A new documentary is coming out about Bourdain, but one could learn even more about his ethos by looking at the various TV programs he hosted.
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The Story of La Veneno, Spain’s Badass Trans Superstar
The HBO Max series Veneno embraces all of the media personality’s colorful life, including the messier parts.
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Raoul Peck’s Frustratingly Incomplete Treatise on Colonialism
For all its bluntness, Exterminate All the Brutes never once utters the words “rape” or “capitalism.”
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Halston Gets the Kind of Over-the-Top Biopic He’d Appreciate
The new Netflix miniseries about the influential fashion designer would benefit from a closer look at the work that made his name.
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An Epic-Length Documentary Tackles Ernest Hemingway
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s latest PBS series does a good job of telling the writer’s life story, but doesn’t probe his thornier aspects.
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WandaVision Grapples with Grief in Sitcom Style, But Falls Short
Despite its laugh tracks and various winks and nods, the Marvel superhero series is lacking in its homage to iconic television.
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An Invaluable Black Public Broadcasting Archive Is Now Accessible Online
From a report on sundown towns to interviews with Angela Davis and Emmett Till’s mother, here are highlights from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
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When a Con Artist Tried to Sell the “Car of the Future”
The HBO true crime miniseries The Lady and the Dale argues that it’s just as important to highlight trans outlaws in addition to role models.
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Finding the Profundity in Pigeon Swarms, NYC Scaffolding, and More
HBO’s weird and wonderful How To with John Wilson mines footage of everyday life for funny and surprising insights.
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A Sweeping Look at Chicago During Turbulent Times
The docuseries City So Real takes a deep dive into the city amidst last year’s mayoral election and police brutality protests.
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A Brutally Simple Tale of Primeval Survival
Master animator Genndy Tartakovsky pares the action genre down to its purest elements in Primal.
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A Grand Adventure on Nature’s Littlest Stage
The Paul Rudd-narrated documentary series Tiny World takes an up-close look at Earth’s most diminutive denizens.
