A harrowing Israeli miniseries, One Day in October tells seven separate but intertwined stories based on the lives of those who died and those who survived in the tragic attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023. From The Daily Beast‘s Nick Schager: “Poignant and harrowing, it’s an act of memory, confrontation, and healing, as well
The final project from iconic TV producer Norman Lear, Boots is a drama with comedic undertones that follows a bullied high school student in the 1990s who enlists in the Marines while staying in the closet. It raises questions about masculinity and identity, friendship and brotherhood, and the institutionalization of hazing and homophobia, but it
A riveting French true‑crime drama about a police investigator who spent two decades chasing the mystery of several young women who were attacked or murdered near a southern France train station, and the one teenage girl who vanished without a trace. The series is more of a careful investigation than a whodunnit, and it exposes
PBS and Masterpiece are behind this fast-paced and stylish retelling of Britain’s most brazen heist — in which six small-time thieves broke into a Heathrow security depot and stumbled onto £26 million in gold — it’s part crime saga, part legal thriller, and a history lesson about how the robbery reshaped the underworld.
Oscar winner Cillian Murphy leads this intense drama about a chaotic day in the life of a British reform school on the brink of closure and the headmaster who attempts to protect his students as he battles his own addiction and emotional breakdown. From The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw: “A drama suffused with gonzo energy and
A white-knuckle true story about the deadly 2018 Camp Fire in Northern California — still the deadliest wildfire in US history — The Lost Bus follows a school teacher (America Ferrera) and bus driver (Matthew McConaughey) as they team up and risk everything to save 22 children from the flames, facing their own flaws and
Dovetailing with the release of Swift’s much ballyhooed new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” this first-of-its-kind theatrical event managed to shutdown AMC’s app and site for a time the day it was announced. Unlike Swift’s Eras concert film, which broke box office records, The Official Release Party is more of a preamble, combining a
Mark Wahlberg’s darkly comedic mob thriller follows a professional thief whose horse track heist goes off the rails, forcing him to find a new crew and plot a higher stakes score to avenge the traitors who set him up. A slick ensemble co-starring Tony Shalhoub, Keegan-Michael Key, LaKeith Stanfield, Gretchen Mol, and Rosa Salazar, it’s
A crash course in modern marketing, Jimmy Fallon hosts this new business-themed competition series that lines up contestants to compete to create the best campaigns for major brands. With everyone worried about their jobs these days, it taps into the tension of Shark Tank and the lessons and how to of Project Runway — with
The third and final film in the franchise that began with cross-generational appointment television in the UK in 2010, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale takes us up to the 1930s and follows Lady Mary as she lands in a public scandal and the larger Crawley family as they face financial strain and succession questions. Ideally,