The Abandons needs a better idea than “girlboss Western”
In an already stuffed TV Western market, this Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey version doesn’t offer much that’s new
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The triumph of The Death of Bunny Munro
The bruising TV adaptation of Nick Cave’s 2009 novel is more palatable than the book – but still not for…
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Pluribus’s very polite zombies
Vince Gilligan’s new series asks whether the price of peace is worth the subordination of the individual
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Re-reading the utterly original Rachel Cooke
The writer, who was the New Statesman’s TV reviewer for nearly two decades, has died aged 56
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The insidious cruelty of justice porn
A new documentary explores the moral complexity of To Catch a Predator, a 2000s show based on hunting paedophiles
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David Olusoga’s empire state of mind
Have the history wars of the past decade finally ended?
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The happy psychopathy of The Traitors
Contestants on the BBC show are suspicious, paranoid and prone to herd mentality. But they’re also surprisingly nice
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Death by Lightning: the unsung ballad of James Garfield
Netflix’s period piece tells the story of a president overlooked by history and his oddball assassin
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