coldest season
After my son got a brain tumor, his treatment left him unable to speak. Children’s shows that used the language program Makaton became a source of joy for our family.
A new generation of fantasy TV is here. Why is it so bleak?
Even for a show that has seemed dubious about human nature, Season 2 ended on a cynical note.
Even two comedy legends couldn’t help the show.
Jenisha Watts’s culture picks include a dramatic reality-TV moment, Viola Davis, and the young-adult writer Jason Reynolds.
Michael Peterson refuses to watch The Staircase.
The show finally got satire right ... with the help of Hello Kitty.
David French’s culture picks include Amazon Prime as well as HBO Max hits, and a profoundly meaningful blockbuster art film.
CNN’s Headline News may seem thoroughly old-fashioned now that it’s dead. But its demise is a reminder of the creeping nature of media obsolescence.