Catch-up guide | Best of the year on Prime Video

the top 3 by Hugo Dumas

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It’s a Sin

London, early 1980s. Three young gays in search of emancipation become roommates and discover their sexuality in a big city where no one knows them. The party rages on, but a strange pneumonia transmitted “by birds” decimates the homosexual community. The epidemic progresses and one word ends up scaring a whole generation: AIDS. It’s a Sin hits full plexus. It’s hard and appalling, but filled with hope and solidarity. Impossible not to cry.

Flack

What really happens when a star, athlete or politician goes through a media storm? The squeaky series Flack explores the world of public relations in the era of crisis management. 17 year old pop star who wants to remake his image or gay soccer player about to be exposed, we navigate here between Scandal and Ray donovan. The women who kill themselves to pamper these millionaire stars also have complex and hectic lives. Sex, lies and manipulation on the menu.

Yellowstone

According to the magazine Vanity Fair, this is the most watched show that the media never talks about. It’s true. This soap western accents of Succession – but more conservatively – is in its fourth season and fans are asking for more. We are in the heart of the largest family ranch in the United States, Montana. The Patriarch (Kevin Costner) fights relentlessly to fend off greedy real estate developers as well as leaders of the neighboring Indigenous community, who are trying to reclaim this land that was stolen from them. Think of Dallas, but with horses galloping over dusty land.

the top 3 by Marc-André Lemieux

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The Boys

It wasn’t until 2021 that this delicious sci-fi satire truly confused the skeptics (of which we were one). Nominated in two important categories at the last Emmy Awards (best drama series and best texts), The Boys depicts superheroes as corrupt, narcissistic, arrogant, evil and violent beings. It is politically incorrect, funny and captivating. Some scenes are so twisted that they’ll knock your jaw off. Big subversive fun!

It’s a Sin

Chronicle of a group of friends hit hard by the AIDS epidemic in the heart of the 1980s in London, this miniseries from the creator of Queer as Folk, Russell T Davies, has flaws. The interpretation is uneven, sometimes caricatural, and the writing lacks finesse. But when it hits the target, it flies. Months after watching it, certain scenes remain etched in our memory.

Nine Perfect Strangers (VF: Nine Perfect Strangers)

No, it’s not the best adaptation of a novel by Liane Moriarty. This honor always goes to Big Little Lies. Still. Nine Perfect Strangers outperforms any spa visit. Showing the closed therapy of a group of people at Tranquillum, a center run by Nicole Kidman (or rather Masha, an enigmatic wellness guru), this choral miniseries intrigues until the last episode. Note also the presence in the credits of Quebec director of photography Yves Bélanger.

the top 3 by Marc-André Lussier

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Annette

Chosen to open the 74^e Cannes film festival, Annette is a sort of musical tragedy mixed with rock opera, where enchantment and strangeness come together. Directed by Leos Carax (Bad blood, Holy Motors) and starring Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver, this feature film was started by brothers Ron and Russell Mael, better known as the Sparks. The encounter between their universe and that of the filmmaker is here revealed to be harmonious.

The fool’s ball

First French original film intended for the Prime Video platform for worldwide distribution, The fool’s ball is an adaptation of the best-selling novel by Victoria Mas. Signing her sixth feature film as director, Mélanie Laurent, who shares the poster with Lou de Lâage, offers here her best film, marked as much by its historical context (end of the XIX^e century) than by its modernity. And helps to finally reveal the story from the perspective of women.

Being the Ricardos

Famous screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) proposes here its third achievement. This time he is interested in the career of Lucille Ball, undisputed star of the 1950s TV, and her husband, Desi Arnaz. And paints a fascinating portrait of an actress who was able to exercise her power at a time when few women were able to do so. Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are remarkable there. Available December 21 on Prime Video.