Posts By Helen Archer
UK TV review: Shrill Season 3
July 4, 2021 | Helen ArcherShrill’s bittersweet final season is hopefully just the beginning for its cast, creators and viewers.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Most Dangerous Animal of All
June 22, 2021 | Helen ArcherTruth, fiction and obsession collide in this subtle interrogation of the Zodiac killer case and the true crime genre itself.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Love Fraud
June 8, 2021 | Helen ArcherThis deliciously satisfying true crime road trip puts its victims in the driving seat.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: An Alibi for Omar
May 18, 2021 | Helen ArcherBBC Three has been dipping its toes in the true crime genre for the past few years, although generally with US imports. The channel’s homegrown attempts to capitalise on the genre’s strange and enduring popularity have had varying degrees of … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Halston
May 18, 2021 | Helen ArcherEwan McGregor is captivating Ryan Murphy’s wildly entertaining biopic of fashion designer Halston.Read More
The Battle for Britney: Disappointing and dated
May 9, 2021 | Helen ArcherBritney 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
May 4, 2021 | Helen ArcherErrol Morris turns contributor for this frustrating true crime documentary.Read More
Why We Are Who We Are should be your next box set
November 25, 2020 | Helen ArcherDirector 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
November 24, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis 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
November 24, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis occasionally rushed docuseries captures the media frenzy surrounding a notorious Buenos Aires murder.Read More