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
Craig Mathieson
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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
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
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
December 3, 2019
Streaming highlights: November 2019
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‘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’
November 26, 2019
War for attention
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The launch of Apple TV+ and Disney+ raises the stakes in the streaming wars
October 29, 2019
Streaming highlights: October 2019
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The anthology makes a comeback with ‘Modern Love’ and ‘Criminal’; new ‘Harlots’; and ‘Living with Yourself’ delivers low-key high-tech farce
September 30, 2019
Streaming highlights: September 2019
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‘Unbelievable’ and ‘Murder in the Bayou’ expose cultures that devalue women; ‘Shrill’ warmly challenges prejudice; and ‘The Politician’ takes student politics to another level
August 30, 2019
Streaming highlights: August 2019
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Heroes and villains take many forms in ‘Mindhunter’, ‘The Boys’ and ‘Bosch’, and the Obamas make their Netflix debut with ‘American Factory’
September 1, 2019
‘Lambs of God’
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Director Jeffrey Walker blends ripe melodrama and Gothic thriller in his TV series about three wayward nuns
August 21, 2019
‘The Loudest Voice’: a nightmarish portrait of a monster
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The sheer scale of Roger Ailes’s wrongs defies the medium of television
August 13, 2019
Heirs unapparent: ‘Succession’
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The HBO comedy-drama returns for another gleefully toxic season