Too Much (season 1)
13 years after Girls, Léna Dunham is back behind the camera with Too Much, a series that's equally refreshing and liberating. What's the premise? Jessica (vibrant and lovable Megan Stalter), a disillusioned thirty-something from New York, drowns her sorrows by taking a new job across the Atlantic in London. Just as she's getting settled in, she meets Félix, who's just as lost, and they get to explore a healthy, intense love, freely inspired by the filmmaker’s own relationship with her husband, Luis Felber, co-creator of the series. It's a quirky romantic comedy, a little chaotic, and that’s what gives it all the charm.
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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 admits to the robberies, the man proclaims his innocence in this last case and quickly becomes the icon of the intellectual left. "I am innocent because I am innocent.”m>", he keeps hammering at his trial, where two camps emerge and clash: one for the condemnation of a hostile and provocative figure, and the other for the acquittal of a martyr. Presented at the Quinzaine des Cinéastes at the Cannes Film Festival 2023, Cédric Kahn's intense drama faithfully recounts the unfolding 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 all end up?
Evening Project X of this 16-year-old girl from the Netherlands? What really happened in the office of Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto who was surprisingly elected in 2010, and later caught smoking crack? Each of these highly publicized legendary chaos events 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 every week until July 29 on Netflix
Wednesday (Season 2)
Deadpan, blood-obsessed, and never without her braids, the rebellious and intriguing Wednesday Addams, portrayed by Jenna Ortega, is set to return to our screens for a particularly dark season 2. As the official synopsis of the series indicates, the young girl is back for another year at Nevermore Academy "where new enemies and troubles await her." After facing Hyde, a fierce monster who turned out to be her crush of the year, Wednesday finds herself immersed in the heart of a chilling supernatural mystery. Good news: her relationships with her mother and best friend, Enid, will be explored in more depth, while the young girl is expected to set aside her love stories for some horrific adventures that, let's face it, suit her much better!
On August 6 on Netflix
Never Knowing Us, by Andrew Haigh (2024)
Could we dream of a better synopsis than a ghostly romance between Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal ? Not really! Yet, the brilliant British director Andrew Haigh has turned this genius idea into reality with Never Knowing Us, one of our favorite films of 2023 and one of our all-time favorite love dramas. The story unfolds in a breathtaking building in London, where Adam lives in seclusion, still mourning the early loss of his parents. He spends his free time in the arms of his mysterious neighbor, Harry, when he isn't visiting his old home to reconnect with his parents and the past to make amends.many unspoken things. Dreamlike, heart-wrenching, it takes courage to watch this film, which certainly explores a romantic relationship, but also touches on other themes, including death and loneliness.
July 18 on Disney +
Alien: Earth (season 1)
After the triumphant return of the saga to cinemas 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 of Legion takes place in 2120, which is two years before the events of the movie by Ridley Scott. During this time, Earth is ruled by five megacorporations where humans, cyborgs, and synthetics live together. It's a certainly harmonious coexistence, but alas: a spaceship crashes, shattering the balance on the planet. A young hybrid woman and a team of soldiers must face an unprecedented alien threat. It's a promising storyline that will delight long-time fans of the saga.
August 12 on Disney +
Furia (season 1)
Marga is a...the 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 piercing critic. Nat works as a saleswoman in a high-fashion boutique. Marga and Vera are her clients. Adela, Tina's mother, is unemployed and risks being thrown out onto the streets with her elderly mother by her ruthless landlord. Victoria, Adela's and Nat's neighbor, is a forgotten actress from the erotic cinema of the '70s. In short, these five women are disgusted by men, who have let them down intimately and/or professionally, pushed them away, and hurt them. Furia is their chance to take shameless revenge. Between anger, rebellion, and female solidarity, it’s a particularly delightful UFO from Spain to take 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, which is the first cinematic adaptation of Dracula by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. From an old silent, black-and-white film (1922), Eggers’ version retains the darkness and nurtures the poetry: the city where Ellen Hutter (Lily-Rose Depp, inhabited), the new target of the vampire, lives is just as cold as the heart of her tormentor. Terrified in the Carpathians, the mystique...e;rieux Comte comes, as tradition dictates, to haunt a fragile woman and bring plague and death to the lands, leading up to a final scene of striking aesthetics, showcasing Eggers' incredible ability to embrace the expressionist style.
July 19 on Canal +
