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‘The Good Place’ season 2: Is hell other people?

Michael Schur’s brilliantly subversive and whimsical laugh riot 'The Good Place' goes from strength to strength in its second season.

by: Nathan Hardisty

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‘Woodshock’ – when fashion and film collide

Logline: A young woman devastated by loss falls deep into her dreamland. Verdict: Woodshock is the debut film of fashion designers Kate & Laura Mulleavy, famous for their clothing brand, Rodarte. It follows young woman Theresa

by: Nathan Hardisty

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Following the early days of the criminal behavior unit within the FBI, Netflix's 'Mindhunter' is a real Fincher thrill ride not seen since ‘Zodiac’.

Watch it now: ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’, ‘Mindhunter’, ‘Blade Runner 2049’

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s whimsy & song back in season 3 premiere Logline: Rebecca Bunch is the crazy ex-girlfriend in this musical revenge fantasy. Verdict: Rachel Bloom’s weird, absurd, and wonderfully whimsical musical-comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend returned for its season

by: Nathan Hardisty

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Watch it now: ‘Assholes’, ‘Barracuda’, ‘Tom of Finland’

Filthy, deranged and utterly absurd, 'Assholes' follows Adam, Adah, and Aaron as they hook up and indulge in activities that’d make even Divine blush.

by: Nick Hanover

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Hulu’s 'The Handmaid’s Tale' ensured that more Margaret Atwood adaptations would follow, and Netflix is quick out of the gate with 'Alias Grace'.

Watch it now! – ‘Alias Grace’, ‘Take Every Wave’, ‘Battle of the Sexes’

Alias Grace Logline: A true-life drama done the Margaret Atwood/Netflix way. Verdict: “If there has been a crime, people want a guilty person. Rightly or wrongly, it does not matter.” The success of Hulu’s Emmy-winning The Handmaid’s

by: Nick Hanover

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If the stars align, 'Indivisible' very well could propel Edoardo De Angelis to the top of the arthouse scene.

Watch it now! – ‘The Good Catholic’, ‘Unrest’, ‘Indivisible’

The Good Catholic Logline: “Don't let your love turn to hate / Right now we got to / Keep the faith / Keep the faith / Keep the faith / Lord, we got to keep the

by: Nick Hanover

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‘Broad City’ is fun, unpretentious, and about the closest thing to the real experience of being an urbane young creative living in a major city in 2017.

Watch it now! – ‘Broad City’, ‘Nathan for You’

Nathan for You Logline: An exercise in extreme cringecore, Fielder’s project is a pitch-perfect reality TV parody show. Verdict: When Nathan for You debuted its “Dumb Starbucks” prank, I lived in Los Feliz. As a protest for

by: Daisy Franklin

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Hyper-stylish commercial & music video director Doug Nichol crafts a loving visual ode to the most romantic of literary devices in ‘California Typewriter’.

Watch it now! – ‘California Typewriter’, ‘Lemon’, ‘The Ice Cream Truck’

California Typewriter Logline: A love letter to those who prefer the analog way of life. Verdict: Hyper-stylish commercial and music video director Doug Nichol crafts a loving visual ode to that most romantic of literary devices. Pleasurable

by: Nick Hanover

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You’d be hard pressed to think of a more fitting goodbye to an actor like Harry Dean Stanton than John Carroll Lynch’s directorial debut ‘Lucky’.

Watch it now! – ‘Lucky’, ‘Gook’, ‘A Taxi Driver’

Lucky Logline: Harry Dean Stanton outlived and outsmoked his contemporaries. Now it’s time to find enlightenment. Verdict: You’d be hard pressed to think of a more fitting goodbye to an actor like Harry Dean Stanton than Lucky.