Have you ever counted how many times they say "cocksucker" in HBO's Deadwood? ... 😎 I personally think Calamity Jane's and Mr. Wu's interpretation is the best ... 😺
Katla 📌
Great series. Mysterious, with a beautiful setting... Made in Iceland
I liked the environment, which I partially imagined for my game that I am currently working on. The presence of an active volcano and ash adds a lot of visuals to the environment
Post-holiday Tuesday blues got you down?
Check out my latest blog post where I share some of my favorite stress-relief TV shows that have been absolute lifesavers for me. 📺
ps. Sending you virtual hugs friends! 🤗
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❔ For the month of April, I'm offering to you the kind of gift that has become rare : discovering the reviews of 5 TV shows from all over the world that you know absolutely nothing about. What shows these are is even a surprise ! And it only costs you a couple of clicks. So what are you waiting for ?
🇫🇷 Five friends walk into a strip club... it's not the beginning of a joke. Well, not really. #Enterrementdeviedegarçon is a French miniseries about loss, but most importantly, about masculinity and emotion.
🇬🇧🇺🇸 You know how much I like remakes and adaptations ; they give me an excuse to compare ! Most of the time, I find good reasons to like both shows. Well, it might not be an easy thing to do for #DinnerwiththeParents, the US version of British comedy #FridayNightDinner. And I'm not gonna try very hard...
🇲🇼 It was just a few days ago that I was telling you how happy I was to be reviewing my very first Somalian TV show... well today, we're heading to Malawi ! #MushroomShade follows three women in their affective lives, decidedly honest and realistic about what it means to be a woman today.
🇯🇵 A rare display of violence, Japanese drama #EVOL uses superheroes to talk about much somber, and political topics. It's hard to watch, but worth the effort...
🇹🇷 If you like single lawyers looking for love, and #AllyMcBeal didn't age all that well for you (don't worry, it didn't age well for anyone), then you might want to look into the latest Turkish romcom on Netflix, #KimlerGeldiKimlerGeçti (alias #ThankYouNext).
🇺🇸🇮🇪 Does the public still listen to true crime podcasts with the same enthusiasm as a few years ago ? American Irish dramedy #Bodkin seems to think so, but is only superficially interested in its podcast's investigation anyway.
🇨🇦 In our patriarcal societies, what power do women have against men ? French Canadian series #Discrètes asks this with an added power imbalance : its lead characters being janitors, and their aggressor being a lawyer. A short, but smart series that's not for the faint of heart.
🇺🇸 One of the tropes I like the least in television also happens to be one of the most common tropes in conservative television : go back home in your native small town, life is simpler there, happiness was there all along. US series #TheWayHome brings a fantasy twist to this, but I'm not sure it helps.
🇮🇷 There are many reasons to lie, some people even do it professionally. Iranian series #Actor (which arte airs tonight under the international title #TheActor, don't ask) is a wonderful exploration of all the reasons we have to lie... and sometimes, just sometimes, to tell the truth.
🇳🇬 Am I fair when I discuss shows with you, or is my enthusiasm for discovery sometimes getting the best of me ? Well, this wasn't really a dilemma in the case of Nigerian comedy #AwkwardThingsAboutLosingWeight, for once.
🇨🇦 With arte airing the entire miniseries tonight (make sure not to miss it !), I wanted to discuss the Canadian drama #LittleBird, a touching exploration of what it meant for thousands of Indigenous children to have been abducted from their families.
🇨🇦 And as a companion article, you can also read my review of the first episode of French Canadian series #PourToiFlora, which specifically depicts the experience of the children sent to residential schools, and discusses their trauma decades later.
🇮🇪 This review has been 10 years in the making. I've always wanted to tell you about Irish thriller #AnBronntanas, but never found the time. After rewatching the miniseries earlier this month, I finally put words on it. I hope you like chaos !
🇩🇪🇫🇷🇯🇵🇦🇪 This is quite an interesting assortment of four broadcasters from three different continents, that have decided to coproduce #Concordia. In this sci-fi thriller set in a city where everyone is recorded, your private data is supposed to be safer than anywhere else in the world. Not so safe, however, when a murder takes place...
🇹🇭 The women of Thai series #BangkokKhanika (or #BangkokBlossom) didn't choose sex work. As the youngest is almost of age to be auctioned off, the three sisters decide to buy their independence, which will come at a cost...
🇮🇳 Set during the first half of the 20th century in an opulent entertainment neighborhood of Lahore, Indian series #Heeramandi is a sublime but tragic tale about the fate of courtesans in a troubled time. Freedom will not come to them, or to their country, easily.