Maxton Hall, the world that separates us (09/05) – This German “teen” series takes place in an English private school where Ruby, a scholarship student, discovers a secret that could destroy the arrogant millionaire heir James Beaufort. Obviously, despite the hatred, love will interfere in the matter and make the power dynamics and class clashes even more complex.
Apple TV+
Acapulco – season 3 (01/05) – In season 3 of the American comedy series, Maximo makes his comeback to Las Colinas. It’s time for him to right the mistakes of the past and make a new start. Because in 1985, the same Maximo firmly jeopardized all the relationships he had tried to forge.
Dark matter** (08/05) – Adapted from the science fiction novel by Blake Crouch – who is also helming this series – Dark Matter features Jason Dessen (played by Joel Edgerton), a physicist, professor and father who, while he walks home one evening through the streets of Chicago, is thrown into an alternate version of his own life. Returning to reality will prove more complicated and more dangerous than anything he had imagined.
Art TV
A Criminal Case*** (seasons 1 and 2) (03/05) – This addictive Quebec series explores, in the style of the series Cold case, cases which hit the headlines but remained unresolved in La Belle Province. Each season, his unfinished investigation, retraced over the course of eight episodes. Season 1 relates the fight of a mother to exonerate her son, accused of murder, a role brilliantly taken on by the inexhaustible Céline Bonnier. (KT)
The Actor*** (09/05) – Crowned Grand Prize of the Séries Mania 2023 festival, this Iranian comedy marries the fight of two actors to bring their art to life, against all odds, and also highlights the long road that separates women from the freedom to express themselves. The opportunity to take another look at a country that has recently been thrust into the heart of current events with a resolutely warlike profile. (KT)
Be TV
In our blood (09/05) – Australian mini-series about the explosion of AIDS, and the importance of community. On Be 1, Thursdays at 8:30 p.m.
Fever (05/17) – An Original Canal + creation by Erik Benzekri (Black Baron), on the social and political divide in France and the culture of clash incited by social networks. On Be Séries, Friday at 8:30 p.m.
The girls on the bus (05/23) – A comedy about a group of correspondents following the American presidential campaign in tour bus. On Be 1, Thursdays at 8:30 p.m.
Disney+
Shardlake, shadow detective (01/05) – This historical and detective miniseries takes place during the tumultuous reign of the Tudors, a time of the dissolution of the monasteries in England. The story follows Matthew Shardlake, an honest lawyer played by Arthur Hughes, who is assigned by Thomas Cromwell (Sean Bean), to investigate a mysterious murder with deep political implications.
Dr Who (05/11) – The great Russell T Davie is back at the helm of the famous British series and is about to launch the most daring regeneration of recent years. After being successfully entrusted to Jodie Whittaker in 2018, the Doctor’s costume will be worn by Ncuti Gatwa, an actor revealed by the series Sex Education. The opportunity to test the adaptation skills of fans of the series who are more than sixty years old…
Netflix
A man, a real man (02/05) – Charlie Croker, real estate tycoon in his good old town of Atlanta, is a man to whom everything smiles. But when, upon returning from a professional trip, he discovers that his company is on the verge of bankruptcy and that people are waiting for him to take advantage of the fall of his empire, he develops treasures of pugnacity that no one would notice. ‘was waiting.
Bodkin (09/05) – Bodkin is the name of a pretty little coastal town in Ireland where a motley group of podcasters arrive to investigate the mysterious disappearance of three strangers. Their discoveries reveal a case of a scale and strangeness beyond anything they could have imagined.
The Bridgerton Chronicles, season 3 (05/16) – Penelope Featherington finally gave up her long-time love for Colin Bridgerton after hearing him make derogatory comments about her. She has, however, decided that it is time for her to take a husband, preferably one who will give her enough independence to continue her double life as Lady Whistledown, away from her mother and sisters.
Eric (05/30) – Eric follows the desperate search of Vincent (Benedict Cumberbatch) after his nine-year-old son Edgar disappears on the way to school. Talented puppeteers in New York, creator of a very popular children’s show, Vincent tries to cope with the absence of his son, but consumed by grief, he gradually loses control. Eric, a puppet created by his son, gradually becomes his only ally.
