More from Daniel Fienberg
‘Predators’ Review: A Fascinating, Frustrating Doc Examines the Complicated Legacy of ‘To Catch a Predator’
Director David Osit interviews host Chris Hansen and several of the predator-luring decoys as he questions whether the reality show did the right thing in the wrong ways.
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‘Folktales’ Review: ‘Jesus Camp’ Directors Head to Norway for a Frigid, Furry and Very Sweet Coming-of-Age Doc
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady follow three students at a Norwegian "folk school," where students learn survival skills and dog sledding.
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‘Paradise’ Review: Sterling K. Brown Investigates a Presidential Murder in Hulu’s Twist-Driven ‘This Is Us’ Reunion
Dan Fogelman created the eight-episode drama, which co-stars James Marsden and Julianne Nicholson and isn't exactly the series it initially seems to be.
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‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Review: Paul Reubens Explores Pee-wee Herman, and His Own Identity, in Revealing HBO Doc
Culled from 40 hours of interviews and thousands of hours of archival footage, Matt Wolf's doc gives Paul Reubens his own posthumous spotlight.
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‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ Review: Latest Ukraine Doc From ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ Helmer Packs a Visceral, Existential Punch
Mstyslav Chernov returns to Sundance with a new story of the Ukrainian counteroffensive and the slow, deadly effort to liberate a tiny village.
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Critic’s Notebook: By Turns Predictable and Unhinged, Inauguration Tells a Tale of Two Trumps
The 2025 inauguration of Donald Trump featured a Comic-Con-esque official speech, followed by a longer, less filtered address to supporters.
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‘The Hunting Party’ Review: NBC’s Serial Killer Procedural Is a Deadly Bore
Generic serial killers escape from a generic supermax prison and are pursued by a generic team of investigators in this drama starring Melissa Roxburgh.
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‘The Couple Next Door’ Review: Sam Heughan Smolders in Starz’s Ludicrous Polyamory Thriller
Eleanor Tomlinson, Alfred Enoch and Jessica De Gouw join the 'Outlander' star in this six-episode chronicle of steamy, eventually violent misadventures.
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The 10 Best Medical Shows of All Time, Ranked
Max’s Noah Wyle-led ‘The Pitt’ is the latest in a recent proliferation of medical series. THR’s chief TV critic ranks the 10 greatest examples of the beloved small-screen genre.
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‘American Primeval’ Review: Betty Gilpin Leads Netflix’s Relentlessly Brutal Peter Berg-Helmed Western Miniseries
Creator Mark L. Smith's six-episode examination of scruffy, vicious people traversing the Utah Territory in 1857 also stars Taylor Kitsch and Dane DeHaan.
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‘Shifting Gears’ Review: Tim Allen and Kat Dennings Are Stuck in Neutral in ABC’s Family Sitcom
Yep, it's another story of a conservative father and a somewhat more liberal daughter having to end a lengthy estrangement.
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Critic’s Notebook: An Assured Nikki Glaser Boosts an Improved Golden Globes Telecast
The host was game and some of the speeches were stirring, though the Globes still struggled with pacing, presenter banter and strange production choices.
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