Chris Vognar

“Alice and Steve,” snappily written, subversive, but deceptively sweet, is a worthy addition to the import roster.

At the series’ core is a deeply felt performance from Rebecca Hall. .... “The Listeners” is more cinematically expressive than most television fare; it creates a mood as much as it tells a story, and finds creative ways to depict characters losing contact with external reality.

Pretty good, provided you can roll with the kind of story padding and zeitgeist stew that Apple TV seems especially fond of. .... At times I longed for the pure, undiluted sadism of the old-time Max Cady, a character conceived as an embodiment of implacable, almost cosmic evil. Bardem gets there eventually, but he takes his sweet time — and has a lot of fun on the journey.

You can excuse the anachronism, largely because Cage channels his inner Bogie with such gusto. .... “Spider-Noir” can be funny and fun. And yet, as the name suggests, it comes in a shade of darkness.

It’s a raunchy, smart sex comedy that happens to feature forest animals.

“The Boroughs” provides the odd sensation of nostalgia tapping into a recent piece of nostalgia. The series too often feels like a copy of a copy. So it’s up to the cast of welcome familiars to make “The Boroughs” worth a trip. They’re all more than watchable.

Clarity is not a strong suit here. The series does a lot of nibbling around the edges of storytelling. But I enjoyed the nibbling.

It’s funny and it’s scary, but it’s never simply either, or even simply both. Even when “Widow’s Bay” cheekily remixes horror tropes, it feels like its own thing. It’s hard to classify, which is about the nicest thing I can say about a new series.

Built around four performances of almost feral intensity, “Half Man” is the rare series that I wish had stayed just a little bit longer. That means I was drawn deep into its unflagging intensity, and I also wanted it to stick a smoother landing.

A very Kelley piece of work: a little old-fashioned and a little newfangled, slickly entertaining, witty and casually progressive.