Review: ‘The Recruit’ Season 1
“‘The Recruit’ season 1 feels like a holiday gift to loyal Centineo fans who frequently revisit ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ (2018) and its sequels.”
On ‘The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes,’ ‘Blonde’ and Fatalist Netflix Filmmaking
“A fatalist flick like ‘Blonde’ — which, importantly, is not a biopic — and serial killer documentaries like ‘The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes’ can at once be exploitative and insightful. Both things can be true.”
Review: ‘Surviving the Cartel’ Season 1
“‘Surviving the Cartel’ season 1 looks like a mostly-assembled jigsaw puzzle. Creator Ely Bams has everything in place and yet various pieces clearly don’t connect.”
Review: ‘Taylor Tomlinson: Look at You’
“Tomlinson doesn’t hit the trendy talking points of so many comedians her age. Instead, she figuratively peels a rotten orange in ‘Look at You’ and asks the audience what they see. The damage is evident, and yet there’s still beauty in the bright color that remains.”
Review: W. Kamau Bell’s ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’
“Bell is as masterful a listener as he is an interviewer, fully honoring the presence of those whose lives were changed after crossing paths with Cosby.”