December 17, 2020
Deep cuts: ‘Small Axe’
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Black solidarity is a palpable force throughout Steve McQueen’s five-film anthology
Craig Mathieson
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November 19, 2020
Purple reign: ‘The Crown’
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Among November’s streaming highlights, the fourth season of Netflix’s royal drama fails to excite
December 1, 2020
‘The Dry’ directed by Robert Connolly
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Eric Bana stars as a troubled investigator dragged back to his home town in a sombre Australian thriller
October 30, 2020
Chequered careers: ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ and ‘The Good Lord Bird’
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Among October’s streaming highlights are stories of a teenage chess prodigy and a zealous abolitionist
November 1, 2020
‘Kajillionaire’ directed by Miranda July
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A family of con artists are the American writer-director’s latest offbeat protagonists in a surreal but heartfelt film
September 25, 2020
Processing trauma: ‘I May Destroy You’
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Michaela Coel’s inventive series charting sexual assault and creativity is this month’s streaming standout
August 20, 2020
Look back in horror: ‘Lovecraft Country’
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The monsters are both supernatural and human in HBO’s recasting of the horror genre
July 27, 2020
Pole position
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Eschewing clichés and reflecting inclusiveness on both sides of the camera, ‘P-Valley’ tops this month’s streaming highlights
June 11, 2020
Deep cover: ‘The Bureau’
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The fifth season of the understated French spy thriller leads the pack of June streaming highlights
May 12, 2020
A lot to be desired: ‘Normal People’
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The screen adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel is a piercing portrayal of young lovers
April 23, 2020
A nation’s convulsions: ‘The Plot Against America’
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HBO’s adaptation of the Philip Roth novel is a contemporary allegory with a terrifying slow burn
March 1, 2020
‘Stateless’: ABC
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A probing drama about Australia’s mandatory detention regime focuses on the dehumanisation experienced on both sides of the razor wire
February 11, 2020
Party of three: ‘Everything’s Gonna Be Okay’
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Australian comedian Josh Thomas brings his unique brand of comedy to the classic American sitcom format