Black Butterflies

Black Butterflies

An unsettling crime thriller series from France about a gloomy novelist who’s enlisted as a memoir writer by a dying man and swiftly becomes part of his bloodstained past. Season one is now available to stream on Netflix.

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Shantaram

Shantaram

Fugitive Lin Ford (Charlie Hunnam, Sons of Anarchy) hides out in 1980s Bombay, where he reinvents himself as a doctor, falls for a mysterious woman, and partners with a mob boss to fight Russian criminals in Afghanistan in this 12-episode international thriller.

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High School

A coming-of-age LGBTQ teen drama series told through a backdrop of ‘90s grunge and rave culture, weaving between parallel and discordant memories of twin sisters growing up down the hall from one another. Based on Tegan and Sara Quin’s best-selling memoir.

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Iliza Shlesinger

Iliza Shlesinger: Hot Forever

Aging Millennial was her last stand-up show, and now the sometimes controversial Iliza Shlesinger releases her sixth comedy special for Netflix, tackling thorny topics like the abortion debate, incels and online misogyny, the role of evolution in dating, and ugly bras.

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Island of the Sea Wolves

Island of the Sea Wolves

A fascinating 3-part nature series that the family can watch together, this one explores how a rare species of sea wolves differs from and depends on the rest of Vancouver Island’s tight-knit ecosystem of sea lions, sea otters, bald eagles, and killer whales. Lessons in food chains, mating behavior (with some surreptitious eagle sex), animal

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I Love You You Hate Me

I Love You, You Hate Me

A fascinating two-part documentary about the rise and fall of kids’ TV character Barney the Dinosaur, who was created to teach kids about kindness and inclusion but ultimately inspired a mocking, angry, and even violent backlash from many members of the public. A worthwhile examination of the different dimensions of “haters” and how they’ve evolved.

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Oh Hell

Oh Hell

An award-winning dramedy series from Germany about a messy and distracted 24-year-old woman who’s struggling to pull her chaotic life together when she falls in love with a cello teacher. Now streaming on HBO Max.

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Let the Right One In

A TV adaptation of the acclaimed Swedish horror film following a 12-year-old girl who lives a closed-in life after turning into a vampire, while her father does his best to provide her with the minimal amount of human blood she needs to stay alive. New episodes stream Fridays on Showtime.

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Cherish the Day

Cherish the Day

A vicarious romance and weekend binge-watch that goes down like the Sade song it was named after, Cherish the Day (from Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay) examines the moments that make or break relationships.

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