Sophie has been steeped in British TV since her parents let her watch the Jeremy Brett adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. She loves mysteries, espionage thrillers, documentaries, and costume dramas. You can find her on all the platforms as @sophiebiblio.
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Welcome to the first edition of Carrie Coon’s Costume Corner, where we honor and unpack the sumptuous and occasionally fantastical costume design of The Gilded Age, with a particular eye on the many gowns of Carrie’s character, Bertha Russell. Costume designer Kasia Walicka-Maimone has returned for the second
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The first season of Still Up – a London-set romantic comedy with an unexpected, ultra-contemporary twist – completed its eight-episode run on AppleTV+ at the end of October 2023. The friends-to-lovers slow burn about insomniac besties Lisa (Antonia Thomas) and Danny (Craig Roberts) pulls off a remarkable trick, putting at its center
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Think pieces fretting over the state of romantic comedy – both on TV and movie screens – are by now a very familiar cliché. Every other year or so, sees the publication of a piece wondering aloud whether the romantic comedy is on the brink of death, and then along comes an
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The outstanding documentary series about the Troubles, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland, aired on most local PBS stations at the end of August 2023, with all five episodes available on PBS Passport. Through the deeply personal reflections of the series’ interview subjects, viewers get to know the contours
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Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland, a five-episode documentary about the decades-long conflict known as “The Troubles”, is that rarest of treasures, a series that speaks to viewers with great prior knowledge and to those who are newcomers to the subject alike. The series, from Once Upon a Time