Had Desiree Akhavan not explicitly said that she dislikes being called the bisexual Lena Dunham, I might have compared her excellent new show on Hulu, “The Bisexual,” to HBO’s “Girls.” It’s a difficult comparison to resist — there’s something awfully familiar about the pithy, neurotic dialogue, fumbly sex scenes and skittish, scruffy characters who straddle the line between being in on the joke and being the punchline.
Sunday, November 18, 2018 - 4:00pm
Yet another installation in the world’s continuing fascination with the drug trade in the Americas. Call me jaded, but having seen at least 10 of these come out every month, I may have unfairly written off “Narcos: Mexico” before it even began. I quickly realized, however, that the “Narcos” spin-off series maintains the quality of its parent, one of the standouts in the crowded sea of the drug trade subgenre.
Sunday, November 18, 2018 - 3:53pm
However, the downside of a show that is so realistically boring is that sometimes there are points where it just seems... boring.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 1:16pm
Brat is the only network that is daring to do something different from the typical formula of television targeted pre-teens.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 1:07pm
Jordan’s story is told alongside those of forgotten athletes who gambled their careers on their political convictions… and lost.
Sunday, November 11, 2018 - 6:38pm
‘Super Drags’ is nothing short of constantly entertaining.
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 2:53pm
The anthology show isn’t so much a new phenomenon as it is a very old one.
Monday, November 5, 2018 - 1:24pm
With “Homecoming,” Esmail solidifies himself as one of the best directors working in television. His style here projects a kind of refined paranoia, evoking Hitchcock in hypnotic staircase shots, trippy zooms and spectacular long takes.
Sunday, November 4, 2018 - 4:29pm
The very brief 20-minute stretch of the program quickly felt like pulling teeth.
Sunday, November 4, 2018 - 4:24pm
There’s no skits or interviews, just Minhaj earnestly trying to persuade the audience to care.