Saturday TV: Considering Horror Films
Poor film director, writer and actor returns to revel in his favorites in the genre on “Eli Roth’s History of Horror” (AMC, 10 p.m.) which begins with his musing on…
Friday TV: Engaging New Series ‘Deaf U’
Gallaudet University ranks high as a school for the deaf and hard of hearing, but that doesn’t mean its students are bursting with personality and energy. A lot of “Deaf…
Thursday TV: Choosing a Path in Baltimore
Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by William Gray. The new film “Charm City Kings” (HBO Max, streaming), a winner at Sundance earlier this year, concerns a kid (Jahi Di’Allo…
Wednesday TV: Vice Hopefuls Under Glass
Mike Pence is all for walls except apparently when it’s a plexiglass one between him and Sen. Kamala Harris, who he’ll face in Salt Lake City in the one scheduled…
Tuesday TV: ‘Swamp Thing’ Premieres
Science may not be popular in the White House, but it's the basis of the two new network shows that premiere tonight. "Swamp Thing" (CW, 8 p.m.) crawls up from…
Monday TV: ‘Black Mirror’-Like ‘Soulmates’
The conceit of the new “Soulmates” (AMC, 10 p.m.) seems familiar: In a time into the future, people are able to take a test to determine their exact partner. The…
John Brown Lives in ‘The Good Lord Bird’
As fiery a figure as John Brown was in American history, Ethan Hawke was surprised there hadn’t been more movies or TV series about him. “This hasn't been wildly overexploited,”…
Also on Sunday: Inside ‘The Comedy Store’
Comic turned director Mike Binder turns nostalgic in the five-part documentary series “The Comedy Store” (Showtime, 10 p.m.) in which he considers the cultural legacy of the comedy club on…
Saturday TV: ‘SNL’ Back in the Studio
Chris Rock kicks off the 46th season of “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.), hosting from inside Studio 8H in 30 Rockefeller Plaza for the first time in nearly seven…
Friday TV: Sex and Another City
The latest romantic comedy series from Darren Star of “Sex and the City” fame is set in the City of Light. “Emily in Paris” (Netflix, streaming) tars Lily Collins as…