SEASON FINALE: John Malkovich has shown up recently as a worthy, ruthless Russian adversary – and tonight he and Axe have one more serious round, as Axe reacts to the Russian’s sudden withdrawal of funds for Axe’s recovering financial operation.

2018

Jun

SUCCESSION By David Bianculli

As with FX’s Pose, this series had a lot to establish with last week’s premiere – and did so superbly, building the family dynamics of a wealthy and dysfunctional media baron and his various hangers-on and offspring. Frank Rich is one of this show’s executive producers, and it shows: This is one intelligent, sometimes wickedly funny drama series. If you’re already missing Showtime’s Patrick Melrose, stay tuned…

2018

Jun

LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER By David Bianculli

There may never be a slow news week again. But in the meantime, on many weeks such as this one, at least we have John Oliver to make sense of it all. And nonsense, too.

2018

Jun

ANDERSON COOPER’S TRIBUTE TO ANTHONY BOURDAIN By Eric Gould

The news of Anthony Bourdain’s untimely and shocking loss continues to reverberate. Unhappily. Here is Anderson Cooper’s moving remembrance of the tastes and insight that he gained over numerous interviews with the writer, chef and television documentary host...

2018

Jun

2018 BELMONT STAKES By David Bianculli

Only 12 horses have managed to win the Triple Crown in horse racing history. Today at Belmont, Justify, having won the first two races in this intensely challenging gauntlet, hopes to become the lucky 13th.

2018

Jun

AMERICAN MADE By David Bianculli

Tom Cruise, looking almost supernaturally youthful, stars in this 2017 fact-based action film by Doug Liman.

2018

Jun

BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE By David Bianculli

In this 1958 movie, Kim Novak plays a witch who, with her cat familiar and her familiar catlike eyes, bewitches James Stewart. And every time I watch this romantic comedy, her spell works on me as well.

2018

Jun

PATRICK MELROSE By David Bianculli

MINISERIES FINALE: The fifth and final installment in this emotional, sometimes painfully funny (and other times just painful) semi-autobiographical story by Edward St. Aubyn, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is televised tonight by Showtime.

2018

Jun

THE STAIRCASE By David Bianculli

DOCUMENTARY SERIES RETURN: Long before public radio’s This American Life caught the public imagination in 2014 with its Serial podcast examining a murder case in depth, and HBO captivated viewers with its 2015 documentary series The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, this French miniseries demonstrated both the appeal and the impact of taking a deep dive into a real-life mystery. The Staircase, in its original form, was televised as a multi-part documentary miniseries by France’s Canal

2018

Jun

SENSE8 By David Bianculli

SERIES FINALE: The Wachowski siblings’ Sense8 sci-fi series was cancelled by Netflix after two seasons, but returns, after a considerable break, with this made-for-TV movie-length finale intended to give the story, and the fans, a sense of closure. It began as the story of eight people, from very diverse backgrounds and locations, who found themselves psychically and mysteriously linked. And starting today on Netflix, it’ll end that way…

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