An in-depth three-part documentary series about John Lennon’s shocking murder and the legal process that unfolded in its wake — featuring first-time interviews with witnesses and detectives along with recordings of Lennon’s killer Mark David Chapman.
A Brazilian drama about two sets of mothers and daughters who find their status reversed when entrepreneur Marta and her daughter reluctantly take in Marta’s former employer Isabel and her daughter after a court order places them under house arrest. Marta was once Isabel’s nanny, but now she’s the successful one, and the daughter she
For fans of Star Wars and the 70s, a documentary that has some fun with the unlikely variety show known as “The Star Wars Holiday Special,” which aired in ’78 in the wake of the original Star Wars debut. Interviews everyone from Weird Al Yankovic to Kevin Smith to Donny Osmond put the franchise –
After a theatrical run, Martin Scorsese’s Oscar contender arrives on streaming on demand (Google/YouTube/Prime for $19.99). The three and a half hour historical epic is set in the early 1920s, after oil was discovered on the land of the Osage people of Oklahoma and a series of deaths within the Native American tribe forces them
An sharply written indie Canadian comedy-drama about a woman starting over after her husband of 30 years dies suddenly, and the unlikely (befriending teenagers) and likely (vodka) ways she copes, and how her adult kids end up getting involved. One to watch with the middle aged single parents facing the holidays.
Co-produced by HBO and the Boston Globe, the three-part docuseries pivots around the infamous 1989 murder of a pregnant Carol Stuart in a Black neighborhood of Boston, and begins by examining the roots of racial tensions in the city, followed by the “rampage” the police unleashed on Black communities in pursuit of the alleged killer,
Imagine being the daughter of the subject of The Staircase, or one of the subjects of Capturing the Friedmans, and how your life changes in the wake of sitting before cameras. Subject explores the unintended consequences of having your life shared on screen, featuring people who were the subjects of some of the most widely
As the news becomes more alarming, many turn to late night comedy to help process the overwhelm. John Oliver’s HBO series has been delivering timely new episodes each Sunday night, boldly tackling the latest headlines while often shedding new insights, thanks to carefully researched segments and the host’s irreverent, meta perspective on the news. There’s
A riveting, distressing documentary about the headline-making 1976 kidnapping of a school bus full of kids in Chowchilla, California, and how the 16 hour ordeal led to lifelong trauma for the 26 kids — who were ages 5 to 14 at the time. Interviews with the adult kids explore the shock waves and aftermath of
PBS has been delivering a steady stream of smart, engrossing mystery dramas each Sunday night. This time, they pull back the curtain on the life of one of the widely read mystery novelists — Agatha Christie — whose work inspired so many others. The three-part docuseries, narrated by historian Lucy Worsley, explores her roots as