Tag: foreign tv series
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Families Like Ours, dystopian drama from Denmark
Families Like Ours looks at a climate future when Denmark is shut down and abandoned because of rising oceans. The story isn’t about climate change, but about how individual characters respond to the nationwide climate-driven crisis.
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The Light in the Hall, a Welsh mystery series
The Light in the Hall is a six part Welsh series. Reporter Cat (Alexandra Roach) returns to her small town when the convicted murdered of her childhood friend is released from prison. Her efforts to write a story about that long ago disappearance bring up all kinds of secrets.
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The Åre Murders review, Nordic noir for the mystery lover
The Åre Murders bring mystery, snow, and Nordic noir in two well plotted tales about policewoman Hanna (Carla Sehn) and the cases she works on while in the ski resort area around Åre, Sweden.
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The Newsreader, season 1 review: TV news drama from Australia
The Newsreader looks at the lives and loves of a group of television news reporters from Australia. Anna Torv stars as Helen, a cutthroat and ambitious newsreader. When the series begins she shares the spotlight with Geoff (Robert Taylor), a man who was a reporter in the trenches for many years. Now it’s the 1980s,…
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Asura review: this Japanese series is a gem
Asura comes from Japan. It’s beautiful, charming, full of drama, food, and traditional Japanese life. It’s set in 1979 and revolves around a family with four daughters.
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Inspector Ellis review: interesting detective work, interesting detective
Inspector Ellis (simply called Ellis in the UK) is a detective series. Sharon D. Clarke stars as a detective “with the mind of a jaguar” who is dispatched to rural locations to take over cases that aren’t going well under local control.
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The Law According to Lidia Poët, S2, a real and amazing woman
The Law According to Lidia Poët, season 2, continues the true story of Italy’s first woman lawyer. The bold and courageous Lidia Poët advances her battle to be allowed to practice law as she works with her brother to defend clients and solve crimes.
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Territory review: modern day Western from Australia
Territory is a sprawling modern day Western soap opera of an adventure set in far northern Australia on the Marianne Station, “the largest cattle station in the world.” The cowboys in this remote dryland are as likely to ride a four wheeler or a helicopter as a horse.
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The Secret of the River review, excellent Mexican series
The Secret of the River (El Secreto del Río) comes from Mexico. It’s an 8 part series. I thought it was a queer masterpiece full of tender and touching portraits of what it is to be transgender, or muxes, in certain parts of Oaxaca.