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The Crown, season 4
The Crown has always been a prestige series. But tackling the 1980s, his fourth season supplanted his first three. If we still hesitate to applaud the performance of Gillian Anderson in Margaret Thatcher, we salute that of Emma Corrin, remarkable in Princess Diana. Without forgetting the inimitable Olivia Colman, striking as Queen Elizabeth II.
Marc-André Lemieux
Maid
You don’t have to be depressed to watch Maid, which tells the heart-wrenching true story of a 23-year-old single mother (Margaret Qualley) who cleans up to survive. This young mother is caught in a circle of psychological violence and hard to break poverty. A harsh and poignant series.
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Squid Game
The most popular series in Netflix history, which smashed all viewing records. Sensitive souls (and children), abstain. Obsession with money, marginalization of the poor and social class struggle, this South Korean production brilliantly mixes horror, survivalism and social criticism.
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Sex Education
This British – and progressive – comedy-drama which describes the tribulations of a group of libidinous teenagers should be of interest to adults as well, especially since after two seasons its writers (finally) abandon the formula of a problem of sexual order per hour to apply to tell a story, a real one. Result: the intrigue between Maeve (Emma Mackey) and Otis (Asa Butterfield) is no longer the only one that keeps us captive.
Marc-André Lemieux
The Power of the Dog
The return to directing a Jane Campion feature film after a 12-year hiatus couldn’t be more grandiose. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst and Kodi Smith-McPhee, all excellent, this adaptation of Thomas Savage’s novel borrows the framework of the western to offer a story of great psychological depth. With finesse, sensitivity and sensuality, the director of The Piano offers a work of beautiful evocative power.
Marc-André Lussier
tick, tick … BOOM!
For the first feature film he directed, Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) has chosen to bring to the screen a musical inspired by a semi-autobiographical “rock monologue” that playwright Jonathan Larson (Rent) himself delivered at a time when nothing seemed to work for him. Andrew Garfield’s dazzling performance impresses, especially since the young man initially had no training in musical theater at all.
Marc-André Lussier
Red Notice
Red Notice arrived on screens with a reputation for being the most expensive project in Netflix history, at around 200 million. The result ? We liked it. Nevertheless ! Because the scenario is botched. The reversals, too many. Do we throw eggs at Red Notice ? But no. We laughed. We had fun. Time has flown. It wasn’t worth 200 million, but we’ve seen worse.
André Duchesne