Prurient-feeling series adds little new to the story
Netflix surely gets plenty of mileage from its true crime content. This ranges from the salacious, such as Ryan Murphy’s Dahmer, to the procedural, for instance the Indian production House of Secrets.
Glimmer of hope through memories of horror
12 October marked 20 years since bombs ripped through Paddy’s Bar and the Sari Club in Bali, killing 202 people, including 88 Australians.
Everyone’s talking about The Rings of Power … is it just for LOTR devotees?
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy was a towering achievement, but Amazon Prime’s The Rings of Power is perhaps more ambitious still.
Stylish remake full of twists and turns
When remaking a classic film, it is probably wise to opt for a mini-series to avoid scene by scene comparisons.
Single, middle-aged and riding an emotional rollercoaster with grace
When it started its run on HBO in 1998, Darren Star’s Sex and the City truly broke ground.
She spent season one in a death loop, now she’s going back … literally
Season one of Russian Doll was a dark comic tour de force. Co-creator (with Amy Poehler) Natasha Lyonne stars as Nadia, a brash, hard-drinking New Yorker cursed to relive her 36th birthday party over and over.
A portrait of women avoiding being swallowed by circumstance
Michelle Obama (Viola Davis) resisted expectations that she become, what she called a “Stepford FLOTIS”.
Doomed orbit central to manslaughter story
There’s a certain mid-tier of made-for-streaming drama that’s best described as “sub-premium”. Think shows like Dr Death, Unorthodox and even the very good Maid.
Dark series dwells on post-pandemic guilt and damage
If the words, “based on the story by…” inspire trepidation, Station Eleven may not be for you.
Ticking clock of tension sustains a captivating escape narrative throughout Maid
The Netflix series Maid gets deep into the weeds of an emotionally abusive relationship and its fallout.
