In its first two highly rated seasons, HBO’s dark comedy Barry successfully deconstructed the masculine tropes and glamorized violence audiences have come to expect on prestige television shows about sad, murderous — or generally terrible — men. In Season 3, the multi-Emmy-winning series extends its queries about morality and power beyond Barry Berkman’s (Bill Hader) … Read more
Sasha Lane in Conversations With FriendsRose Leslie in The Time Traveler’s Wife AngelynePhoto: Go Bowe / Hulu; Macall B. Polay / HBO; Isabella Vosmikova / Peacock Welcome to What’s On, our weekly picks of must-watch shows. Here’s what you need to watch from Sunday, May 15 to Thursday, May 19. All times are Eastern. [Note: … Read more
Rose Leslie and Theo James in The Time Traveler’s WifePhoto: Macall Polay / HBO There’s a certain sense of predestination to the idea of Steven Moffat showrunning a TV version of The Time Traveler’s Wife. Moffat, after all, came to his post-Coupling career resurgence via a tenure on Doctor Who—Most notably his celebrated 2006 episode … Read more
Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder in HacksPhoto: Karen Ballard / HBO Max It’s hard to top the first season of Hacks, HBO Max’s acerbically funny series about two women (one Gen-Z, one boomer) navigating the male-dominated world of standup comedy. With a singular blend of caustic humor, incisive social commentary, and heartbreaking pathos — not … Read more
Miles Teller in The OfferPhoto: Nicol Wilder / Paramount + You can’t remake The Godfather. This much Paramount knows. But while The Offer—a ten-part limited series set behind the scenes of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 triumph — does not strictly speaking break that rule, its opportunistic premise and poor execution disrespect what some have called … Read more
Anthony Carrigan as NoHo Hank in Barry season 3, episode 1, “forgiving jeff” [Editor’s note: This interview contains spoilers from last night’s season three premiere of Barry.] Barry is back with season three, and NoHo Hank is still stealing the show. HBO’s beloved dramedy series about a depressed hitman-turned-aspiring actor returned on Sunday with a … Read more
This article contains minor spoilers for “The Baby.” If you’ve ever been the decidedly single, childless one in your group of friends, you probably already know the thing you’re never supposed to think, much less utter out loud, to your pregnant pal: “Are you going to turn into a massive asshole when you have a … Read more
Natasha Lyon in Russian Dollar second season Photo: Netflix In Russian Dollar The second season, the New York City underground train system is the strangest ever to appear on screen, and that is to say the least. Train 6 turns into the gateway for Nadia Vulvokov (Natasha Lyonne) and Alan Zaveri (Charlie Barnett) to travel … Read more
Natasha Lyon in Russian Dollar second season Photo: Netflix In Russian Dollar The second season, the New York City underground train system is the strangest ever to appear on screen, and that is to say the least. Train 6 turns out to be the gateway for Nadia Vulvokov (Natasha Lyonne) and Alan Zaveri (Charlie Barnett) … Read more