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Megan Nolan

A case of exploitation: Alba is a story to make the stomach sink

A Spanish drama about the aftermath of a brutal gang rape is a little hard to take seriously

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Burden of the past: Sins of the Fathers is both thriller and filler

A new Polish crime thriller is riveting - but also stressful, banal and not a great deal of fun to watch

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Thrown together and torn apart

Tight, exciting and nuanced, new six-part Croatian drama thriller Four Strangers is a proper treat

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Dancing in a dead man’s shoes

A new Spanish Netflix series portrays celebrity as inherently toxic and destructive, and yet a natural ambition for the aimless disenfranchised young people to whom it is sold

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A refugee’s flight from war to spite

Flee is the best representation yet of what it really means to be a refugee

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Formulaic style over substance: King of Stonks is a show of its time

A new Netflix show about tech-bro chaos and indulgence is topical and current. It's also completely played out

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Queen: A show that combines Parisian pride with Polish prejudice

The new Netflix drama sets aside political quibbles and moments of cultural discord, settling instead for lighter watching

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Secrets, lies and a question of belief

A Danish drama set in the world of social work paints an unbearable balancing act of competing harms

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Baby Fever is fertile ground, but misconceived

Despite some great performances, narratively there is not much at the heart of this Danish comic drama

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Rom-com hate bomb: F*ck Love Too is punishingly vacant

Megan Nolan loves a bad rom-com, but this latest Netflix effort is stupid and hateful

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Food, not much thought: Toscana won’t leave you hungry for more

This Netflix film about a Danish restaurateur could have done with being much worse or much, much better

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Brainwash whitewash: Clark is a wasted opportunity

The story of Sweden's first celebrity gangster is a sub-Tarantino gushing glorification

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Teetotal recoil: The Dry is sober viewing

BritBox's latest is a perfectly pitched and painfully funny new addition to the canon of works about Irish alcoholism

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365 Days: This Day has bad sex and worse dialogue

This Polish erotic thriller is such an oddity it will make you question whether it's actually a film at all

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The dance macabre: the ugliness and beauty of ballet

A new Netflix film is a worthy and sometimes dazzling new addition to the canon of horrifying ballet depictions

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The cost of free love: Dirty Lines rings true

Netflix's new Amsterdam-set drama addresses the potential tedium of over-familiarity with sex, as well as its liberatory capacities

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Hidden: a cop show that cares

This Welsh detective drama is a restorative tonic to the kind of frantic television seen elsewhere

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Why Standing Up is a seriously lovable addition to the comedian canon

The actual stand-up in Netflix's new dramedy is rarely as funny as it is supposed to be, but the characters are so vivid it barely matters

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Misfit: Meet Poland’s Marilyn in Autumn Girl

A Netflix biopic of the woman considered Poland's Marilyn Monroe fails to delve in any satisfying way into the interesting story it has to tell

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Queer Eye Germany – the spin-off with soul

The German version of Netflix's hit makeover series looks cheaper and more like a world I can recognise, says MEGAN NOLAN

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The downward Spiral: this French thriller doesn’t quite hold together

The Promise has an excellent cast but the plot is subsumed by the standard demands of a detective show

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High infidelity: Cheaters is a truly special show

A new romantic comedy series is warm and funny without undermining the seriousness beneath its central questions

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Why Inventing Anna is not faking good enough

Despite all the artistic licence in the world and interesting source material this Netflix series is over-long, draining and empty to watch

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There is an uncomfortable safeness in My Best Friend Anne Frank, but this is to be expected

What is the best way to portray the Holocaust to children? The film struggles to find an answer to this but it's a reminder that Anne Frank's diaries have

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Netflix’s Four to Dinner gives us love in the multiverse

A Netflix film poses a pivotal question – are any two people meant to be together, or is it just a matter of timing?

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Horrors can often be dismissed, A Classic Horror Movie shows why the genre needs broader recognition

Netflix's A Classic Horror Story deserves a wider audience, says MEGAN NOLAN

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Father Christmas is Back Review: Is this the worst Christmas film ever?

The new festive release from Netflix is unwatchable. Perhaps all involved in the production had some serious tax bills to pay, wonders MEGAN NOLAN.

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Impeachment: American Crime Story shows how Monica Lewinsky was demonised

Aspects of the show depicting the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky affair seem so odd, different and plainly wrong that it feels like science fiction.

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Netflix’s Passing: A film featuring race, rivalry and regret

The film adaptation of Nella Larsen's novel is a sumptuous and seductive tale of segregation.

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Review: Moloch is a tale of fire, fury and playing God

A new French drama leaves audiences pondering punishment, the fallibility of man and how these two ideas relate to each other.

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Maid is not made to enjoy, but to admire

The story carefully, and cleverly, portrays domestic abuse, making it one of the more worthwhile Netflix originals of late

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Idle gossip comes from the idle rich

An attempt to breathe new life into the American drama from the noughties falls short

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