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Streaming highlights: November 2019
Culture
‘The Crown’, ‘For All Mankind’ and ‘Dickinson’ offer new perspectives on history, and pragmatism meets pyramid schemes in ‘On Becoming a God in Central Florida’
Streaming highlights: October 2019
Culture
The anthology makes a comeback with ‘Modern Love’ and ‘Criminal’; new ‘Harlots’; and ‘Living with Yourself’ delivers low-key high-tech farce
War for attention
Culture
The launch of Apple TV+ and Disney+ raises the stakes in the streaming wars
Streaming highlights: September 2019
Culture
‘Unbelievable’ and ‘Murder in the Bayou’ expose cultures that devalue women; ‘Shrill’ warmly challenges prejudice; and ‘The Politician’ takes student politics to another level
Streaming highlights: August 2019
Culture
Heroes and villains take many forms in ‘Mindhunter’, ‘The Boys’ and ‘Bosch’, and the Obamas make their Netflix debut with ‘American Factory’
‘Lambs of God’
Culture
Director Jeffrey Walker blends ripe melodrama and Gothic thriller in his TV series about three wayward nuns
‘The Loudest Voice’: a nightmarish portrait of a monster
Culture
The sheer scale of Roger Ailes’s wrongs defies the medium of television
Heirs unapparent: ‘Succession’
Culture
The HBO comedy-drama returns for another gleefully toxic season
Streaming highlights: July 2019
Culture
Low-profile comedies ‘Flowers’, ‘Workin’ Moms’ and ‘Derry Girls’ beguile; ‘Veronica Mars’ revived; and Netflix and Marvel break up
Streaming highlights: June 2019
Culture
‘Dark’ makes a wild return, ‘Good Omens’ approaches the apocalypse lightly, ‘City on a Hill’ moves beyond the crime genre’s prerequisites, and new ‘Black Mirror’
Streaming highlights: May 2019
Culture
‘When They See Us’ and ‘Catch-22’ examine flawed institutions, ‘Dead to Me’ astutely studies the living, and ‘Fleabag’ makes a must-see return
‘Veep’: No bad deed shall go punished
Culture
The sharp comedy bows out as Trump takes politics beyond satire
Streaming highlights: April 2019
Culture
‘Special’ and ‘Bonding’ look askance at sexual mores, ‘Killing Eve’ returns, and Beyoncé brings ‘Homecoming’ to Netflix
