TNT’s problematic adaptation of Caleb Carr’s novel makes it difficult to root for the good guys when they can’t help themselves. The killer of young boys on “The Alienist” is still at large because it ...

TNT’s period crime drama has thankfully deviated from the source material. Although it had been a week since “The Alienist” had shown a quick peek of its mysterious killer’s face, Monday’s episode ...

Grim and atmospheric to the point of dank, “The Alienist” proves so derivative as to blunt its appeal. Adapted from Caleb Carr’s novel, this historical fiction is handsomely produced and smartly cast, ...

Nearly a century before the real-life FBI Behavioral Science agents who inspired Mindhunter were interviewing their 1970s serial killers, late 19th century psychologists were grappling with their own ...

TNT's The Alienist tells the story of Daniel Brühl's Laszlo Kreizler, a psychologist who's investigating a never-before-seen ritualistic killer murdering children in New York. Across the ten episodes, ...

TNT's new drama series The Alienist (production designer: Mara LePere-Schloop) has probably already drawn you in with its star-studded cast featuring Luke Evans, Daniel Brühl, and Dakota Fanning. The ...

I’ve been debating if I could use the headline, “Old-Timey Mindhunter Is Fun, Y’all!” for this review. The problem is The Alienist, TNT’s lavish (and long-awaited) adaptation of Caleb Carl’s ’90s ...

Grab your best Derby hat and settle in for some serious sleuthing. Dakota Fanning, Daniel Brühl, and Luke Evans are back with another brutal crime to solve in The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, which ...

The Alienist, TNT’s limited series about the search for a serial killer, is set in 19th century New York. But Dakota Fanning, who plays police department employee Sara Howard, says women back then ...

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