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T.S. Elliot claimed April was the cruelest month, but by my watch, that honor should go to February, which is grey, cold, and dreary. The only thing this month has in its favor is that if it's going to be nasty and brutish, at least it'
Movies
There’s a familiar and questionable trope at the heart of Plainclothes – someone exhibiting homophobic behavior or responsible for anti-LGBTQ+ violence is secretly repressing their own queerness. To writer-director Carmen Emmi’s credit, the film tries to sidestep the most egregious hallmarks of the trope, but in doing so, the
Starz
The Couple Next Door has been practicing the art of the slow burn for the first two episodes of the season. Thankfully, the plot finally started showing signs of life, turning things up to a simmer in the middle episode. Becka invited Pete and Evie to a fancy spa weekend
Acorn TV
Everyone should probably know going into Acorn TV's new limited series Best Interests that the drama is not an easy watch. But that's often true of television that deals with difficult or important subject matter. (Still, have your tissues handy.) The four-part drama tackles the emotionally
PBS
Out of all the British series coming to American shores in 2025, the return of Wolf Hall to PBS, a decade after the series initially debuted, might be the most anticipated. The original series covered the two books released by Hilary Mantel at the time, Wolf Hall and Bringing Up
Netflix
Netflix is the home of several shows that have come to dominate the pop cultural landscape in recent years (Bridgerton, Stranger Things, Wednesday). However, it’s a truth universally acknowledged that the streaming service’s international offerings — at least those not named Squid Game —are too often overlooked by the
ITV
The first three months of the year are when British networks start revealing the shows they've been working on internally, which will hopefully head our way in 2025. While none of these shows have American distributors when first announced, some are easily recognizable as the sort of show
Netflix
They say that truth is stranger than fiction. It's not entirely clear that that's still true in the year of our Lord 2025, if only because the events depicted in shows like Netflix's The Diplomat don't feel entirely all that far-fetched these
Netflix
Netflix likes to present itself as an underdog in the entertainment world, an upstart rebel here to improve television. In reality, Netflix is the 650-pound gorilla of the streaming world, dwarfing the competition and all but guaranteeing the death of basic cable now that it’s taking away live sports,
Disney/Hulu
Change is the name of the game in the world of Doctor Who, and that’s as true behind the scenes as it is in front of the camera. Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa’s second season in the TARDIS will arrive later this year, and Varada Sethu (Mrs. Sidhu Investigates)
PBS
We are in a golden age of murder mysteries on TV. Cozy crime like Grantchester, Father Brown, and Death in Paradise are all hitting double-digit seasons. Meanwhile, more highbrow fare aims to do something different with the genre, from Agatha Christie reimaginings like Murder Is Easy to upcoming comedy mysteries
BritBox
Most Americans probably first encountered That Mitchell & Webb Look in syndication on BBC America in the early 2010s or streaming on Hulu and Netflix in the twenty-teens. Titular stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb were already quite popular in the U.K., first breaking out with The Mitchell and