What to watch, and more! Week of May 29 -June 4
Marilyn Monroe, disaster flicks & history’s greatest machines!
Marilyn Monroe is featured in six films Monday night, including ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.’
FRIDAY, May 29
Star City
Rhys Ifans stars in this space-race alt-history thriller series, which posits the what-might-have-been if the Soviet Union had beat America to the moon (Apple TV).
Miss You, Love You
New original film about a grieving widow (Allison Janney) planning her husband’s funeral with a total stranger: her estranged son’s assistant (Andrew Rannells). Can they help each other heal? (8 p.m., HBO).
SATURDAY, May 30
Craig Ferguson: American on Purpose
The award-winning comedian hosts this new weekly series exploring what it means to be American through humor, history, and personal reflection (9 p.m., CNN).
SUNDAY, May 31
1971 Psychological Thrillers
It’s back-to-back classics, both released in the golden Hollywood year of 1971. Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda star in Klute, which also features Roy Schieder and an uncredited, pre-Rocky Sylvester Stallone. And then Play Misty for Me, a suspense thriller written by and starring Clint Eastwood (TCM).
MONDAY, June 1
History’s Greatest Machines with Dolph Lundgren
The actor explores the engineering breakthroughs that shaped human history, including the printing press, rockets and personal computers (10 p.m, History).
Star of the Month: Marilyn Monroe
Celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of the silver screen goddess with six of her films, including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, Monkey Business and I Love Trouble (TCM).
TUESDAY, June 2
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer
Get ready for another season of real-life, harrowing accounts of survivors who crossed paths with serial killers and lived to share their story (9 p.m., ID).
Not Suitable For Work
Mindy Kaling created this new series (above) about work-obsessed twenty-somethings striving for success and, if they have time, happiness in Manhattan’s most glamorous neighborhood (Hulu).
WEDNESDAY, June 3
The Legend of Vox Machina
The critically acclaimed animated series begins its fourth season (Prime Video).
TCM Spotlight: Disaster Films
Buckle up for a day of disaster flicks, including Airport (the original 1970 version!), The Hindenberg, Skyjacked and Zero Hour (TCM).
THURSDAY, June 4
The Witness
Three-part true-crime drama focuses on the aftermath of a 1992 murder, centered on her partner and their young son, who saw it happen. Starring Jordon Bolger and Max Fincham. (Netflix).
READ ALL ABOUT IT
If you ever wondered about the relationships between photography, feminist art and collage-making, you can take a deep dive into Cut Out (Thames & Hudson). It’s an art-filled salute to college and cutting techniques, stretching across nearly 200 years, from the Victorian era to today.
Young readers can get an appreciation of the beauty and strength of Black culture in We Are Joy (Penguin Random House), a vibrantly illustrated celebration of diversity and inclusion from award-winning author Crystal T. Giles and artist Kitt Thomas.
Baseball fans will discover all the details about a pivotal moment in sports in The First All-Star Game: Babe Ruth, FDR and America at the Crossroads (Atlantic Monthly Press), a sweeping, richly detailed history of the game and how it grew against the backdrop of a failed presidential assassination, a rising threat in Europe…and Bonny and Clyde!
TRUDEAU & DOONESBURY: A Biography (Abrams Press) is a must-read for anyone who remembers the newspaper strip that brought serious “bite” to “the funnies” and helped drive the national conversation about Watergate, Vietnam and other social and political events of the ‘70s.
BRING IT HOME
Milla Jovovich stars in Protector (Magenta Light Studios), a gripping action tale of a war hero whose peaceful life is shattered with her daughter is kidnapped by sex traffickers—and she dives deep into the criminal underworld to find her. With Matthew Modine and D.B. Sweeney.
NOW HEAR THIS
Willie Nelson is on the road again! Well, not exactly—but he was in the studio to make his 156th album, Dreamchaser (Legacy). Nelson, who just turned 92, shows he’s still got the musical mojo with this all-new collection of tunes, many of which he co-wrote—like “I Can’t Read Your Mind,” “We’d Make a Good Movie,” “Whiskey Wants Me To” and “I Don’t Think I’ve Cried Today.” One of his songwriting collaborators? Bob Dylan!