Peacock
The global debut of Sky/Peacock’s The Tattooist of Auschwitz was timed for May 2, the anniversary of the fall of Berlin in 1945, and the conclusion of this year’s Passover. It is particularly timely with a rise in anti-Semitism and a right-wing swing both here
BBC
Few things in life are certain, but the constant turnover within the police department on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie might be one of them. Heading into its fourteenth season, Death in Paradise has officially named its fifth actor to take over the role of lead detective. Don
Movies
Kate Winslet's biopic on model-turned-photojournalist Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, Lee, was first released in 2023 at the Toronto Film Festival, which is usually the first place films start their runs for awards season. However, SkyFilms and StudioCanal did not immediately land international distribution, nor were
PBS
Filming is officially complete on the fifth season of the newly rechristened Miss Scarlet, the popular drama's first without its original co-lead Stuart Martin (Jamestown), who played William Wellington, the titular Duke from the series' original name. Masterpiece celebrated this milestone -- and transition to a new
Peacock
The Lady Parts are entering their villain era. After far too long away from our screens, the Channel 4-Peacock series, We Are Lady Parts, about a group of U.K. Muslim students who put together a punk band and discover where their voices lie, returns for a second season
FX
Welcome To Wrexham – FX’s sports docu-series about the increasingly good fortunes of a historic but seemingly ill-fated Welsh football club — returns to our screens in May 2024, barely six months after Season 2’s finale, with a two-episode premiere for the series’ third season. We’ve
Netflix
Netflix’s Eric is undoubtedly one of the odder new releases heading our way this spring. It’s a missing child thriller starring Benedict Cumberbatch (The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar) as a father who becomes convinced a giant puppet is the key to finding his lost son, but darn
Disney/Hulu
When Candice Carty-Williams published her debut novel, Queenie, in 2019, it was an instant best-seller. The novel had blurbs praising it from Candice Bushnell of Sex and the City fame to Roxanne Gay, and rave reviews from NPR and Book Riot alike. The story of a British-Jamaican
Now Stream This
It is the first of May 2024, and for the first time in maybe.... ever(?) streaming is starting to settle out. Those streaming services that will survive are pulling away from the pack. Those who will not survive are becoming obvious due to collapse or showing deeply ugly signs of
Disney/Hulu
You don’t hear much about the dissolution of the monasteries these days, but you certainly do hear about Anthony Boyle. Co-starring in his third stylish television project of 2024, the Irish actor may have turned more heads in Masters of the Air and Manhunt, but his supporting role
Music
When the Walt Disney Company first launched Disney+ in November 2019, it famously said it was throwing open the doors to the "Disney vault" and letting out all those movies and TV series that had been tucked away for generations, only allowing occasional releases. The problem, of course,
PBS
The first signs of a new remake of The Forsyte Saga appeared on production listings at the beginning of April 2024. While there had been rumors before about the series returning to television, the pre-production announcements were the first sign the project was getting off the ground, with Mammoth