Tuesday TV: Surviving the Refugee Crisis
Megan Mylan, director of “Lost Boys of Sudan” and “Smile Pinki,” returns with the new documentary “Simple as Water” (HBO, 9 p.m.) following the journey of four refugee families from…
Playlist: Radio Soft Opening 11/15/21
For the first time since February 2017, I was back playing music on the radio this afternoon, for the soft opening of a new show on internet radio. Capital Radio…
Monday TV: The News From Storm Lake
At a time when it seems local newspapers are in dire straits, it’s heartening to see the work going on in a small northern Iowa town, where the local biweekly…
Sunday TV: ‘Mayor of Kingstown,’ Adele
The gritty new drama “Mayor of Kingstown” (Paramount+, streaming) is set in a small town in Michigan where the prison is the big employer and a trio of brothers seem…
Saturday TV: Carole Baskin Returns
In advance of “Tiger King 2,” coming next week, here’s the two-part “Carole Baskin’s Cage Fight” (Discovery+, streaming) about the efforts of the colorful animal lover (and current owner of…
Disney+ Day Marks Second Anniversary
The second anniversary of the big streaming service is celebrated on Disney+ Day, on which recent big movies like Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and “Jungle…
Also on Friday: ‘The Shrink Next Door’
The newly designated Sexiest Man Alive Paul Rudd teams up with Will Ferrell in the new dark comedy “The Shrink Next Door” (Apple TV+, streaming), based on the podcast about…
Thursday TV: Can’t Keep ‘The Game’ Down
After three seasons on the CW, and another six on BET, the sports sitcom “The Game” (Paramount+, streaming) has a new life on a third location. Once a spinoff of…
Chuck Prophet: Back Rockin’ the Strip Mall
Chuck Prophet is always cheery and maybe a little goofy on stage. But Sunday at Jammin’ Java out in Vienna, Va., he seemed cheerier than usual. “I don’t know if…
Wednesday TV: New Netflix Film ‘Passing’
Rebecca Hall wrote, produced and directed “Passing” (Netflix, streaming), a film based on a 1929 novel about two mixed-race friends who meet later in life, with one retaining an African…