Too Much (season 1)
13 years after Girls, Léna Dunham is back behind the camera with Too Much, a series that’s just as refreshing and open-minded! What's the story? Jessica (the energetic and lovable Megan Stalter), a disenchanted thirty-something New Yorker, drowns her sorrows by taking a new job across the Atlantic in London. Once she arrives, still settling in, she meets Félix, who’s just as lost, and they get to explore a healthy, intense love inspired by the director's own relationship with her husband, Luis Felber, co-creator of the series. It’s a quirky romantic comedy, a bit chaotic, and that’s what makes it all the more charming.
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Available on Netflix
The Goldman Trial, by Cédric Kahn (2023)
In April 1976, the second trial of Pierre Goldman, a Jewish far-left activist, begins. He was initially sentenced to life imprisonment for four armed robberies, one of which resulted in the deaths of two pharmacists. While he acknowledges the thefts, the man proclaims his innocence in the latter case, and becomes, in just a few weeks, the icon of the intellectual left. "I am innocent because I am innocent."m>", he keeps hammering away at his trial, during which two camps emerge and clash—the first aiming for the conviction of a hostile and provocative figure, while the second advocates for the acquittal of a martyr. Presented at the Quinzaine des Cinéastes at the Cannes Film Festival 2023, the intimate setting of Cédric Kahn faithfully recounts the progress of a trial that bears the scars of a France wounded by anti-Semitism.
On July 27 on Netflix
Anthology of Chaos
Why did Woodstock 99 turn sour? How did it end?Project X evening of this 16-year-old girl from the Netherlands? What really happened in the office of Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto who was elected to everyone's surprise in 2010 and was later caught smoking crack? Each of these notorious chaos events that received massive media coverage is detailed on Netflix in weekly episodes of about 55 minutes. Coming this summer: The UFO and the Little Boy (July 15), The Detective Moms (July 22), and Storm Area 51 (July 29) to wrap it all up.
One episode each week until July 29 on Netflix
Wednesday (season 2)
Deadpan and obsessed with all things eerie, the rebellious and intriguing Wednesday Addams, played by the fabulous Jenna Ortega, is getting ready to return to our screens for a particularly dark season 2. According to the official series synopsis, the young girl is back for another year at Nevermore Academy where she’ll encounter new enemies and new troubles. After her fierce crush, Hyde, Wednesday finds herself immersed in a chilling supernatural mystery. The good news? Her relationships with her mom and best friend, Enid, will be explored further, while the young girl is likely to set aside love stories for horrific adventures that suit her much better, to be honest!
On August 6th on Netflix
Never Having Known Us, by Andrew Haigh (2024)
Could we have dreamed of a better synopsis than a ghostly romance between Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal ? Not really, and yet, British director Andrew Haigh has brought this brilliant idea to life with Never Having Known Us, one of our favorite films of 2023 and one of our all-time favorite love dramas. It takes place in a dizzying London skyscraper, where Adam lives in seclusion, still grieving the early loss of his parents. He spends his free time in the arms of his mysterious neighbor, Harry, when he’s not visiting his old home to reconnect with his parents and the past to make things right.many unsaid things. Dreamy and heart-wrenching, you need to muster up some courage to watch this film, which, while exploring a romantic relationship with dreamlike elements, also tackles other themes like death and loneliness.
On July 18 on Disney +
Alien : Earth (season 1)
Following the triumphant return of the saga to theaters with Alien : Romulus in 2024, the adventure continues on the small screen with Alien : Earth, coming soon to Disney +. Led by Noah Hawley, creator of Fargo and screenwriter.e and Legion, the series takes place in 2120, which is two years before the events of Ridley Scott's movie, when the Earth is ruled by five mega-corporations where humans, cyborgs, and synthetics live together. It's a seemingly harmonious coexistence, but then — just like that — a spaceship crashes, shattering the balance on the planet. A young hybrid woman and a team of soldiers will have to face an unprecedented alien threat. A promising pitch that will satisfy the longtime fans of the saga!
On August 12 on Disney +
Furia (season 1)
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is a snobby artist. Roberto, her husband, is in a relationship with Tina, the housekeeper, and has gotten her pregnant. Vera, Marga's friend, is a media chef who has to close her business due to the illness of a sharp-tongued critic. Nat is a saleswoman in a high-fashion boutique. Marga and Vera are her clients. Adela, Tina's mother, is unemployed and at risk of being evicted with her elderly mother by her ruthless landlord. Victoria, Adela and Nat's neighbor, is a neglected actress from the erotic cinema of the 70s. In short, these five women are disgusted by men, who have let them down both intimately and/or professionally, pushing them away, and hurting them. Furia is their chance to get unapologetic revenge. Amidst anger, revolt and female solidarity, it’s an extraordinary piece from Spain particularly delightful for taking down the patriarchy.Available on HBO Max
Nosferatu, by Robert Eggers (2024)
After The Lighthouse, The Witch, and The Northman, director Robert Eggers takes on a well-known gothic myth in cinema: Nosferatu, the very first film adaptation of Dracula by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. From an old film (1922) that was silent and in black and white, Eggers' version retains the darkness and enhances the poetry: the city where Ellen Hutter (Lily-Rose Depp, inhabited), the vampire's new target, lives is as cold as the heart of her tormentor. Terrified in the Carpathians, ```the mysterious Count comes, as tradition dictates, to haunt a fragile woman and unleash plague and death upon the land, leading to a final scene of a striking aesthetic, showcasing all of Eggers' skill in embracing the expressionist style.
On July 19 on Canal +