Every IndieWire TV Review from 2021 So Far, Ranked by Best to Worst Grade
As we head into the final weeks of the year, there continue to be an overwhelming number of shows making a good case for your TV attention.
As we head into the final weeks of the year, there continue to be an overwhelming number of shows making a good case for your TV attention.
A long-running PBS series, a nature doc, two intimate portraits — one of a person, the other a city — and “Allen v. Farrow” give Emmy voters a disparate field for their final decision.
The HBO documentary did not mention the deaths of three of Mia Farrow’s children.
“Allen v. Farrow” marks the latest stage in ostracizing the filmmaker from American audiences, but history suggests he still has options.
In our media-obsessed culture, allegations against Woody Allen went unchecked for decades. So it’s only fitting a TV show helps uncover the truth.
“A lot of careers were at stake,” said Amy Herdy, an investigative documentary film producer and journalist on the project.
The filmmakers assure viewers “Allen v. Farrow” is “a complete, thorough, and accurate presentation of the facts.”
“Deciding to allow this tape to be viewed now publicly in this way has not been easy,” she says of home video footage featured in the HBO doc.
The streaming platform says “viewers [can] make their own informed decisions about screening the work.”
The filmmaker and his wife issued a statement criticizing HBO shortly after the network aired the first episode of “Allen v. Farrow.”
The HBO docuseries premiering Sunday features exclusive interviews with Farrow’s children and many more.
We shouldn’t stop at teaching kids that life isn’t always fair. We should teach them that justice isn’t either.