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Netflix’s Serial Killer Drama The Serpent Is Nihilistic Murder Porn in Prestige True-Crime Packaging
An infuriatingly shallow attempt to wring a stylish, 1970s-set thriller out of the life of serial killer Charles Sobhraj
Sesame Workshop Is Talking More Explicitly About Race—and Welcoming Two Black Muppets
Bradley Freeman Jr. was doing some Christmas shopping at Target when he got the email. Glancing down at his phone, all he could see was a preview: “Hey Brad, thanks for taking the time to audition for us …” He immediately assumed he had been rejected. Then he read the rest. “I had to read…
Michelle Obama’s Wonderful Netflix Show Waffles + Mochi Is the Sesame Street of Food TV
Parents desperate for a distraction during these seemingly interminable final weeks of lockdown, look no further
Netflix’s Marriage or Mortgage Dances Around the Dark Reality of Americans’ Finances
A cheerful facade, a somewhat depressing premise, and a whole lot left unsaid
HBO’s COVID Diaries NYC Is a Bracing, Authentic Antidote to Fluffy Quarantine TV
HBO's collection of documentary shorts by New York filmmakers ages 17-21 are so much more than portraits of Zoom fatigue.
How the Makers of Murder Among the Mormons Unraveled the Mysterious Story Behind the 1985 Salt Lake City Bombings
Talking to the duo behind the buzzy new Netflix docuseries
The Real World Homecoming: New York Is a Bittersweet Glimpse at Everything Reality TV Could’ve Been
The original New York cast's reunion raises the question: was a better, alternate version of reality TV possible?
This Gigantic 165-Inch MicroLED TV Folds Into Nothing When the Game Is Over
It's as fun to watch it unfold as it is to actually watch your program on it.
Punky Brewster Is Just the Latest Proof That Today’s Kids Deserve Better Than ‘80s and ‘90s Reboots
Seriously, who is Peacock's new 'Punky Brewster' even for?
A Conversation with Filmmaker Adam Curtis on Power, Technology and How Ideas Get Into People’s Heads
The BBC filmmaker's new documentary 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' offers an "emotional history" of the postwar world
HBO Max’s Bold, Witty and Wrenching AIDS Drama It’s a Sin Is the First Must-See Show of 2021
Russell T. Davies' bold, witty, wrenching HBO Max drama follows five young friends through the first decade of the AIDS crisis in London
How the New British Drama It’s a Sin Is Telling the History of the 1980s AIDS Crisis—and Sparking Change in the Present
In the early 1990s, Welsh writer and television producer Russell T Davies heard the same story from many families about their experiences in earlier years: parents who arrived at AIDS wards at British hospitals to discover that their son was gay, that he had AIDS, and that he was dying, all in one moment. “That…