The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm isn’t your conventional TV show. It runs less than 20 minutes and it’s essentially a capsule summation of the Holocaust, told by a 10-year-old...

2018

Jan

'WE'LL MEET AGAIN' REMINDS US OF THE ENDURING IMPACT PEOPLE HAVE ON OUR LIVES By David Hinckley

The new PBS series We’ll Meet Again takes us on a heartwarming journey to happy endings...

2018

Jan

ACORN'S 'DEAR MURDERER' MAKES FOR A GOOD STORY AND SOMETIME DOCUDRAMA By David Hinckley

Dear Murderer is likely to have somewhat less celebrity sizzle in the U.S. than it did last summer in its native New Zealand. It’s still an entertaining look at practicing law on a tightrope...

2018

Jan

TNT'S 'THE ALIENIST' IS A GRIM TALE OF MURDER AND IMMIGRANT LIFE By David Hinckley

TNT’s long-awaited adaptation of Caleb Carr’s The Alienist captures some of the book’s allure. It also illustrates why the TV version took so many years to develop...

2018

Jan

WRITER AND SHOWRUNNER ED SOLOMON ON THE STORYTELLING APPROACH OF 'MOSAIC' By David Hinckley

HBO’s new Sharon Stone crime drama Mosaic poses a disturbing notion about a broader issue of life: that when we try to reassure or comfort someone by saying “I understand,” we’re almost certainly lying...

2018

Jan

THE THEORY OF ALTERNATE REALITIES ON 'COUNTERPART' By David Hinckley

The opening episode of the tense new Starz sci-fi drama Counterpart left me undecided for a long time, I must admit, on whether I wanted to stick around and figure it out...

2018

Jan

FOX'S 'THE RESIDENT' HAS POTENTIAL DESPITE ITS MANY AILMENTS By David Hinckley

Contrary to the promotion for Fox’s new medical drama The Resident, we’ve seen this patient before...

2018

Jan

THE STUNNING WORLD OF 'BLUE PLANET II' By David Hinckley

BBC America balances a growing cautionary tale with sheer majestic wonder when its long-awaited Planet Earth: Blue Planet II premieres Saturday...

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