Set in Hong Kong in 2014, a group of foreigners lives intersect after a tragedy in this nuanced series about trauma and connection that TIME Magazine calls “the first must-see show of 2024.” Starring Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, Ji-young Yoo, Jack Huston, and Brian Tee, Lulu Wang (The Farewell) writes (alongside Alice Bell), directs,
Based-on-a-true-story, Sofia Vergara plays Colombian drug kingpin Griselda Blanco, who rose up from being the woman behind her drug lord husband in Medellin to becoming “the Godmother of Cocaine” in 1980s Miami. The quick six episodes are slick and engrossing — as is Vergara’s performance.
A prequel to the 2000 cult favorite film that starred Ben Kingsley, this Sexy Beast is set in 1990s East London and centers on the early relationship between friends and thieves and future criminal enterprise Gal and Don. “It is sexy as hell,” according the Daily Beast. “This is a deeply unsexy beast,” according to
An all-star adult animated series from two guys behind Silicon Valley, the comedy follows the host and staff of “NPR’s third-most-popular show” as they try to create a single episode of their show. Voiced by co-creator Mike Judge, J. Smith-Cameron (Succession), Hugh Laurie, Finn Wolfhard, legendary documentaries Ken Burns, Tegan and Sara, Nicole Byer, and
The sons of celebrity chef Todd English, themselves restaurant owners, set out to unearth how the food on our plates is connected to education, health, industrial imports, and climate. Zooming in on a few eye opening and hopeful stories, the film serves to better connect us to what we are eating, how our food system
Leave it to the British to pivot a “cozy detective drama” around a priest, in this case the titular Father Brown, who has a gift for solving complex murder mysteries in the bucolic yet ceaselessly murder-inspiring Cotswolds. This season, a parishoner drops dead after sampling a nun’s wine at a fair. Expect guest stars from
A filmed version of the comedian’s new 90-minute stand-up special from New York’s Town Hall Theater gets up close and person as she focuses on intimacy, “coming of age” and sex. From the Washington Post: ” It’s a blisteringly intellectual, deeply funny sermon examining the absurdity of our longest-held notions about the power dynamics of
Inside an Estonian smoke sauna in a forest, a group of women confess their secrets and intimate experiences as a form of cleansing both body and soul as a ritual that helps them embrace the healing power of sisterhood. From the UK Observer’s Wendy Ide: “It’s an intense watch; at times infectiously hilarious, at others
A historical K-drama from the creator of the popular The Crowned Clown, Captivating the King follows “Grand Prince Jinhan” after he returns to his hostile royal family after a Qing-mandated exile, and becomes captivated by an elusive woman who is concealing a vengeful secret. K-drama fans will want to sample this one, but British royal
Set in a bleak near-future London where subsidized housing has disappeared, a community called The Kitchen refuses to move out. A man desperate to find a way out forges a bond with a 12-year-old who’s lost his mother in this potent sci-fi thriller directed by Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) and