What’s new in the Netflix catalog? Our journalists and columnists have some suggestions to add to your TV evenings.
One Day
Still in pain/mourning Normal People ? Rush to One Day (A dayin French version) from Netflix, a romantic comedy infused with nostalgia, intelligence and beautifully sad pop songs.
Hugo Dumas
Orion and the Dark
The brilliant Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter of Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Anomalisa And I’m Thinking of Ending Things, enhances the original story written by Emma Yarlett with a powerful emotional dimension that demonstrates the important role of parents in managing their children’s fears.
Pascal LeBlanc
The Greatest Night in Pop
Rich in unpublished images taken in the studio, the documentary The Greatest Night of Pop directed by Bao Nguyen (Be Water, Live from New York!) is full of juicy moments (Bob Dylan who is really, really not in his right mind), touching (the artists exchange their autographs like groupies), uncomfortable (the singer Al Jarreau, visibly drunk, who constantly forgets his words ), daunting (Michael Jackson lost his snake) and stressful (a race against time to finish on time).
Marc-André Lemieux
Griselda
Addictive show that causes instant dependence, it’s impossible to wean yourself off Griseldawhose real, but fictionalized life, arrives in six very compact and uncut one-hour episodes.
Hugo Dumas
American Nightmare
American Nightmaremade by the same team as The Tinder Swindler (The Tinder scammer), incorporates all the elements we love into one true crime : excerpts from interrogations of suspects, images from police body cameras, panicked (or too calm) 911 calls, alarmist excerpts from local news bulletins, personal videos shot with iPhones and the testimony of a old hand in judicial journalism.
Hugo Dumas
The Crown (part 2)
We finish The Crown saying that without being complacent, Peter Morgan’s view of the queen and the monarchy is rather sympathetic. He salutes Elisabeth’s commitment, insists on her devotion and her uprightness, without masking her rigidity and her lack of empathy, particularly with regard to Charles’ companions. Above all, with these last six episodes, it admirably closes the circle of a series which will have marked its era.
Marc Cassivi
Rachid Badouri: The flowers of the carpet
In The flowers of the carpet, Badouri discusses in particular the intoxication of success, Islamophobia, homophobia and a very uncomfortable encounter. A recording produced by Usef Naït, known for his work with Souldia and Koriass.
Marc-André Lemieux
An almost normal family
Adaptation of the novel A Nearly Normal Family by author Mattias Edvardsson, it tells the story of a seemingly perfect – but absolutely dysfunctional – family that is slowly but surely sinking since a traumatic event (which they tried to sweep under the rug) is occurred four years earlier. When a new tragedy occurs, its artificial balance suddenly collapses.
Marc-André Lemieux
Maestro
Actor and filmmaker Bradley Cooper confirms with his second feature film, Maestro, if it was not already done, that he is not just another actor with vague directorial aspirations, but a filmmaker of great talent. The film garnered seven Oscar nominations.
Marc Cassivi
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