by Emma Fraser
Our favourite new releases from this year, featuring Spike Lee, Chloé Zhao, Josephine Decker and more.
From Schitt’s Creek to The Last Dance, here are our favourite small-screen offerings from the past year.
He stars as the controversial abolitionist John Brown in Showtime’s Civil War-era historical drama.
Some motives are better left undiagnosed, as Ryan Murphy’s glossy prequel series, starring Sarah Paulson as the titular nurse, shows.
Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine play versions of their teenage selves in the hit growing-pains “traumedy”.
HBO’s prequel series sees Matthew Rhys take on the role of the famed Los Angeles defence lawyer.
A young women’s life is derailed by sexual assault in this painfully honest yet humorous 12-part drama.
Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s limited series reveals the price of stardom in Tinseltown’s Golden Age.
This complex tale of first love and friendship is brought to life on screen by two terrific young leads.
When women have their movie careers ruined by vindictive, controlling men, what happens next?
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