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White House Plumbers

Part comedy, part historical drama, the VEEP producers go behind the closed doors of the Nixon White House to uncover how Howard Hunt (Woody Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Justin Theroux) managed to inadvertently take down the presidency they were trying to protect.  Domhnall Gleeson, Kiernan Shipka, and Lena Headey also star.  Check out our

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A Small Light

A stirring, illuminating, and often heart-wrenching 8-part historical drama about the Dutch Woman Miep Gies (Bel Powley) and her husband, who risked everything to shelter Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber) and his family from the Nazis during World War II.  A timely history lesson as antisemitism resurfaces around the globe.

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Wave Makers

In the run-up to a hotly contested presidential election in Taiwan, the personal and professional lives of the campaigns’ staff must survive 24 hour news scrutiny and a volatile electorate in this compelling 8-episode Netflix series with English subtitles. 

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The Exchange

A smart, unique workplace drama set in wealthy 80s Kuwait, The Exchange drops us into a vibrant world we haven’t seen before and looks at it through the eyes of the only two women working at the Kuwaiti stock exchange.

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Citadel

The blockbuster equivalent of a streaming series, the legendary Russo Brothers created this high-adrenaline spy thriller, their first for the smaller screens. The story: Citadel is an independent spy agency whose aim is to maintain international order and safety. After a shadowy Illuminati-esque syndicate brings down the agency, a few Citadel agents manage to escape.

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Saint X

Years after her older sister’s murder on a Caribbean island became an inescapable news story, a woman encounters the accused killer in Brooklyn. A “dead white girl” story that questions the entire genre, Saint X delves into questions around class, race, media exploitation, and the “industry” around the killings of attractive young women. Directed by

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Sweet Tooth

After losing his father, a 10 year old half-boy, half-deer set outs to find his mother in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by a pandemic. It may sound bleak, but Sweet Tooth is charming, often playful, and profound, and a live action fantasy both teens and parent will want to watch together. Praised by critics, the

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Somebody Somewhere S2

A counter programming watch for the over the top operatics of Succession, Somebody Somewhere is a low-key midlife comedy-with-depth set in Kansas about a woman facing the loss of her sister and finding new life in a community of irreverent outsiders. In the second season,  life for Sam (Bridget Everett) is looking up as her

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Beef

The filet mignon of stories about pettiness and hostility, Beef takes a darkly comedic look at how anger can be a source of motivation and creativity when channeled properly. It works as a vicariously vent for our own frustrations: nasty yet somehow therapeutic.

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Sister Boniface Mysteries S2

A nun in a sleepy Cotswolds village in the 1960s helps the local police solve crimes in this cozy and lighthearted British crime show. A spinoff of the BBC series Father Brown, fans love its punchy dialogue and quirky central character. 

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