August 30, 2021
Funny business: ‘Hacks’
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Tracking a growing friendship between two comics, bittersweet comedy series ‘Hacks’ leads August’s streaming highlights
Craig Mathieson
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June 25, 2021
High-impact exercise: ‘Physical’
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Starring Rose Byrne as an uncompromising aerobics instructor, Annie Weisman’s unorthodox series leads June’s streaming highlights
July 28, 2021
Petty bourgeoisie: ‘The White Lotus’
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Mike White’s scathing takedown of privilege leads July’s streaming highlights
May 27, 2021
Souls train: ‘The Underground Railroad’
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June’s streaming highlights are led by an epic drama transcending its historical source with magic-realism
April 30, 2021
Can’t get you out of my head: ‘Made for Love’
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Leading April’s streaming highlights is a subversive black comedy that takes coercive control to its digital extreme
April 7, 2021
Bitter pill: ‘Collective’
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This staggering documentary exposes institutionalised corruption in Romanian hospitals
March 26, 2021
Voices carry: ‘Calls’
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Among March’s streaming highlights is a sci-fi thriller making clever use of telephone and radio exchanges
February 25, 2021
Its own reward: ‘The Virtues’
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Topping February’s streaming highlights is a four-part series examining trauma and addiction, propelled by Stephen Graham’s affecting performance
December 17, 2020
Deep cuts: ‘Small Axe’
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Black solidarity is a palpable force throughout Steve McQueen’s five-film anthology
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
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
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