Monday: ‘Real Boy’ on ‘Independent Lens’
On “Independent Lens” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings), Shaleece Haas’ film “Real Boy” takes a four-year look at a trans teenager named Bennett and the transition of acceptance of…
Stage: ‘The Sound of Music’ vs. ‘Hedwig’
It’s amusing to me that on the 100th anniversary of the birth of the namesake of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, there are two popular, quite…
Sunday TV: ‘My Mother & Other Strangers’
The newest Sunday night import for public television is “My Mother and Other Strangers” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings), set in Northern Ireland during World War II and the…
Saturday TV: T.J. Miller Does Standup
Just before his Erlich Bachman character bids farewell on “Silcon Valley,” the network gives a suitable launch to the comedian with his own stand up comedy special, “T.J. Miller: Meticulously…
Friday TV: Canada’s ‘Cardinal’ Makes Bow
With the first season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” complete, Hulu tries to keep the momentum going with an imported Canadian drama. “Cardinal” (Hulu, streaming). Based on the John Cardinal novels…
Thursday TV: Diane Keaton Gets AFI Award
Even Woody Allen showed up last week for the 45th AFI Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Diane Keaton (TNT, 10 p.m.), an event that also brought tributes from Al…
Wednesday: Syfy Holds Gory ‘Blood Drive’
The Syfy channel goes all out splatter with its new series “Blood Drive” (Syfy, 10 p.m.) which has at its touchstone the trashy “grind house” B-films like “Death Race 2000”…
Tuesday TV: ‘Oh Hello,’ Opens on Netflix
You may not have thought much of the recurring characters Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland when they kept popping up on “The Kroll Show.” But when John Mullaney and…
Monday TV: Oliver Stone Meets Putin
The last time Oliver Stone took to cable to present his worldview, it was “The Untold History of the United States.” Now the director takes his passion for finding another…
Sunday TV: Frank Underwood Hosts Tonys
Kevin Spacey takes time from “House of Cards” (Netflix, streaming) to host The 71st Annual Tony Awards (CBS, 8 p.m.). A theater buff himself, who will play Clarence Darrow in…