Film Review: The Story of the Band Luxury
The indie band Luxury from Georgia gained some mild regional attention in the mid-1990s for mixing the ferocity of punk with the Smiths-like melodicism of its lead singer. What might…
Friday TV: A Teacher with Some Problems
Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars, wrote and directed the new series “Mr. Corman” (Apple TV+, streaming), about a fifth grade teacher in Los Angeles who used to be a musician and is…
Thursday TV: ‘The Suicide Squad’ at Home
Not to be mistaken for David Ayer’s 2016 film “Suicide Squad” with Margot Robbie and Joel Kinnaman here’s James Gunn’s new “The Suicide Squad” (HBO Max, streaming), with Margot Robbie…
Wednesday TV: Paris Can’t Cook, Either
Paris Hilton puts down her poodle and picks up the sauce pan for her latest really series, “Cooking with Paris” (Netflix, streaming), in which she’s mostly learning on the job. …
Tuesday TV: Obama, the First 60 Years
Helping mark the 60th birthday of the 44th president is the comprehensive three-part, six-hour documentary “Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union” (HBO, 9 p.m.) that begins tonight with…
Monday TV: Local News in the Desert
Driving through the desert years back and running out of gas, I remember there used to be a good AM radio out of Pahrump, Nev., a tiny berg best known…
Sunday TV: Bette Davis Kicks Off Series
The start of August means the start of Turner Classic Movies’ Summer Under the Stars, with the films of a different actor each day. It begins with Bette Davis in…
Film Review: Taking ‘Steps’ to Forgiveness
In the opening scenes of Eddie Harris’ screenplay for “Steps,” a man (Rob Morgan) is randomly shot in a robbery outside a Jersey City bodega, is injured enough to lose…
Saturday TV: Remembering Baby Jessica
CNN will spend the rest of the summer’s Saturdays showing documentary shorts, hosted by Anderson Cooper. It starts tonight with “58 Hours: The Baby Jessica Story” (CNN, 9 p.m.), about…
Friday: Emily Mortimer’s ‘Pursuit of Love’
Emily Mortimer wrote, directed and costars in the limited series “The Pursuit of Love” (Amazon Prime, streaming) a romantic comedy set in Europe between the world wars. Lily James, Emily…