John Powers

John Powers reviews The Lowdown.

A new eight-part series by MUBI chronicles the ferocious rise of the Italian dictator. While the show is a bit too eager to make Mussolini entertaining, the story it tells couldn't be any more timely.

John Powers reviews the thriller series Butterfly.

John Powers reviews The Diary of Lies

A new BritBox series centers on a deaf woman who works in a police station, and whose lip-reading abilities come in handy when the precinct needs help interpreting surveillance footage.

John Powers reviewed "Endling," by Maria Reva.

The new Netflix series "Dept. Q" stars Matthew Goode as a crack Edinburgh police detective who brings together a team of misfits to help search for a woman who vanished several years ago. Our critic-at-large, John Powers, says it's one of those crime series that's less about the solution than watching the byplay of the characters.

The new French film "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" centers on a Parisian novelist who's having trouble with her writing and her love life. Then she goes to a Jane Austen-themed writers' retreat. Our critic-at-large John Powers says that it got him thinking about the qualities that make Austen so popular.

John Powers reviews Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.

In the new TV series "Your Friends & Neighbors," Jon Hamm stars as a rich hedge fund guy who loses his job and turns to crime to pay for his exceedingly high bills. The show, which also stars Amanda Peet, has already been renewed for a second season on Apple TV+.