Television

Ridley Scott Directs New HBO Max Series 'Raised By Wolves'

6:57am September 03, 2020

The show is about a pair of androids who raise a group of children on a barren, distant world after Earth is destroyed by religious war. Our TV critic says the show is inspired and a little flawed.

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The second season of Amazon Prime's The Boys comes out on Friday. Karl Urban plays Butcher (from left), and his "boys" Hughie Campbell (Jack Quaid), The Female (Karen Fukuhara), Frenchie (Tomer Capon) and Mother's Milk (Laz Alonso).

Arts

'The Boys' Return For A 2nd Season, Even More Twisted Than The 1st

5:01pm September 02, 2020

by Eric Deggans

The Amazon Prime series returns Friday full of satire, superheroes and subversion. It's a funhouse mirror reflection of the racism, xenophobia, criminality and political posturing of our real world.

News Brief: Russian Interference, Right-Wing Extremism, CDC Bans Evictions

5:47am September 02, 2020

Facebook and Twitter remove Russia-backed accounts targeting some voters. An ex-DHS official says the White House failed to take far-right extremism seriously. And, there's a new ban on evictions.

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World News

Venice Film Festival To Return Amid The Pandemic

4:43pm September 01, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Andreas Wiseman of Deadline about the Venice Film Festival, which is scheduled to start Wednesday.

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Dime Davis directed all six episodes of HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show. The show was nominated for three Emmy Awards: outstanding directing for a variety series, outstanding variety sketch series and outstanding guest actress in a comedy series.

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'Black Lady Sketch Show' Is TV 'We'd Never Seen Before,' Says Dime Davis

5:50pm August 31, 2020

by Mandalit del Barco

Davis could make history at the Emmys on Sept. 20 — becoming the first Black woman to win an Emmy for directing a television series. "It's still very surreal to me," she says.

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Actor Cherry Jones On Her Journey From Theater To 'Succession' Media Mogul

2:14pm August 31, 2020

by Terry Gross

The Emmy and Tony award-winning actor talks about growing up gay in Tennessee, losing theater friends during the AIDS epidemic and playing the head of a family-owned media group on Succession.

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Arts

'Women Make Film' Shines A Long Overdue Spotlight On Female Filmmakers

2:14pm August 31, 2020

by David Bianculli

TCM's ambitious 14-hour series showcases the work of female filmmakers from around the globe, and provides hundreds of examples of both artistic and technical achievement.

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Carla Campbell is a bounty hunter with a mission in the new series Love Fraud.

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A Man Tries To Stay A Step Ahead Of The Many Women He Married In 'Love Fraud'

7:01am August 31, 2020

by Linda Holmes

Showtime's documentary series Love Fraud isn't really about the man who allegedly defrauded a series of women after meeting them online. It's about their search for him, aided by a bounty hunter.

Members of the District of Columbia Democratic Party attend a drive-in watch party in the parking lot of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium to watch Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden accept the Democratic nomination for president on the final

Politics & Government

Democrats Beat Republicans In Convention Television Ratings

8:34pm August 28, 2020

by Eric Deggans

Last week's virtual Democratic National Convention drew more TV viewers than this week's Republican National Convention, according to Neilson ratings released Friday.

Grainy footage of kids getting ready to fly down dangerous rides is the most striking image in the documentary Class Action Park.

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'Class Action Park' Remembers The Perils Of A Really Good Time

5:01am August 27, 2020

by Linda Holmes

The documentary Class Action Park tells the story of a New Jersey theme park that was widely beloved, successful and extremely dangerous.