Contributor Emma Fraser

A woman wearing a blue nurse's uniform stands over a patient lying on a hospital bed.
Not Movies

Netflix’s Ratched is an over-stylised origin story misfire

by Emma Fraser

Some motives are better left undiagnosed, as Ryan Murphy’s glossy prequel series, starring Sarah Paulson as the titular nurse, shows.
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Not Movies

Hulu’s PEN15 continues to capture the joy and horror of being 13

by Emma Fraser

Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine play versions of their teenage selves in the hit growing-pains “traumedy”.
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Not Movies

Perry Mason revival delivers with the case of the enticing origin story

by Emma Fraser

HBO’s prequel series sees Matthew Rhys take on the role of the famed Los Angeles defence lawyer.
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Not Movies

Michaela Coel delivers a searing performance in I May Destroy You

by Emma Fraser

A young women’s life is derailed by sexual assault in this painfully honest yet humorous 12-part drama.
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Not Movies

Netflix’s Hollywood is an enticing look at a town of big dreams

by Emma Fraser

Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s limited series reveals the price of stardom in Tinseltown’s Golden Age.
Two people, a man and a woman, sitting in a grassy field with a mountainous landscape in the background. The man has curly hair and is wearing a dark jacket, while the woman has long hair and is wearing an orange jumper.
Not Movies

Normal People faithfully captures the intensity of Sally Rooney’s novel

by Emma Fraser

This complex tale of first love and friendship is brought to life on screen by two terrific young leads.
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Women In Film

The Lost Careers of Difficult Women

by Emma Fraser

When women have their movie careers ruined by vindictive, controlling men, what happens next?
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Not Movies

Mrs America is a powerful look at the never-ending fight for equal rights

by Emma Fraser

Cate Blanchett leads the charge in an ambitious portrayal of a divisive period in US history.
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Not Movies

Hulu’s Hillary is an intimate portrait of a polarising figure

by Emma Fraser

This four-part profile of the former Presidential Candidate reveals a woman who keeps the world at arm’s length.
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Not Movies

Feel Good offers a fresh, relatable depiction of addictive love

by Emma Fraser

Mae Martin’s Channel 4/Netflix co-production tackles gender identity, female sexuality and drug dependency.

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