Film Review: Artists’ Angst in ‘Paint’
Considering that it’s the dominant visual medium, it’s crazy there are relatively so few good theatrical movies about art and artists, and fewer still about the contemporary art world. Michael…
Saturday TV: Kentucky Derby Rides Again
If it doesn’t seem a year since last year’s running of the roses, it’s because it was delayed until September. This year’s 147th Kentucky Derby (NBC, 2:30 p.m.) is back…
Friday TV: Theroux in ‘The Mosquito Coast’
Justin Theroux fulfills a family ambition by starring in a new series based on his uncle Paul Theroux’s bestseller “The Mosquito Coast” (Apple TV+, streaming) in which an inventor and…
Thursday TV: ‘Let’s Be Real’ Begins Its Run
As much political humor as there is on TV, the one involving puppets “Let’s Be Real” (Fox, 9:30 p.m.) stood out for its sharp lampoons when it first aired, exactly…
Wednesday TV: Biden Addresses Congress
President Joe Biden has his first Address to a Joint Session of Congress (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, C-SPAN, 9 p.m.), an event that would usually be…
Tuesday TV: Drama Series from Turkey
A cleaning lady commits an inadvertent murder while searching for her missing husband in the imported Turkish drama series “Fatma” (Netflix, streaming). Burcu Biricik stars. “Philly D.A.” (PBS, 9 p.m., check…
Film Review: When Cupid Turns Grumpy
Breaking up is hard to do, but for none more so than Dave, the protagonist of the gently amusing romantic comedy “Bad Cupid.” It’s been a year and he’s still…
Monday TV: 50 Years of ‘Sesame Street’
The First Lady gives testimony and Stevie Wonder sings a new version of “Sunny Days” in the golden celebration “Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days” (ABC, 8 p.m.), a…
Sunday TV: Oscars from a Train Station
The 93rd Academy Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.) will of course be weird, due to continuing COVID concerns. But it will try to take place minus the Zoom glitches that have…
Saturday TV: Skateboarding in 1990s L.A.
Written and directed by Jonah Hill in his feature directorial debut, “Mid90s” (Showtime, 9 p.m.) makes its premium cable debut. The coming of age comedy stars Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges…