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‘Batwoman’

Season 2 of The CW's "Batwoman" has Ruby Rose pass the torch to Javicia Leslie, but Kate Kane is still an overwhelming presence.
‘Mr. Mayor’

The two driving forces behind "30 Rock" have taken an intriguing premise and a setting rich with possibility, and made a wince of a sitcom.
‘Pretend It’s a City’

In a Martin Scorsese-directed documentary series, the New York City social fixture Fran Lebowitz talks, and talks.
‘All Creatures Great and Small’

PBS Masterpiece's new "All Creatures Great and Small," starring Samuel West and Diana Rigg, makes smart adjustments to the franchise.

‘Locked Down’

In Doug Liman's up-to-the-minute pandemic drama, a London couple finds plotting a heist is the best way to keep from going COVID-19 crazy.
‘The Marksman’

Liam Neeson saves a Mexican boy from cartel slaughter in one of those bonding-with-a-kid movies that's mostly boilerplate.
‘The Mauritanian’

Jodie Foster plays a lawyer determined to defend a suspected terrorist subjected to "special" interrogation techniques at Guantanamo.
Critics Pick
‘MLK/FBI’

Sam Pollard's film vividly captures how the FBI used the great Civil Rights leader's private life to try to destroy him.

Eminem’s ‘Music to Be Murdered By – Side B’

Eminem stays within his comfort zone, for better and for worse, on "Music to Be Murdered By – Side B," his second album release in 2020.
Paul McCartney’s ‘McCartney III’

Paul McCartney returns to the idea of a true solo album with "McCartney III," a quarantine record where DIY randomness is part of the charm.
Taylor Swift’s ‘Evermore’

Taylor Swift's "Evermore" is an even more boldly acoustic and subdued companion piece to "Folklore" — and it's no sloppy seconds.
Shawn Mendes’ ‘Wonder’

Shawn Mendes can't sound much bigger than he does on "Wonder" without going full Adele, so what might come next is wide open.

‘The Comeback’

Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen's riotous West End comedy "The Comeback" is a triumph, but London theater closures stopped it in its tracks.
‘Death of England: Delroy’

Starring "Hamilton's" Michael Balogun and performed on the eve of England's second lockdown, the play is sure to be seen again.
‘The Last Five Years’

This smart revival of Jason Robert Brown's musical plays in a London theater cleverly redesigned for COVID-era safety.
‘The Outside Dog’ & ‘The Hand of God’

Kristin Scott Thomas and Rochenda Sandall headline two Alan Bennett monologues, which even under social distance pack a punch.