Judy Berman

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'Dear Edward' Wants to Make You Weep

Creator Jason Katims' weepy sensibility, distributed across half a dozen intersecting plots and hammered home by a plaintive indie-folk soundtrack, makes for a crushingly earnest melodrama

By Judy Berman February 2, 2023

The 5 Best New Shows of January 2023

From Poker Face to Fight the Power to The Lying Lives of Adults

By Judy Berman January 31, 2023

'The Watchful Eye' Is Bonkers in the Best Way

The Freeform drama has no highbrow aspirations. It’s just a solidly built domestic thriller—and that's refreshing

By Judy Berman January 30, 2023

1619 Project Is Bolder Than Ever in New Doc

Even the least controversial revisionist histories rarely gain a foothold without repetition—and in this case, stories new and old transcend partisan polemic when viewers get to see the faces behind them.

By Judy Berman January 26, 2023

Natasha Lyonne Is Happier Than Ever

The 'Poker Face' star on why she loves playing unconventional women

By Judy Berman January 26, 2023

Zany 'Extraordinary' Lives Up to Its Name

Remember the name Emma Moran, for she has achieved what once seemed impossible: She’s created a superhero comedy that’s actually funny.

By Judy Berman January 25, 2023

'Poker Face' Is a Perfect Midwinter Gift

Quippy, scrappy, and disarmingly caring, protagonist Charlie has a superpower befitting Lyonne’s street-smart persona: she can always tell when someone’s lying.

By Judy Berman January 25, 2023

Review: Jason Segel's Unbearable 'Shrinking'

The practice of setting and enforcing emotional boundaries seems pretty self-evidently healthy. What this deeply irritating new Apple TV+ dramedy proposes is, well, maybe it isn’t.

By Judy Berman January 23, 2023

'The Last of Us' Is Stunning But Sadistic

From the performances to the storytelling to the aesthetic elements, it’s an exquisitely made adaptation. But it also asks viewers to absorb a whole lot of human misery without saying much that we haven’t already heard in similar shows.

By Judy Berman January 10, 2023

Inside AMC's Anne Rice Universe

With 'Mayfair Witches' and 'Interview with the Vampire,' the Anne Rice universe is proposing a solution to streaming's current crisis

By Judy Berman January 5, 2023
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