What’s Streaming
JERRY SEINFELD: 23 HOURS TO KILL (2020) Stream on Netflix. If anyone can draw laughs from the mundane — particularly the trivial problems that nagged at us before the coronavirus crisis struck — it’s Jerry Seinfeld. The comedy giant makes something of a comeback in “23 Hours to Kill,” his first original standup special since “I’m Telling You for the Last Time” debuted 22 years ago. Onstage at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan, Seinfeld explores the “magic” of Pop-Tarts and argues that “everyone’s life sucks,” including his, although “perhaps not quite as much.”
ARDE MADRID: BURN MADRID BURN Stream on MHz Choice. Talk about an escape. This black-and-white limited series transports us to 1960s Madrid. Under the orders of Spain’s dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco, Ana Mari (Inma Cuesta), a strait-laced spinster, poses as a maid to spy on the actress Ava Gardner (Debi Mazar of “Goodfellas” and “Entourage”), who spent time in Spain after divorcing Frank Sinatra. To get the job done, Ana pretends to marry Ava’s driver, Manolo (Paco León, who also directed the series), a cocky opportunist whose freewheeling lifestyle goes against everything Ana stands for. The mission forces the fake couple to step outside their comfort zone. Manolo gets in touch with his emotions, while Ana, influenced by Ava’s lavish parties and hedonistic lifestyle, slowly starts to let loose and fall for Manolo.
GOLD DIGGER Stream on Acorn TV. This six-part romantic thriller questions whether older women have the same sexual freedom as men, particularly onscreen. Sixty-year-old Julia (Julia Ormond) has always placed her family first. But after her husband leaves her for her best friend and her adult children prove to be selfish snobs, she finds happiness in Benjamin (Ben Barnes), an attractive copywriter who is nearly half her age. Their relationship blossoms quickly, but doesn’t sit well with Julia’s children, who criticize the age gap and worry that Benjamin is after Julia’s wealth. The series hints that Benjamin is hiding something throughout, but the truth doesn’t come to the fore until the final episode.
What’s on TV
NATALIE WOOD: WHAT REMAINS BEHIND (2020) 9 p.m. on HBO; stream on HBO platforms. In “What Remains Behind,” the documentarian Laurent Bouzereau sets his gaze on Natalie Wood, the “West Side Story” actress who started out as a child star and went on to become a Hollywood icon. Wood’s daughter Natasha Gregson Wagner weighs in heavily here — interviewing friends and family, including her father and Wood’s husband, the actor Robert Wagner, and stars like Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. The movie paints an endearing portrait of Wood through a trove of archival material and addresses her tragic death in 1981, though it does not reveal new findings. The actress was initially said to have drowned off the coast of Catalina Island, but the details surrounding her death — including whether her husband was involved — remain unclear.
Source: Television - nytimes.com
