Drama

You can take the man out of the train, but you can’t take the train out of the man – or something like that, anyway....

After the season premiere barely featured the titular Snowpiercer at all, Episode 2 of Season 4, “The Sting of Survival”, is set aboard it almost...

One of the main talking points around the first season of House of the Dragon was that it was just setting up for all the...

It’s typical of Lady in the Lake to build to the most significant moment of the series thus far – the apparent death of Cleo...

The central tension of Lady in the Lake comes from the anticipation of something we already know happens – the intersection of Maddie and Cleo’s...

One of the appeals of historical fiction is that knowledge of real-world events can do a lot of dramatic heavy lifting. It’s easy to fret...

And… breathe. Blimey, that was something, wasn’t it? It seemed unlikely that Episode 10 – the aptly titled “Comeuppance” – would be able to tie...

The first season of Kleo didn’t seem like it begged for a continuation. It left some things unresolved, sure, but in the world of partially...

The problem with shows about spies, secret police, quarreling world governments, and times of momentous political flux, is that it’s hard to know who to...

Every season of Elite revolves around a murder, and Season 8 is no different. The victim in the final outing is Joel, whose death forms the mystery...

There was a time when the dystopian thriller series Snowpiercer looked canceled, so it’s a miracle that Season 4 has made it to our screens...

Whatever Mike is up to in the penultimate episode of Mayor of Kingstown Season 3, it’s going to blow up in someone’s face – and...

“Death of a Prince” finally introduces Minnie Driver’s Queen Elizabeth I, which is a big-ish deal since The Serpent Queen Season 2 has in large...

And, finally, it’s over. Episode 8, “End of Term”, isn’t just the end of Elite Season 8, but the ending of the entire series. And...

Elite is proof that you can have far too much of a good thing. For a couple of seasons, the Spanish Netflix series was proof...

Kleo Season 2 has less of an ending than the first season did. That initial outing, despite leaving a few threads dangling, worked as a...

Kleo snuck onto Netflix on the back of successes like Salt and Atomic Blonde; female-driven espionage thrillers with a quirky sensibility and a stylized aesthetic....

Yes, The Decameron is based on a pandemic, but we cannot avoid the “p” word forever. We are not entitled to only our recent history....

Set and filmed in Italy, Vanished Into the Night follows an estranged couple hunting for their kidnapped children amid their divorce. The film, seemingly a...

The ending of Presumed Innocent has two important matters to cover — the outcome of Rusty’s trial, and the reveal of who really killed Carolyn Polhemus. Episode...