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Lionsgate / Summit Entertainment In Hacksaw Ridge, Faith Is a Bloody Business
The director Mel Gibson employs characteristic passion and violence to tell the story of a conscientious objector.
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Richard Shotwell / Invision / AP Hulu’s Bid to Replace Cable
The company has struck a deal with Disney and Fox to provide live TV to subscribers—but cord-cutters might not care enough to pay extra.
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John P. Robinson / HBO One Key to Westworld: Video Games
The HBO sci-fi drama has begun offering smart commentary on the appeal and limitations of fictional, immersive universes.
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CBS Why Is The Great Indoors So Mad at Millennials?
CBS’s new sitcom is packed with aggressive jokes about youngsters that lack effort, or any real insight.
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A24 Moonlight Is a Film of Uncommon Grace
Barry Jenkins’s gorgeous movie, which charts the coming-of-age tale of a black man in Miami, is one of the best of the year.
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NBC The Joy of David S. Pumpkins
Just why was Tom Hanks dancing in a black-and-orange suit on Saturday Night Live so funny?
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AMC The Walking Dead Might Be Its Own Villain
The hit AMC show ended its sixth season on a cheap cliffhanger. Its seventh-season premiere messily tried to regain momentum.
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Netflix Black Mirror’s ‘Hated in the Nation’ Considers Online Outrage
The final chapter of this season takes the social-media mob to its deadly extreme.
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Netflix Black Mirror’s ‘San Junipero’ is the Standout of the Season
The more emotional and hopeful tale stars Mackenzie Davis and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
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Amazon Studios / Magnolia Pictures The Handmaiden Is a Cinematic Masterpiece
Park Chan-wook’s new romantic thriller is a sumptuous tale of shifting identities, forbidden love, and colonialism.
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Netflix Black Mirror’s ‘Playtest’ Brings Fear to Life
The second episode of the new season is a twisty, tense horror story about an immersive video game that can detect your darkest fears.
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Paramount Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Isn't Weird Enough
The sequel to one of Hollywood’s most underrated action entries of the decade wastes a solid performance from Tom Cruise.
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CBS Why Stephen Colbert Isn't Connecting
An interview with Bill O’Reilly Monday night distilled many of the struggles the Late Show host has had in his first year on the job.
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Epix The Easy Political Escapism of Graves
The new Epix comedy imagines a former Republican president deciding to atone for his sins in office.
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IFC The Quiet Feminism of Certain Women
Kelly Reichardt’s new film, starring Laura Dern, Michelle Williams, and Kristen Stewart, is a moving, thoughtful triptych set in Montana.
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STX Entertainment Desierto Is a Horror Movie for the Age of Trump
Jonas Cuarón’s film sees a racist vigilante stalking and murdering Mexican migrants as they cross the border.
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FX Atlanta Is One of the Most Versatile Shows on TV
Donald Glover’s FX series can transform from moody relationship drama to wacky sketch comedy in a week—and is all the more compelling for it.
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AMC Halt and Catch Fire’s Sad Ballad of the Future
AMC’s tech drama, which has become must-watch television, airs its third-season finale on Tuesday.
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HBO Insecure Is Quietly Revolutionary
Issa Rae makes the leap from webseries to HBO with this hilarious, insightful new sitcom.
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Netflix The Biggest Problem With Netflix's Comic-Book Shows
The network’s newest superhero series, Luke Cage, has the same issue as its predecessors: It takes way too long to get its story in motion.
