The Helicopter Heist

A TV adaptation of Jonas Bonnier’s critically acclaimed account of a spectacular rooftop heist in 2009 involving a helicopter where the robbers got hold of millions, money that was lost…

A Very Royal Scandal

The story of how Prince Andrew in 2019 unwisely tried to shut down discussions about his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by talking about them in a BBC…

A Woman Called Golda

Ingrid Bergman’s last performance also became one of her best, as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. Framed by a visit to the Milwaukee of her childhood that she makes near…

Lady in the Lake

In 1960s Baltimore, Maddie Schwartz (Natalie Portman) becomes so frustrated with her family’s lack of interest in the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl that she leaves them to find out…

Oz: Yellow Brick Road to Pain

Ernie Hudson, Eamonn Walker, Harold Perrineau and Terry Kinney. Photo: HBO Today, Oz is considered a seminal event in the history of American television. HBO’s first hour-long drama series, the…

Police Squad!

After the success of Airplane! (1980), Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers were hired to create this spoof of old cop shows like M Squad (1957-1960), where we follow detective…

Eric

In 1980s New York, successful puppeteer Vincent Anderson (Benedict Cumberbatch) tries to find his missing son, while dealing with a miserable marriage, alcoholism, his misanthropy and a huge, hairy puppet…

The Big Cigar

In 1974, Hollywood producer Bert Schneider (Alessandro Nivola) tries to help Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton (André Holland) escape to Cuba, making it look like a movie project.…

A Man in Full

When Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker (Jeff Daniels) is facing bankruptcy, both his finances and masculinity are threatened. There was reason to expect good things from this adaptation of…

The Sympathizer

One of the most ambitious miniseries of the year was based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, features a cast with largely Vietnamese actors and comes with a bombastic, stylish attitude…