Friday TV: Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’
A week after Halloween, the masterful Guillermo del Toro tries his hand at “Frankenstein” (Netflix, streaming) with Oscar Isaac as the titular doctor, Mia Goth as his fiancé and Jacob…
Thursday TV: Political Violence in the 1880s
Michael Shannon brings a quiet grace behind the beard he wears as one of the lesser known American presidents, James A. Garfield, in a ringing historical drama that covers his…
Wednesday TV: ‘Nova’ Takes the Space Station
For more than 25 years, from 250 miles above Earth, traveling at 17,000 mph, the International Space Station has taken on scores of experiments and dodged problems from meteor strikes…
Tuesday TV: Ryan Murphy’s New Legal Drama
Ryan Murphy knows how to assemble interesting casts, especially of women. His new legal drama “All’s Fair” (Hulu, streaming) has some of his standbys, from Sarah Paulson toNaomi Watts, but…
Monday TV: Fighting for the Right to Die
The documentary “Life After” looks at the story of Elizabeth Bouvia, who sought for the legal right to die in 1983. Her legal battles, fate, and implications for today are…
Sunday TV: Here Comes a New Robin Hood
Erroll Flynn, Douglas Fairbanks, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner and Sean Connery have all played the heroic outlaw of Sherwood Forest. Newcomer Jack Patten is the latest actor to play “Robin…
Saturday: World Series Game 7 (and Football)
Postseason baseball moves to November with the deciding Game 7 of a memorable World Series, tied 3-3, with Dodgers at Toronto (Fox, 8 p.m.). Coverage starts at 7 p.m. It's…
Friday TV: ‘The White House Effect’ is Scary, Too
Nothing on Halloween is scarier than the growing Climate Crisis, which became a partisan issue during the Presidency of George H.W. Bush, according to the new documentary “The White House…
Thursday TV: Eva Victor’s ‘Sorry, Baby’
Eva Victor wrote, directed and stars in “Sorry, Baby” (HBO, 8 p.m.), the independent film about a literature professor struggling with depression that won the screenwriting award at Sundance. It…
Wednesday TV: ‘Down Cemetery Road’ on Apple
Ruth Wilson and Emma Thompson star in the British import “Down Cemetery Road” (Apple TV, streaming) a series based on the 2003 novel by Mick Herron about a woman who…