The Battle for Britney: Disappointing and dated

Britney Spears is big news right now, thanks in no small part to the flurry of documentaries examining the conservatorship she has been under for more than a decade. February saw the release of the New York Times’ Framing Britney … Read More

True Crime Tuesdays: A Wilderness of Error

Errol Morris turns contributor for this frustrating true crime documentary.Read More

Why We Are Who We Are should be your next box set

Director Luca Guadagnino’s first foray into television is something of a triumph, losing neither his renowned aesthetic nor his sensitive characterisation in the translation to the small screen. This eight-part series, set in an American military base near Chioggia, Italy, … Read More

Defending Digga D review: A timely, absorbing documentary

This absorbing documentary, directed by Marian Mohamed, follows 20-year-old UK drill artist Digga D (real name Rhys Herbert) as he is released from prison following 15 months inside, after being convicted of conspiracy to commit violent disorder. Having made a … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Carmel: Who Killed María Marta

This occasionally rushed docuseries captures the media frenzy surrounding a notorious Buenos Aires murder.Read More

True Crime Tuesdays: The Trials of Oscar Pistorius

Focusing more on Oscar Pistorius than Reeva Steenkamp, this true crime documentary is as exasperating as it is disrespectful.Read More

True Crime Tuesdays: The Shipman Files: A Very British Crime Story

This documentary about Britain’s worst serial killer shines a humanising spotlight on his invisible victims.Read More

Why you should be watching Twenties

BBC Three have recently been hitting the sweet spot with their female-led acquisitions. From Fleabag through to Shrill and the recent Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens, Lena Waithe’s new series Twenties fits nicely into a growing portfolio of millennial comedy-drama.

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BBC Three TV review: Rap Trip

This short series follows F.O.S and Ransom, two contestants from The Rap Game UK, as they take to the road in their ‘rap mobile’ to showcase some regional talents in places where musicians have had to create their own scene. … Read More

True Crime Tuesdays: American Murder: The Family Next Door

Netflix’s unsettling documentary about the Watts family murders is a first-hand look at the banality of evil.Read More