Is Martin Scorsese America’s greatest living director?
Apple’s new paean to the man certainly suggests as much
Television
Tuesday
Thursday
Will Disney strike a deal to end its YouTube TV blackout?
YouTubeTV knows it remains in the driver’s seat
Wednesday
Wokeness ended my backroom Jeopardy! habit
A bootleg re-enactment of the game succumbed to petty drama
Tuesday
LeBron’s ‘Second Decision’ wasted everyone’s time
Why is the greatest basketball player of our era trying to compete with influencers?
Wednesday
Kimmel makes the case for free speech
Just like that, America was great again
Thursday
Don’t cry for Jimmy Kimmel
His schtick wore thin a long time ago, and his continued presence owed as much to a lack of imagination as it did genuine talent
Monday
Alien: Earth is unfriendly and brilliant
What makes the show distinctive, and will undoubtedly account for its interest over future weeks, is its marriage between human consciousness and android bodies
Friday
Donald Trump saved the UFC
It’s become the sport of the GOP
Thursday
South Park has lost the plot
The show has become a shitlib parody of itself
Thursday
Don’t mourn the death of TV
America is better for having largely abandoned television
Friday
The Severance season two finale is of a quality rarely seen on TV
This season was more ambitious and explored its concept and drama far more deeply than the first
Saturday
Apple TV+’s Dope Thief is an ugly mess
It’s not funny, surprising, or particularly eventful
Thursday
Can a TV series capture the extraordinary story of the Mitford girls?
It remains to be seen whether Outrageous lives up to its billing
Monday
A return to the White Lotus
By the show’s admittedly high standards, this first episode was definitely disappointing
Monday
This month in culture: March 2025
What to watch this March
Monday
I watched everything except the Super Bowl
If you don’t want to take in the big game, what else is on TV?
Friday
Why we dramatize history — and why we should stop
The melding of truth and fiction is both culturally limiting and the kind of dangerous terrain which breeds conspiracy theories and fake news
Thursday
Is Rivals the most outrageous show on television?
Come for the outrageousness and scandal, stay for the surprisingly sweet heart at its center
Monday
Disclaimer is the best show on TV — and the most underrated
Sex, death and wealthy people being vile to one another — what’s not to like?
Friday
Where has the erotic film gone?
Depictions of sex in cinema have collapsed
