Our journalists have unearthed some gems to watch on Crave. Here they are.
Succession
Probably the best series, all categories combined, of recent years. We follow a rich and hateful family that controls a media conglomerate modeled on that of Rupert Murdoch (Fox News). If you like thick dialogue, clever slurs, and satire-filled behind-the-scenes play, you’ll love Succession, it’s really bright, funny and awkward.
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Yellowjackets
It is gore, brilliant, intriguing, murky, frightening and full of mysteries to be elucidated. Separated, the ingredients of the series seem disparate and incompatible. Together, however, they form a winning recipe. It’s one of the best genre productions of the last few months, really.
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Mare of Easttown
Solid. This is the word we would choose to describe not only this well-crafted thriller, far from clichés, but also to qualify the performance of Kate Winslet. No wonder she was named Best Actress at the Emmy Awards. And now, the killer question: do we really want a second season? The first one was so perfect, the risk of being disappointed is increased …
Marc-André Lemieux
Scenes from a Marriage
No, this remake American from a Swedish series by Ingmar Bergman from 1973 has no violent streak gore. But seeing Jessica Chastain (sublime) and Oscar Isaac (overwhelming) tear each other apart in words just as badly. Anyone know why this HBO offering hasn’t created more waves this fall?
Marc-André Lemieux
Who killed Marie-Josée?
Without having solid proof of his guilt, the New York police officers have long suspected the popular host Alain Montpetit of having murdered the Quebec model Marie-Josée St-Antoine in his apartment in Gramercy Park, in June 1982. Almost 40 years old after this mysterious murder, the hypothesis comes to the surface in the very good series of “true crime” Who killed Marie-Josée? The docuseries brings together the pieces of this immense puzzle in an efficient and exciting way.
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Underground
Sophie Dupuis’ second feature film (Watch dog) is one of the best films of 2021. Shot in a real mine a few hundred meters deep, Underground stands out first of all thanks to this portrait of an unprecedented world, but also constitutes a great accomplishment on the cinematographic level. With Joakim Robillard, Théodore Pellerin and James Hyndman.
Marc-André Lussier
Night doctor
Deprived of theatrical release in Quebec due to the pandemic, this third feature film by Elie Wajeman (The anarchists) is no less excellent. Vincent Macaigne (The things we say, the things we do) finds one of its most beautiful roles. Between thriller and social portrait, this noir film also stars Pio Marmaï and Sara Giraudeau.
Marc-André Lussier