Review
- ★★★★
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Horror and heartbreak is real in the devastating Narrow Road to the Deep North
With a tender performance from Jacob Elordi at its centre, this is perhaps one of the most beautiful and harrowing war stories I have seen.
- Louise Rugendyke
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- ★★★★½
- Streaming
No one else is making television like Nathan Fielder – that actually might be for the best
The Canadian comedian has done it again, with the jaw-dropping second season of The Rehearsal set in a replica airport.
- Craig Mathieson
- ★★★★
- UK
Goodbye, pet: TV’s iconic detective gets the ending she deserves
The final episode of a beloved show can produce mixed emotions, but this two-part Vera special is a fitting tribute to a beloved character.
- Stephen Brook
What to stream this week: A new Jon Hamm show, plus five more to add to your list
This week’s picks include John Hamm’s first lead since Mad Men, the return of Hacks and a Steven Soderbergh medical drama.
- Craig Mathieson
This British crime comedy knows how to pull the bloodstained rug out from under you
Season two of The Cleaner, starring Taskmaster’s Greg Davies, has a new level of self-examination and mordant revelation.
- Craig Mathieson
Hacks returns with a new setting but the same razor-sharp satire
Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder return with an all-new (but still toxic) dynamic as they take on late-night TV.
- Kylie Northover
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- Streaming
Holiday from hell or killer season? The cases for and against The White Lotus
The central mystery may have been solved, but one question remains: Did season three live up to the hype?
- Thomas Mitchell and Cameron Bayley
What to stream this week: The Last of Us plus five more shows to add to your list
This week’s picks include the return of HBO’s hit zombie series, Netflix’s take on a medical drama and Kevin Bacon in a bananas Southern horror.
- Craig Mathieson
- Spoilers
- Streaming
‘We were all crying’: The White Lotus cast unpack the epic finale
At the LA screening of the final episode, the cast host a spoiler-riddled discussion of the twists and turns.
- Michael Idato
Preening Mussolini resonates with our times in nightmarish study of craven opportunity
Director Joe Wright’s audacious portrait of the dictator in a new TV series recasts the political biopic as a fever dream.
- Craig Mathieson
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