Thursday TV: Jason Mamoa Goes Climbing
“The Climb” (HBO Max, streaming) is a new rock climbing competition, co-hosted by Jason Mamoa. Alan Cumming hosts “The Traitors” (Peacock, streaming), a new reality competition based on a Dutch…
Wednesday TV: ‘Chasing Waves’ in Japan
Surfing in Japan is what the new series “Chasing Waves” (Disney+, streaming) is all about. From Argentina comes “Noise” (Netflix, streaming), a film about a woman looking for her daughter…
Tuesday TV: Tarnished Golden Globes
Should there even be a Golden Globe Awards (NBC, 8 p.m.)? It’s voted on by a shadowy group who have shunned diverse offerings, had some bribery scandals in its past…
Capital Radio 1-9-23: Nixon’s the One
Among the birthdays celebrated today were David Johansen (who turns 73), Jimmy Page (79), Joan Baez (820) and Haddaway (57) but a number of those who have passed, including Roy…
Monday: ‘I Didn’t See You There’ on ‘POV’
Shot from a wheelchair-mounted camera Reid Davenport shares his vantage point as a disabled filmmaker in the visually striking “I Didn’t See You There,” a film spurred after a circus…
Sunday TV: ‘Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches’
A second series from the author who brought you the recently-adapted “Interview with a Vampire,” “Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches” (AMC, 9 p.m.) stars Alexandra Daddario as a young neurosurgeon who…
Saturday TV: ‘ACL’ Honors Sheryl Crow
Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, Brittney Spencer and Lucius’ Jess Wolf all perform in the special “Austin City Limits Annual Hall of Fame Honors Sheryl Crow” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local…
Friday TV: ‘The Pale Blue Eye’ on Netflix
Edgar Allan Poe’s days at West Point, where a cadet is found murdered, is the premise of the film “The Pale Blue Eye” (Netflix, streaming) with Christian Bale as a…
Thursday TV: From ‘9/11’ to ‘January 6’
The French brothers who made the “9/11” are back with their definitive film on another American disaster: “January 6” (Discovery+, streaming). Coming on the eve of the second anniversary of…
Wednesday TV: The Monster of Wall Street
Not sure how much time you want to invest with this miserable crook, who bilked billions from people in the country's most extensive Ponzi scheme. Nontheless, here's the four-part “Madoff:…