In September, Marius wrote about Scenes from a Marriage, Hagai Levi’s affecting adaptation of the Ingmar Bergman classic. (Episodes four and five, centering on the impact of incarceration on the lives of individuals and their loved ones, are especially compelling.) Thanks to wide-ranging access to what’s referred to as the black box of criminal justice, the series clearly and movingly depicts the nuts and bolts of an institution that dictates a substantial amount of local policymaking and proves the old-and in these times oft-forgotten-adage that all politics is local.- Lisa Wong Macabasco The Pursuit of Love It’s an ambitious, sprawling epic (set to an excellent score by electronic musician Dan Deacon) that has rightfully drawn comparisons to The Wire, not least because of its constellation of vivid, flawed, truly human characters. Filmmakers Ted Passon, Yoni Brook, and Nicole Salazar follow Larry Krasner, a civil rights attorney who sued the Philadelphia Police Department 75 times throughout his career, from his long-shot election as Philadelphia district attorney in 2017 as he tries to overhaul the criminal-justice system from the inside, arguing for a kind of radical, systemic change that seems near impossible in the face of institutional inertia. is a riveting docuseries that sheds light on one corner of that tumultuous process. How real, fundamental, sustainable change happens is something that’s been on many minds in the past year, and Philly D.A.
In short: It’s a lark! And now that season one is over, my Tuesdays have never felt more bereft.- Jessie Heyman Pen15 Imagine!) The Hulu series, co-created by Martin and Grace and Frankie’s John Hoffman, is a modern whodunit filled with meta jokes, unlikely friendships, twists, turns, and a lot of star cameos (Tina Fey, Nathan Lane, Sting). (I found myself looking forward to Tuesdays. “And such good New York City real estate.” While I was, truthfully, drawn in by the siren song of aspirational apartments-the show is set in a fictional historical landmark named The Arconia- Only Murders quickly became my favorite new show of the season. Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez co-starring in a murder-mystery show? I like all three famous figures just fine-but together? “It’s a lark!” my friend said. And I’ll admit I was skeptical, even after my very discerning friend recommended it to me. I came to Only Murders in the Building from a place of familiar desperation: I needed a new show.
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