Monday TV: ‘Stamped from the Beginning’
The history of anti-Black racist tropes and imagery recounted in Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s 2016 book are further developed in animation and live action footage in the new film with…
Sunday TV: ‘Incredible Animal Journeys’
Holiday travel is expected to hit record levels this week, but how about those “Incredible Animal Journeys” (National Geographic, 9 p.m.). Jeremy Renner narrates the new natural history series tracking…
Saturday TV: The Life of John F. Kennedy
Just before the 60th anniversary of his assassination, here’s a three-night, eight hour documentary on the life and times of the 35th President of the United States, “Kennedy” (History, 8…
Friday TV: ‘Rustin’ Ready to Stream
The architect of the 1963 March on Washington, Bayard Rustin, is celebrated in the recent theatrical release “Rustin” (Netflix, streaming), with Colman Domingo in the title role, and a cast…
Thursday TV: Final Season Start for ‘The Crown’
Elizabeth Debicki returns as Princess Diana for the beginning of the sixth and final season of “The Crown” (Netflix, streaming), where Imelda Staunton is Queen Elizabeth II and two young…
Wednesday TV: Harry Potter’s Stunt Double
David Holmes, Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double in the Harry Potter films broke his neck on the job, in an accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down. He and…
Tuesday TV: An ‘NCIS’ From Australia
The long-running TV franchise moves Down Under with the first international spinoff, “NCIS: Sydney” (CBS, 8 p.m.) about U.S. NCIS agents working with the Australian Federal Police to investigate naval…
Monday TV: This Week’s Cult: Mother God
Ready for another documentary series about a cult? “Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God” (HBO, 9 p.m.) tells the story of a Kansas-born woman, Amy Carlson, who started…
Sunday TV: Nathan Fielder’s Has ‘The Curse’
Nathan Fielder returns in a somewhat more conventional comedy series (or is it?). In it, he and Emma Stone star as a married couple who take their renovation show to…
Saturday TV: Inside the Genius of Albert Brooks
The comedian Albert Brooks, the product of a showbiz family, created a totally original absurdist approach to standup comedy that he brought to indelible comedy films like “Modern Romance” and…