Jeff Foxworthy is more than that blue-collar comic in Netflix special taped in Minneapolis

'The Good Old Days'
In his first solo stand-up special in nearly 25 years, Jeff Foxworthy abandons his trademark provincial jokes for a fairly standard — but well-delivered — rant at modern times. The performance, taped last October at the Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis, is the equivalent of a cranky neighbor ordering the kids to get off his lawn and then rewarding them with candy corn. Stick around for the final five minutes, in which the comic shares an embarrassing anecdote from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. It doesn't really fit with the rest of the set, but it's the bit you'll remember most. Netflix
NEAL JUSTIN

'Kimi'
Nobody is doing low-budget, high-impact, shot-on-the-fly-in-the-pandemic thrillers as well as Steven Soderbergh is. His intimate, self-contained work ethic uniquely suits projects such as "Let Them All Talk" and "No Sudden Move" but the director-cinematographer-editor's latest is the best of the three. Equal parts "Blow Up" and "Rear Window," "Kimi" stars "The Batman" lead Zoë Kravitz as an agoraphobic techie who, working from home, stumbles upon evidence of a murder cover-up. The pulse-pounding race for justice forces her to get over her agoraphobia. HBO Max
CHRIS HEWITT

'Mass'
That's "mass" as in "shooting," although it takes awhile for the subtle, painful drama to reveal that. The play-like film is set in a church, in real time, where four people gather in the aftermath of a school massacre. One couple (played by Martha Plimpton and Jason Isaacs) is grieving the murder of their child in the shooting while the other (Ann Dowd and Reed Birney) parented the killer. Complex and insightful, "Mass" has sympathy for all of its characters. Both Plimpton and Dowd merited awards consideration. Friday, Hulu
C.H.

'The Conductor'
You don't need to know the difference between Bach and Beethoven to get swept up in this "Great Performances" documentary about Marin Alsop, the first woman to serve as music director for a major symphony. The film, directed by Bernadette Wegenstein, interweaves Alsop's memories of fighting gender discrimination with scenes of her mentoring the next generation. You're more likely to end up becoming a Alsop groupie than getting hooked on classics. 9 p.m. Friday, TPT, Ch. 2; noon, Sunday, TPT Life
N.J.

'Is it Cake?'

This game show's premise — contestants try to bake goodies so they look like everything from a bowling to a sewing machine — is so wacky that you might think it's one of those parodies that fill time on "Saturday Night Live." It doesn't help that it's hosted by cast member Mikey Day. But somehow it works, thanks in no small part to the fact that everyone involved seems well aware that this is just a trifle. Netflix
N.J.