Monday TV: Two Women Take the Lead
Two documentaries tonight profile admirable women. A trusted Miami activist who was given power of attorney to more than 1,000 children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants, Nora Sandigo,…
Sunday TV: Another Gordon Ramsay Show
In what is now his seventh current U.S. reality show, Gordon Ramsay takes advantage of the corporate synergy between Fox and National Geographic to help fill the considerable hole left…
Saturday TV: Surprise Mars Landing
It was supposed to start July 26, but the revived “Veronica Mars” (Hulu, streaming) actually dropped its entire fourth season on Friday, in conjunction with some Comic-Con thing. Anyway, good…
Friday TV: The Moon’s Pull Over Millennia
People have looked upon it dreamily for millennia, but only a handful have traveled there, the first of them a half century ago come Saturday. “Wonders of the Moon” (BBC…
Thursday TV: Brenda Song Gets Amnesia
Former Disney Channel star Brenda Song stars in the new thriller “Secret Obsession” (Netflix, streaming) in which a young woman awakes with amnesia after a vicious attack, helped by a…
Wednesday TV: Dispersing the ‘Suits’
“Suits” (USA, 9 p.m.), which starts its ninth and final season tonight, was mostly about dudes,one of whom has already left the show, Patrick J. Adams’ Mike Ross. Of the…
Tuesday TV: Mishandled Murder Case
In the second big two-part crime documentary in as many weeks, “Behind Closed Doors” (HBO, 8 p.m.) covers the 2008 murders in India of a 13-year-old girl and a 45-year-old…
Monday TV: Deportation and Death
Speaking of deportation, Robert Greene’s haunting “Bisbee ’17” looks at the 1917 Bisbee Deportation when 1,200 immigrant miners in Arizona were taken from their homes by a deputized force, shipped…
‘The Juliet Letters’ Live Again
Running a small opera company requires innovation enough, but Washington's Urban Arias goes further, by commissioning new works, or finding pieces that are little known or rarely performed and infusing…
Juliana Hatfield Keeping It Strong
Juliana Hatfield still looks like a bit of a waif taking the spotlight at Union Stage in Washington, D.C. on a recent summer weekday night. She’s rail-thin in her flowered…