Megan Nolan
24 August 2022
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
Read the full article16 August 2022
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
Read the full article09 August 2022
Thrown together and torn apart
Tight, exciting and nuanced, new six-part Croatian drama thriller Four Strangers is a proper treat
Read the full article03 August 2022
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
Read the full article27 July 2022
A refugee's flight from war to spite
Flee is the best representation yet of what it really means to be a refugee
Read the full article12 July 2022
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
Read the full article05 July 2022
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
Read the full article28 June 2022
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
Read the full article21 June 2022
Baby Fever is fertile ground, but misconceived
Despite some great performances, narratively there is not much at the heart of this Danish comic drama
Read the full article01 June 2022
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
Read the full article24 May 2022
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
Read the full article17 May 2022
Brainwash whitewash: Clark is a wasted opportunity
The story of Sweden's first celebrity gangster is a sub-Tarantino gushing glorification
Read the full article10 May 2022
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
Read the full article27 April 2022
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
Read the full article20 April 2022
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
Read the full article05 April 2022
Hidden: a cop show that cares
This Welsh detective drama is a restorative tonic to the kind of frantic television seen elsewhere
Read the full article30 March 2022
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
Read the full article23 March 2022
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
Read the full article16 March 2022
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
Read the full article09 March 2022
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
Read the full article22 February 2022
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
Read the full article14 February 2022
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
Read the full article20 January 2022
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?
Read the full article06 January 2022
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
Read the full article16 December 2021
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.
Read the full article02 December 2021
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.
Read the full article18 November 2021
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.
Read the full article04 November 2021
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.
Read the full article21 October 2021
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
Read the full article07 October 2021
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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