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2019
May
13
 
 
Mark Cousins directs this new study of Orson Welles the filmmaker, actor and private person. The approach by Cousins is both hyper-personal (he narrates, asking questions of the long-dead icon) and arbitrary (the film is divided into almost capricious sections and sub-sections), but, like any film that looks closely at Welles’ life and work, is worth a look, and bound to offer up a previously unknown nugget of insight or vintage interview fragment. The true treat with tonight’s TCM W
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
13
 
 
This is the start of the second and final week of this marvelous mini-miniseries: 10 episodes, about 10 minutes each, running weekdays, starring Chris O’Dowd and Rosamund Pike as a married couple meeting for a quick drink, and chat, before their weekly marital therapy sessions. We never see the sessions, but the pregame show is so raw, funny and revealing, State of the Union has become one of my favorite TV shows of the year – and so far, it’s less than an hour long. Catch up o
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
13
 
 
NBC is leaving four nights unchanged and adding just three new series to its fall prime-time lineup...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
13
 
 
The Fox broadcasting network, newly under Disney ownership, announced a “start-up mindset” Monday that included news of one-time ratings juggernaut Empire being canceled after its sixth and final season concludes next year...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
12
 
 
It doesn’t happen often on this series, that Villanelle (Jodie Comer) and Eve (Sandra Oh) get to share the same screen and interact with one another – and when they do, it’s always tense, exciting and unpredictable. It happened briefly in last week’s episode – and get ready, because it happens again tonight. And just because Villanelle is sporting pink hair, that doesn’t mean she’s intent on acting sweet or girlish…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
12
 
 
This is the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones – so beware of big battles, and unexpected deaths, and, of course, misplaced coffee cups.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
12
 
 
The body blows being landed on Billions these days are staggering ones, and as this season begins to career towards its conclusion, the battles are pitched, nasty, and pointed at very specific targets. Taylor and Axe, in their efforts to destroy one another, have each won rounds in the past few episodes. And tonight, Taylor makes the grudge match as personal as possible, by seeking to do damage, financial and otherwise, to two of the women nearest and dearest to Axe: Wendy and (pictured) Rebecca
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
12
 
 
This week, after a manic pair of life-and-death episodes, Barry gets back to business – the business of pursuing an acting career. And Barry, to his own amazement, gets an audition. And if he’s amazed, his acting coach, played by Henry Winkler, is positively flabbergasted.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
12
 
 
SERIES FINALE: After seven seasons and 17 Emmys, Veep ends its run tonight – with more Emmys to come, no doubt, at the ceremonies later this year. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is this generation’s perfectly pitched female sitcom star, managing to play unlikable characters while always retaining our sympathies. She’s the comedy equivalent of Bryan Cranston’s Walter White – and I’m hoping her Selina Meyer gets just as perfect a sendoff. And as for her on-camera support s
 
 
 
  
 
 
2019
May
12
 
 
Last week on Last Week, John Oliver devoted his central segment to the topic of lethal injection – and, once again, managed to deliver laughs while also imparting some sobering and, to me, quite informative facts and perspectives. And also, as a bonus intro to that story, he also introduced me to… that frog. How can I not tune in to Last Week again this week?