Television

With no costumes, no superpowers and no Batman, HBO's The Penguin is less like a comic book series than a crime drama — closer to The Sopranos than to the Batman movie from which it came.

TV Critic David Bianculli reviews the new season of Only Murders In The Building

David Bianculli reviews Wise Guy, a documentary about the landmark HBO series. Plus, we listen back to archival interviews with creator David Chase, and actors Michael Imperioli and Lorraine Bracco.

The 10-part Apple+ show, based on Carl Hiassen’s novel, is loaded with twists, turns and standout performances. Bad Monkey isn’t a great show, but it’s good, Florida fun.

John Powers reviewed the new movie "The Instigators," now streaming on Apple TV+.

The new crime series "Women In Blue" from Apple TV+ is set in Mexico in the 1970s. It's about four women cops, the first ever in Mexico City, who band together to catch a serial killer while battling their male colleagues' belief that women can't do the job. Our critic-at-large John Powers says that it's a story about the battle to shift consciousness.

Guest programmers, including Spike Lee, Olivia Wilde and even Donald Trump, present and discuss two favorite films on this TCM feature. It's yet another way the network celebrates the love of movies.

Time really does fly in this fun and charming adventure series, based on Terry Gilliam's 1981 film about a gang of thieves who steal treasures at different points in history.

From tuna to chili peppers to salt, each episode of this new Apple TV+ docuseries focuses on a unique ingredient. But there’s an additional element that runs throughout the show: passion.

Though this BBC America/AMC series has provocative things to say about identity, memory, love and loss, it fails to reproduce the best element of the original Orphan Black: the crazy, colorful clones.