There is something soothing about watching television made wholly for a foreign audience. Not a foreign audience+Netflix. Not a foreign audience+PBS. Not a foreign audience+global cult comedy and/or sci-fi fans. Just, television not made with American audiences (or critics, or trending topic hot takes) top of mind. Not only is all the baggage that accompanies watching television made for a native audience absent, the pressure to participate in any hashtag watercooler conversations about it is rendered moot. As much as I love being intellectually, ideologically invested in the art made for my American eyeballs, getting a chance to let that all go and just enjoy a good serial story can be such a relief.
Dennis Coard, Essie Davis, Tammy Macintosh, Pip Miller, Nathan Page and Richard Bligh star on the ‘Death Do Us Part’ episode of the Australian period drama television series, ‘Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.’
Sometimes the most challenging aspect in life for people can be finding a place where they truly feel comfortable. That’s certainly the case for the title protagonist of the Australian crime drama television series, ‘Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.’ The eponymous lead character, The Honorable Phryne Fisher, who’s played by Essie Davis, is an independent, glamorous private detective, who won’t find peace until she solves every crime. The mystery show, which is set in the late 1920s in Melbourne, also highlights Phryne’s personal life.
Dune!
Candyman! West Side Story! but here are a few more to look out for, from huge studio IPs to the latest from French auteurs.
Anette
French director Leos Carax is breaking into song with his first English language film, an original musical starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard. The two play a married couple, a comedian and an opera singer, whose child the titular role! has a bizarre, yet-undisclosed talent. Given how beautifully bonkers
Holy Motors was, we expect big things.
Release: 2021
Elvis
Baz Luhrman’s output may be a little uneven, but his Elvis biopic has potential. Few details are known yet about the script, but the cast is promising essentially Tom Hanks and a bunch of Australian actors, including
Beyond Bridgerton: The period dramas you should watch next
21 Jan, 2021 04:01 AM
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Rachael Stirling stars as Nan, who falls for another woman, Kitty (Keeley Hawes), in provocative period drama, Tipping the Velvet. Photo / Supplied
Megan Wood is a food, travel and lifestyle writer based in Auckland.megan.wood@nzme.co.nz
If your social media feed is packed with friends espousing their adoration for hit Netflix period drama Bridgerton, you are not alone. Since its release before Christmas, the series has been streamed by more than 65 million people worldwide. Which begs the question: why is it so addictive?
Actress Essie Davis and actor Nathan Page star on the ‘Death at the Grand’ episode of the Australian period drama television series, ‘Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.’
Sometimes the most challenging aspect in life for people can be finding a place where they truly feel comfortable. That’s certainly the case for the title protagonist of the Australian crime drama television series, ‘Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.’ The eponymous lead character, The Honorable Phryne Fisher, who’s played by Essie Davis, is an independent, glamorous private detective, who won’t find peace until she solves every crime. The mystery show, which is set in the late 1920s in Melbourne, also highlights Phryne’s personal life.