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Having established herself at the BBC with the police procedural “Happy Valley” and the crossdressing costume drama “Gentleman Jack,” screenwriter-turned-showrunner Sally Wainwright has followed countless creatives and taken the Disney shilling to initiate her latest project. You can hardly blame her, given the reduced offer the cash-strapped British broadcaster is now extending even to its […]
9 months ago
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Why complicate matters? “The Swarm” – which premiered its first three episodes at the Berlinale Series – is one of those expensive pan-global coproductions necessitating copious logistics, not leas…
almost 2 years ago
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Between the Sundance-laurelled “Against the Tide,” “Pathaan’”s thundering box-office and Netflix’s quietly gripping miniseries “Trial by Fire,” India is on a roll in Q1 of 2023, consolidating…
almost 2 years ago
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Shortly before Christmas, the eminent British critic and broadcaster Matthew Sweet embarked on a sponsored, round-the-clock watch of a new DVD set of “Crossroads,” the dogged ITV soap t…
almost 2 years ago
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On the afternoon of June 13, 1997, a fire caused by an improperly maintained transformer broke out in Delhi’s Uphaar Cinema, quietly fumigating an auditorium packed for a first-day screening of fla…
almost 2 years ago
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Spend any time talking with those in the documentary sector, and they’ll lament
how hard it is to land commissions without having a celebrity aboard – a
precondition that invariably impacts on jour…
about 2 years ago
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Mystery-thriller “Dark” handed Netflix one of its first big international hits,
while announcing German creators Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese as potential
masters of the atmospheric …
about 2 years ago
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Landing on Sky’s U.K. arm as England’s cricketers enter the knockout phase of
this winter’s T20 World Cup, Ashley Gething’s one-off documentary “The Greatest
Game” benefits from innately dramatic r…
about 2 years ago
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Centred on a chaotic family coming to terms with an autism diagnosis, the
Israeli comedy-drama “Yellow Peppers” never aired on British television, but
it’s had a pronounced influence on…
about 2 years ago
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The source of this week’s other televised literary adaptation can’t claim the
same global reach as “The Lord of the Rings,” but Sally Andrew’s Tannie Maria
novels have proven reliable b…
over 2 years ago
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The success of “Fleabag” loosed a glut of shows about young women tottering –
heels broken, mascara smeared – in the vague direction of adult responsibility.
Few have been as purely enj…
over 2 years ago