‘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.
‘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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
Watch this now: ‘The Deuce’, ‘American Vandal’
David Simon & George Pelecanos are back tackling the birth of porn in New York with the help of Maggie Gyllenhaal & James Franco in 'The Deuce'.