Monday TV: Irrepressible Protester
On “POV” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) is “Hooligan Sparrow,” a film by Nanfu Wang about Chinese human rights activist Ye Haiyan who is chased by authorities from town…
On “POV” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) is “Hooligan Sparrow,” a film by Nanfu Wang about Chinese human rights activist Ye Haiyan who is chased by authorities from town…
I wish you could see “Kiss” at Woolly Mammoth Theatre the way I did: Without a lot of advance insight, no prior research and only the vague knowledge it was…
The latest adaptation in the never ending conveyor belt of Bill O’Reilly celebrity-killing books, “Killing Reagan” (National Geographic, 8 p.m.) looks at the shooting early in his presidency which certainly…
One of the failings of human beings is the hesitance to visit those who have lost loved ones. We wonder about the right thing to say when the actual requirement…
A new documentary looks back at the dark days when kids’ shaky testimony and little evidence could imprison innocent people in unpopular corners. Deborah S. Esquenazi’s powerful “Southwest of Salem:…
A shorter than usual show tonight was entirely devoted to the newest recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Most of the show were live or alternate takes of great…
Billy Bob Thornton returns to TV as a down and out lawyer who is drawn back into the profession in a wrongful death lawsuit against his old firm in the…
The latest from Christopher Guest comes on a streaming service — a mockumentary peek inside the fake World Mascot Association Championship which is also known as the Fluffies. “Mascots” (Netflix,…
Correspondent Isha Sesay tags along as the First Lady travels to Morocco and Liberia on the special “We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World” (CNN,…
Katie Mixon, a standout on series from “Mike & Molly” to “Eastbound and Down,” finally stars in her own sitcom, “American Housewife” (ABC, 8:30 p.m.) about a regular mom who…