Tuesday TV: ‘The Super Rich in Korea’
The odd thing about “The Super Rich in Korea” (Netflix, streaming) is the the five young multi-billionaires followed are all from elsewhere including Singapore, Italy, Pakistan and “the Kim Kardashian…
Capital Radio, 5-6: Mayday Memorial to Twang
We struck a certain tone in celebrating the life of guitar slinger Duane Eddy who died April 30 at 86 — specifically the commanding, vibrating low E on his red…
Monday TV: A Long Time Away in Space
The effect of long stays in space is studied on a new film “Space: The Longest Goodbye,” making its debut on “Independent Lens” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings), focusing…
Sunday TV: A Trip to a Different ‘MaryLand’
A pair of sisters, who join together after their mother’s sudden death, find out she had been leading a whole other life in the new three-episode series “MaryLand” (PBS, 9…
Saturday TV: Katt Williams Standup Special
The live comedy experiment this week on Netflix continues with “Katt Williams: Woke Foke” (Netflix, 10 .m.), the comedian’s special live from the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles. May the…
Friday TV: Jerry Seinfeld Gets ‘Unfrosted’
The cupboards in “Seinfeld” were always filled with cereal, so it figures that Jerry Seinfeld’s new comedy “Unfrosted” (Netflix, streaming) concerns the battles between Kellogg’s and Post to invent the…
Thursday TV: Tom Wolfe’s ‘A Man in Full’
Coming more than a decade after his first novel, “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” Tom Wolfe’s “A Man in Full” (Netflix, streaming) in 1998 had some of the same kinds…
Wednesday TV: Brittney Griner Breaks Silence
Sentenced for nine years in Russia jail for a drug charge WNBA star Brittney Griner ended up jailed for four monhs after a prisoner swap. Now she tells her story…
Tuesday TV: Elisabeth Moss Gets Tough
She’s been tough in five season of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” but it’s a little jarring to see Elisabeth Moss as a straight up brawler in the action spy series “The…
Some Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are some other things I've written at other places: A review of a fine tribute concert for Leonard Cohen at the Kennedy Center on my Substack. Surveying an exhibition…