Posts By Helen Archer
True Crime Tuesdays: Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
January 21, 2025 | Helen Archer
This dramatisation of one man’s search for truth is a profoundly moving portrayal of grief and loss.Read More
The Sticky review: Slow as molasses
January 7, 2025 | Helen Archer
This darkly comic crime drama based on a true heist is stickier than syrup, but slow as molasses.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Say Nothing
December 24, 2024 | Helen Archer
This outstanding, thought-provoking IRA drama is a late contender for the best TV show of 2024.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Limbs in the Loch: Catching a Killer
December 10, 2024 | Helen Archer
This occasionally repetitive documentary is grim and dark, with little in the way of new revelations.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Until I Kill You
November 19, 2024 | Helen Archer
Anna Maxwell Martin is outstanding in this thoughtful, challenging drama about Delia Balmer’s harrowing relationship with John Sweeney.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Woman of the Hour
November 5, 2024 | Helen Archer
Anna Kendrick’s accomplished, tense and thoughtful directorial debut prioritises the female gaze throughout.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Joan
October 22, 2024 | Helen Archer
An excellent performance by Sophie Turner struggles to elevate this surprisingly dour drama about real life plucky thief Joan Hannington.Read More
The Lincoln Lawyer review: Old-school entertainment
October 13, 2024 | Helen Archer
A decent cast and entertaining courtroom scenes elevate this dated, low-stakes legal drama.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Dr Death Season 2
October 8, 2024 | Helen Archer
This disappointingly shallow true crime drama does a disservice to its subject matter.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Sambre: Anatomy of a Crime
September 24, 2024 | Helen Archer
This reminder of how women are failed by the justice system is essential viewing.Read More
