Logline: Alcoholic teen farmer Johnny’s world is turned happily upside down by a Romanian migrant. Verdict: Independent filmmaker Francis Lee (Me Without You) makes an unlikely yet rough-and-ready love story all the more poignant in Brexit
Michael Schur’s brilliantly subversive and whimsical laugh riot 'The Good Place' goes from strength to strength in its second season.
Logline: A young woman devastated by loss falls deep into her dreamland. Verdict: Woodshock is the debut film of fashion designers Kate & Laura Mulleavy, famous for their clothing brand, Rodarte. It follows young woman Theresa
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s whimsy & song back in season 3 premiere Logline: Rebecca Bunch is the crazy ex-girlfriend in this musical revenge fantasy. Verdict: Rachel Bloom’s weird, absurd, and wonderfully whimsical musical-comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend returned for its season
Filthy, deranged and utterly absurd, 'Assholes' follows Adam, Adah, and Aaron as they hook up and indulge in activities that’d make even Divine blush.
Alias Grace Logline: A true-life drama done the Margaret Atwood/Netflix way. Verdict: “If there has been a crime, people want a guilty person. Rightly or wrongly, it does not matter.” The success of Hulu’s Emmy-winning The Handmaid’s
The Good Catholic Logline: “Don't let your love turn to hate / Right now we got to / Keep the faith / Keep the faith / Keep the faith / Lord, we got to keep the
Nathan for You Logline: An exercise in extreme cringecore, Fielder’s project is a pitch-perfect reality TV parody show. Verdict: When Nathan for You debuted its “Dumb Starbucks” prank, I lived in Los Feliz. As a protest for
California Typewriter Logline: A love letter to those who prefer the analog way of life. Verdict: Hyper-stylish commercial and music video director Doug Nichol crafts a loving visual ode to that most romantic of literary devices. Pleasurable
Lucky Logline: Harry Dean Stanton outlived and outsmoked his contemporaries. Now it’s time to find enlightenment. Verdict: You’d be hard pressed to think of a more fitting goodbye to an actor like Harry Dean Stanton than Lucky.
