Where the classic masculine detective is an expert in the art of disguise, his female counterpart is genuinely part of the furniture—especially if she’s of a certain age.

“Rutherford Falls” could have been a great show—except for one small problem.

The documentarian returns with an urgent argument about imperial violence—and what it means for America now.

The pandemic has only accelerated a years-long trend of cultural homogenization—and it is bound to get worse.

The director’s “Small Axe” anthology intimately portrays Black spaces.

Walter Tevis’s novel portrayed an alternative to the Cold War game that Bobby Fischer dominated. Today, the chess world is finally catching up.

White supremacists have found inspiration in the ultraviolent, ultrapopular saga.

What we really want from the Princess of Wales in the new season of “The Crown”

Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant play a wealthy couple with a nasty secret in the HBO miniseries.

“Fear City” documents the 1970s mob in a familiar and increasingly unconvincing good guy vs. bad guy narrative.

Once upon a time, you could hunt aliens and murderers in the same show.

The streaming business is booming. But the industry’s working stiffs say their lives are only getting more precarious.

The latest series from Michaela Coel captures the contradictions of trying to make art in an age of corporate dominance.

Hulu’s new show wants to portray an ultracompetent female ruler. But it fails to capture the real genius of Catherine the Great.

The blinkered logic of venture capital is written all over the new streaming service.

Netflix’s documentary captures the newfound acceptability of mind-altering substances.

Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series is the latest to imagine a better, fairer Golden Age, while never truly reckoning with the past.

A new 10-part documentary about the NBA legend is unexpectedly poignant now that sports are gone.

In the new HBO thriller, Wever is a triumph. Why does her character have to spend time loathing her body?

The most distinctive voice in blogging returns with a third essay collection, “Wow, No Thank You.”