AMC/AMC+
Most of the time, when we talk about Film Festivals and awards bait films that come out of them, we're talking about films from major indie producers like A24 and festivals that are part of the traditional "Big Five" (Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Toronto). However, an
Acorn TV
The beloved cozy crime show The Brokenwood Mysteries returns to Acorn TV for Season 11, taking the New Zealand-set series into its second decade. Set in the (fictitious) titular town on the North Island of the country in the greater Auckland region, the series started as a traditional "old
Netflix
Considering how fast a turnaround broadcast TV shows live under, it's not all that surprising that most people have no idea how long movies spend in development. Most big-name high-action thrillers can be filmed two to three years before the producers have any thought of the finished product
Acorn TV
It is a truth universally acknowledged that streamer Acorn TV is rapidly becoming a go-to destination not just for cozy crime dramas, but for cozy crime dramas starring actors looking for a reboot into a different phase of their careers. The best example of this is probably My Life is
HBO & HBO Max
Even though The White Lotus is created and written by the very American multi-hyphenate Mike White, who also acts, directs, and was in a season of The Amazing Race, its international yet predominantly English-speaking acting ensembles have made me think of it as a British series. The brief seasons, dry
BBC
The one-two punch of Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty in A Thousand Blows and Adolescence has been a small triumph here in the States, with the latter hitting record viewership in the U.K. and made available to all middle schools to stream for free by the Prime Minister. Should
PBS
After the queen’s indiscretions, Marie Antoinette’s third episode, “Treacherous Legacy,” finds Antoinette pregnant and questioning the paternity of her unborn child. She’s also trying to purchase the Saint-Cloud property to secure a safe place and legacy for herself and her children should something happen to the king.
PBS
As Wolf Hall: The Mirror & the Light reaches its halfway point, being Thomas Cromwell isn't as easy as it used to be. Sure, the former blacksmith's son has never been as powerful as he is at this precise moment, with the king's ear
PBS
Nothing says the consequences of the free love era like a Gonorrhea outbreak. The nuns and midwives of Call the Midwife had their hands full when a first-time mother who only had one sexual partner came in with a case of Gonorrhea. The search for the outbreak's source
ITV
A little less than a year ago, ITV announced it was commissioning Secret Service, based on the bestselling novel by Tom Bradby, with the author adapting his own work with screenwriter Jemma Kennedy. A political thriller about U.K.-Russia relations that was initially released in 2019, it is the
Sundance Now
Not every country has a signature homegrown streamer the way the U.S. has Netflix. Launching a successful streaming service without viewers already feeling deeply familiar with the studio it's tied to is tough. It's not an accident the most successful streaming service in New Zealand
Disney/Hulu
Until the advent of streaming, the only major network that consistently brought over British programming for American audiences was PBS. Sure, Bravo and A&E took turns trying to be the "cable version of public broadcasting" when they launched; both were short-lived. Meanwhile, BBC America was always