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The 10 best queer shows and films on Netflix
Amelia Berry on the best LGBTQ+ shows and films to stream on Netflix.
26 May
Amelia Berry
Amelia is a writer and musician, currently working as Creative Director for 95bFM (she writes the ads). Her favorite films include 2000 Maniacs, the music video for ABC's The Look of Love, and something with witches.
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New season of whip-smart sci-fi Made For Love quickly leaps into full Philip K Dick mode
Season two escalates everything that made the first so damn good.
17 May
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The top 20 comedy movies to watch right now on Netflix
An updated list of the very best in Netflix crackups.
09 May
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Spotlight on Toni Collette: a rare talent with a knack for playing mothers
Whatever the role, whatever the accent, you can bet Toni Collette will be terrific.
03 May
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Shining Girls’ supernatural elements tussle with the show’s taut, sinister tone
Don’t Google what happens in this serial killer thriller with a hearty dollop of horror.
30 Apr
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Retrospective: The King of Comedy turns a cruel mirror on those who idolise Travis Bickle
Martin Scorsese’s 1981 classic realises the same social critique as Taxi Driver, but with a new incisive clarity.
26 Apr
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Macabre satire Shining Vale juggles horror references and gleefully off-colour gags
Courteney Cox stars in Shining Vale, a horror-comedy about family, depression, sex, and demonic possession.
11 Mar
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Landscapers feels like an absolute gift for jaded fans of true crime stories
Olivia Colman and David Thewlis star in four-parter questioning the very core of the true crime genre.
21 Feb
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Downton Abbey creator’s The Gilded Age lingers in the glamour and spectacle of its era
Few periods in US history have been as rife with scandal, corruption and upheaval as the late 1800s – and it makes for great TV.
20 Jan
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Visually stunning Nightmare Alley never quite materialises into a gripping thriller
Guillermo del Toro fans may find enough here to forgive the miserable, meandering story.
20 Jan
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The Matrix Resurrections is really good – and it’s also outrageously bananas
Wildly literal commentary on sequels and reboots is more weird, more self-aware, more fun.
22 Dec
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Revisiting the Wachowskis – some of the best, worst, and wildest films of recent decades
A return to the Matrix universe prompts a fresh look at the sisters’ hugely ambitious career.
17 Dec
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Retrospective: before The Great, there was Marie Antoinette – ignore 2006’s reviews, it’s pretty great too
Sofia Coppola’s film holds up remarkably well, so why people get it so wrong back in 2006?
22 Nov
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10 moments to have you Huzzah!-ing over The Great’s return
Revisit some of The Great’s best moments as season two approaches.
13 Nov
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Todd Haynes doco on The Velvet Underground is disappointingly conventional
Jonathan Richman and John Waters elevate what can be a dour story told by jaded people.
15 Oct
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Diana: The Musical is such a profound failure, you could almost mistake it for satire
Yep, it’s a stage musical about Princess Diana. Is it good? Is it even a good idea?
02 Oct
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You’ll never see another movie like improbable, one-of-a-kind musical Annette
It’s something of a miracle that Annette exists at all.
28 Sep
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Scenes from a Marriage and the electric chemistry of Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac
It’s as much about acting and performance as marriage, love, infidelity, or family.
15 Sep
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The 15 all-time weirdest, most bizarre movie musicals
Includes organ-harvesting, vampires, shoes and… snooker?
23 Aug
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Gunpowder Milkshake is a stylish, brutal and fast-paced action pic
“The action is beautifully choreographed, very creative, and surprisingly graphic.”
15 Jul
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Plodding first act aside, Cruella’s campy absurdity makes for a pretty fun movie
The whole film comes to life with the arrival of a gleefully evil Emma Thompson.
26 May