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TV Review
Is ‘The Curse’ Nathan Fielder’s Penance?
Nov 17, 2023 Instead of his usual shtick of making a mockery of unsuspecting rubes, Nathan Fielder finds himself in the crosshairs in this scripted Showtime original show.
TV Review
Becoming Frida
Sep 21, 2023 A BBC documentary revisits the life and legacy of Mexico’s iconic artist.2024 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award: Third Place,Commentary Analysis/Trend, TV, Online
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Finally, an Amber Alert for Indigenous Women
Feb 3, 2023 A new Showtime docuseries investigates homicides and disappearances in Indian Country.
Race
Whitewashing ‘Watchmen’
Dec 21, 2019 There’s more than a little tragic irony in how HBO’s version of the classic comic fumbled so spectacularly on racial politics.
China Bests U.S. on the Factory Floor in Obamas’ Netflix Debut
Aug 20, 2019 "American Factory" highlights the mismatched workforces to shattering effect at a Chinese auto glass factory in Dayton, Ohio.
Roger Ailes’ Rise and Fall Makes Good TV
Jun 29, 2019 "The Loudest Voice," Showtime's in-depth portrait of the creator of Fox News, explains one reason America is in the mess it’s in.
A TV Show About Nazis Tackles Tough Questions
Sep 11, 2018 An acclaimed series about the occupation of France is a relentless epic with little use for the familiar images of craven collaborators and selfless resisters.
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: A Harrowing Warning From a Fictional Future to a Tense Present
Apr 27, 2017 Ladies, hold onto your bonnets—Margaret Atwood's dystopian horror classic is done justice in Hulu's brutally vivid and uncomfortably relevant 10-part series.
Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Debut: Well, That Was Awkward
Sep 9, 2015 He's filling the seat long commanded by David Letterman, which is a gigantic deal in and of itself, but whether Colbert's version of "The Late Show" gets off the ground ultimately has to do with whether he can fly solo—on his own terms.
In ‘White People,’ an Attempt to Break the Cycle of Ignorance
Jul 23, 2015 In a new documentary by journalist and activist Jose Antonio Vargas, white millennials come face to face with their own tendency to blame minorities for their problems before engaging in critical research to find out the truth.