Posts By Helen Archer
Amazon UK TV review: Little Fires Everywhere (spoilers)
May 31, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis scorching drama is a thoughtful and entertaining look at race, motherhood and regret.Read More
First look UK TV review: Little Fires Everywhere
May 21, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis slow-burn study of race, class and privilege is full of highly combustible materials.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: There’s Something Wrong with Aunt Diane
May 19, 2020 | Helen ArcherLiz Garbus’ nuanced investigation of a supermom’s mysterious death is a harrowing study of the lies we tell ourselves and each other.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story
May 5, 2020 | Helen ArcherA reasonable primer for newcomers to Cyntoia Brown’s story, this Netflix documentary fails to give its subject a voice.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Tall Man (2011)
April 21, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis unhurried 2011 documentary is an understated lament for all the lives torn asunder by injustice.Read More
Why you should catch up with BBC Three’s In My Skin
April 15, 2020 | Helen ArcherIn My Skin returns to BBC Three for Season 2 on 7th November 2021. This mini review is based on Season 1 and was originally published as part of a BBC Three reviews column.
Up-and-coming screenwriter Kayleigh Llewellyn debuted … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
March 24, 2020 | Helen ArcherEvery Tuesday, our resident true crime obsessive gets their fix with a documentary film or series. We call it True Crime Tuesdays.
In these disquieting times, viewers are doubtless seeking some sort of escapism from a grim news cycle and … Read More
My Left Nut review: A sad, funny, moving gem
March 1, 2020 | Helen ArcherWhile a comedy-drama called “My Left Nut”, seeking to explore the importance of men’s health, might not seem like a particularly enticing prospect for many, this limited series proves to be universally appealing. Adapted from an award-winning show at the … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: White House Farm
February 25, 2020 | Helen ArcherITV’s retelling of the 1985 White House Farm murders is a quietly devastating and sensitively told true crime drama.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Murder Trial: The Disappearance of Margaret Fleming
January 21, 2020 | Helen ArcherEvery Tuesday, our resident true crime obsessive gets their fix with a documentary film or series. We call it True Crime Tuesdays.
Director Matt Pinder’s previous work for BBC Scotland includes Murder Case: The Disappearance of Julie Reilly, a boldly … Read More