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Two anthropomorphised green and pink monster characters with exaggerated features and expressions, wearing checked and yellow shirts against a textured brown background.
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Jurassic Lark: The satirical genius of Jim Henson’s Dinosaurs

by Aimee Knight

Animatronic puppets, searing social commentary, this short-lived early ’90s sitcom had it all.
Arched mirrored frames with shadowed human faces reflected within.
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Pretend It’s a City is a wry love letter to pre-pandemic New York

by Madeleine Seidel

Fran Lebowitz and Martin Scorsese sit down for a chat about all things NYC in this engaging Netflix docuseries.
A man with curly hair and a moustache holding a rabbit in his hands, set against a blurred green background.
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Ethan Hawke delivers a fiery sermon in The Good Lord Bird

by Emma Fraser

He stars as the controversial abolitionist John Brown in Showtime’s Civil War-era historical drama.
Three young adults, one with blond curly hair, one with straight dark hair, and one wearing a red beret, standing close together in an intimate embrace.
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We Are Who We Are aches with longing for the summer of youth

by Roxanne Sancto

Luca Guadagnino’s coming-of-age series sees a group of teenagers discover their identities on a coastal army base in Italy.
A woman wearing a blue nurse's uniform stands over a patient lying on a hospital bed.
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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.
Two young women sitting by a tiled pool, one in a floral swimsuit and the other in a blue swimsuit. The background shows a garden with trees and flowers.
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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”.
Man in casual clothes sits on a wooden platform in a field of tall maize plants, holding a tablet device.
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HBO’s Lovecraft Country delivers a fierce broadside against bigotry

by Charles Bramesco

Misha Green and Jordan Peele’s 10-part series externalises the darker implications of Lovecraftian lore.
Man in brown coat, hat, and tie standing in a wooded area.
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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.
Large horned, green-bodied creature in a dark, ornate room with brick walls and various items displayed.
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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.
Two people, an African-American man with a beard and a Caucasian woman with curly hair, sitting close together in a dimly lit room.
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The Eddy review – A haunting melody that quickly fades

by Charles Bramesco

Damien Chazelle’s eight-part Paris jazz drama scarcely misses a note, but we’ve heard this tune before.

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