Who – August 10, 2019

THE

Thenewseasonkicksoffwithanepisodethat’s

near-perfectindeliveringtheinspirationand

sentimentality– andconfidentgaytaste– that

arethehallmarksoftheshow.It couldbeburied

ina timecapsuleandunearthed,atsome

indefinitetimeinthefuture,whentheworld

coulduseanupbeatreminderthattherewas

onceaneffervescentstylistnamedJonathan

VanNess,andthathereturnedtohishometown

ofQuincy,Illinois,togivea belovedteachera

makeover.Herhair,describedasa redmullet,

itselfseemstohavesurvivedfroma distantpast.

Inotherwords,theshowis a keeper.

Astheseasonprogresses,theobjectsofthe

FabFive’sattentionsrunthegamutfroma

wheelchair-boundformerbadboytoa Mexican-

Americanwomanwholacksconfidencein

herselfandherheritage,andincludea ‘man-

child’daddobbedinbytheshow’syoungest

nominatorsofar– his10-year-olddaughter.

(OnNetflixfromFri.,Jul.19)

LikeSeason3,thislatestinstalmentof

theAmericanfootballrealityseries

followstheteamatIndependence

CommunityCollegeinKansas.The

playersareonceagainunderthe

tutelageofheadcoachBrown,a man

aboutasfarremovedfromFriday

NightLights’ CoachTaylor(Kyle

Chandler)asyoucangetineverything

excepthispassionandcommitmentto

thegame.WhatLastChanceUshares

withthatacclaimeddrama,though,is

thatyoudon’thavetocarethatmuch

aboutthesporttogetsomethingout

oftheshow,whichfocusesonthe

personalstrugglesoftheplayersmore

thanthegameitself. (On

Netflix from Fri., Jul. 19)

In1961,SovietballetstarRudolfNureyev(Ivenko)decides it’s

timetofacethemusicanddance– hedefectstotheWest

whileperformingontourinParis.DirectedbyRalphFiennes,

Crowskipstheusualballetomanedelirium–BlackSwanit

ain’t– tofocusinsteadonhowandwhya greatartistwould

takethisleapintotheunknown. (Out now)

QUEER EYES4 STARRING: Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness

LASTCHANCE

U S4

STARRING: Jason Brown

THE WHITE CROW

STARRING: Oleg Ivenko

STREAMING

STREAMING

Later this year,

a mini-season

filmed in

Japan is set to

air on Netflix.

Prior to following

the ICC Pirates, Last

Chance U’s first two

seasons covered the

team at East Mississippi

Community College.

MOVIE

This is the first

acting role

for Ukrainian

dancer Ivenko.