Baby Reindeer: Crossing Martha
Richard Gadd. Photo: Netflix I once put myself in a situation where I could easily have become a victim of sexual abuse. I walked out of that apartment thinking this…
The Golden Palace
After seven successful seasons of The Golden Girls, Bea Arthur was ready to move on. Out of this situation came the idea to create a spin-off sitcom where the three…
Vigdís
The story of how a divorced theater manager and occasional tour guide became the first woman in history to serve as a democratically elected president; her 16 years in office…
Faithless
A handsomely produced remake of Liv Ullmann’s 2000 film, one that opens up the scenario, embraces a past set in the 1970s and spends a lot of effort on the…
Zero Day
After a massive cyber attack that leaves thousands of people dead, former President George Mullen (Robert De Niro) is hired to lead an investigative commission with extraordinary powers. A political…
The Breakthrough
In 2004, a boy and an older woman are murdered in what seems to be a random act of violence; 16 years later, the police get a last chance to…
La Palma
Norway has a history of reasonably well-made disaster movies and some of those responsible for that trend created this miniseries set in one of Norwegian tourists’ favorite spots, the Canary…
Whiskey on the Rocks
In 1981, a drunken birthday party causes a Soviet submarine in the Baltic Sea to lose its way, eventually running aground in the archipelago of southern Sweden. This tense, real-life…
Ivanhoe
In the late 1100s, the disowned son (Anthony Andrews) of a Saxon nobleman (Michael Hordern) returns from the Crusades and becomes involved in the struggle between Saxons and Normans. The…
Ronja the Robber’s Daughter
In his adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s last children’s book, The Bridge creator Hans Rosenfeldt stayed close to the source material, also adding a discreet nod or two to the 1984…