Thanks to the new HBO show Vinyl, Max Casella is getting a do-over on the music of the 1970s. The first time around, when he was growing up in Cambridge, Mass., he was listening to family records and the radio...

2016

Mar

'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE' UNFOLDS SLOWLY ON LIFETIME By David Hinckley

And Then There Were None, the latest retelling of Agatha Christie’s most famous crime mystery novel, delivers 10 killings in record time. But not the record you might think...

2016

Mar

AUDRA MCDONALD RECREATES THE TRAGIC MUSICAL LIFE OF BILLIE HOLIDAY By David Hinckley

Like most great singers, Billie Holiday never had to explain what she was singing about...

2016

Mar

WILL ARNETT GIVES US ANOTHER SAD CLOWN IN NETFLIX'S 'FLAKED' By David Hinckley

Who knew this would be such a fruitful TV year for sad clowns? Is it, like, another effect of El Niño? Will Arnett’s new Flaked, which drops Friday on Netflix, is comedy playing off against a story that’s deeply melancholy.

2016

Mar

'UNDERGROUND' IS A POWERFUL TELLING OF A CONTEMPTIBLE TIME By David Hinckley

Underground tackles what some have persuasively argued is the central moral dilemma of the whole American experience: slavery and what it says about our broader struggle with the noble concept of “all men are created equal.”...

2016

Mar

WITH 'DOWNTON' DONE, DOYLE SHIFTS TO 'HAPPY VALLEY' ON NETFLIX By David Hinckley

For Kevin Doyle, Happy Valley is anything but happy. He’s fine with that. After six years as Mr. Molesley, the skittish and neurotic but strangely endearing footman on Downton Abbey, Doyle resurfaces March 16...

2016

Mar

ONE CRITIC'S LIST OF MUST-RENEW SHOWS (AND KILL THE POP-UPS) By David Hinckley

Since we’ve hit the time of year when TV networks are well into deciding what will live or die, I thought I might throw out a couple of personal requests...

2016

Mar

'DOWNTON ABBEY' RECAP, SEASON 6, EPISODE 9, THE FINALE By David Hinckley

And just like that, Downton Abbey ended. Poof. Over. Unless the cast can be rounded up for a movie, we will never see them together again, and while we know that what we should say is “thanks for the memories,” it also illustrates how cruel the universe can be...

2016

Mar

THE MOST TROUBLING QUESTIONS AWAITING THE 'DOWNTON' FINALE By David Hinckley

In trying to figure out what will happen in Sunday night’s last-ever episode of Downton Abbey, it’s worth keeping in mind the Law of TV Finales...

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