The beard is the key.

With his documentaries How To Survive A Plague and The Death And Life Of Marsha P. Johnson, journalist David France has delivered some of the most vital and revealing reporting about the highs and lows of recent American LGBTQ+ history. But he’s never directed a movie quite like Welcome To Chechnya. In those earlier…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Friday, June 26, and Saturday, June 27. All times are Eastern.

Throughout the four seasons of The Bold Type, one thing has always been true. Well, a lot of things have always been true: the unreasonable number of cabs, the cute clothes, the fantasy apartments, the fact that Jacqueline Carlyle has impeccable suits. But the most important piece of the pie is one that has made this…

“So you wanna know the truth? Well, this is the truth.”

Search Party’s third season is a mystery nearly three years in the making: What’s become of Dory Sief (Alia Shawkat), the New York hipster whose life began to unravel the moment she saw a missing persons flyer in the premiere? Along with her equally self-centered friends Drew (John Reynolds), Portia (Meredith Hagner),…

In the ongoing conversation about the concept of copaganda, true crime occupies an interesting space. On the one hand, trust in cops is built in to the genre’s storytelling: Even when dealing with cases of institutional neglect and indifference, ultimately it’s the actions of police that bring about a return to…

When the first season of Hanna arrived in early 2019, it seemed like creator David Farr was given license to strip-mine his earlier, and far more interesting, film, to capitalize on the girl power craze. That first season simply remixed the story beats of the 2011 tale that featured Saoirse Ronan as the titular…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Thursday, June 25. All times are Eastern.

If there’s one thing that is generally agreed upon regarding the first season of Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., it’s that it kind of sucked. Or rather, it kind of sucked until the MCU film Captain America: The Winter Soldier was released, at which point the show could finally reveal its long-con tie-in: S.H.I.E.L.D.…

Willam Belli—stage name: Willam—is much more than just a former RuPaul’s Drag Race competitor. He’s been a working actor in Hollywood for almost 20 years, with had stand-out roles in everything from Nip/Tuck to A Star Is Born, and just nabbed two Daytime Emmy nominations for his work both on-screen and off in the…

When Adventure Time ended roughly two years ago, it did so with a finale that encapsulated almost everything that made the Cartoon Network series so special: music, comedy, a light smattering of cosmic horror, and an overriding sense that the show’s magic relied less on showcasing the fights and follies of any one set…

Netflix is not new to the cooking competition party; this is where a lot of the platform’s less polarizing content resides. What makes the forage-focused Crazy Delicious stand out among the competition surplus is the level where these self-taught aspiring chefs deliver round after round. The stakes are high: Whoever…

On January 13, 1983, halfway through its first season, the low-rated but critically acclaimed NBC sitcom Cheers aired “Let Me Count The Ways” and changed television forever. Written by Heide Perlman and directed by James Burrow, the episode follows Diane Chambers (Shelley Long) when she’s struck by grief after…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Wednesday, June 24. All times are Eastern.

It’s no secret that Robert Downey Jr. was long-touted as the next Perry Mason. Together with his wife, Susan Downey, the Avenger was developing the classic series for years—first into a movie, and then later a series. But ultimately the timing didn’t work out for him to star, and along with other producers including…

Aside from Hollywood’s seemingly immovable trend of reboots and revivals, not many currently canceled show are offered a second chance at life. Lucifer became one of the more recent examples of a streaming service’s benevolent capabilities when Netflix picked it up in 2018 after Fox dropped it from its schedule. Last…

Since The Eric Andre Show went on hiatus after its fourth season in 2016, creator, host, and co-writer Eric Andre’s appetite for organized confusion and chaos has been curbed. Voice-over roles as Azizi in the live-action remake of The Lion King, and Luci and Pendergast in the animated Netflix sitcom Disenchantment have…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Tuesday, June 23. All times are Eastern.

“Don’t Forget the Sea” takes place 3 months before the events that have defined I May Destroy You so far. Bella’s assault is the show’s catalyst, but the series isn’t rushing to uncover the mystery or consequences of Bella’s trauma. This might be frustrating to viewers who are invested in justice for Bella or…