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A friend recommended The Good Wife as she knows I like a legal theme and I’m half way through the first series. It’s brilliant and each episode stands alone but there is another bigger story also running through the whole thing.

I’ve also done Billions which has Damien Lewis in and that was riveting. Couldn’t stick with Handmaiden for some reason but enjoyed Dedicated Survivor.

Something to make you think- Making a Murderer
A different "reality" show Blown Away - a glass working competition.
I struggle to find things on Netflix as I'm not really into series and particularly the US ones.

I’ve just watched the film Maudie, it’s new to Netflix and worth watching.
It’s a biopic of the Canadian, naive artist Maude Lewis and a weepie, so have a hankie ready.

I’m nearing the end of The Keepers Humptydumpty, thank you for bringing it to my attention. The level of corruption and wickedness from those in high office is very depressing, very little has changed since her murder way back in 1969.

There is an hour long programme in which Oprah
Winfrey talks to the cast and production team of When They See Us and the innocent men. It is very interesting, and Ava DuVernay is a very impressive woman.

Thanks for that heads-up, Jane - will definitely watch When They See Us.

We're just watching The Keepers - really good.

I have recently watched Top of the Lake with Elizabeth Moss.Didnt fancy it when it was on TV but watching it a couple of episodes at a time i really enjoyed it. Although i must say her facial expressions are just like those in The Handmaidens Tale.

Humbertbear, thank you for flagging up Shtisel. I dipped into it having exhausted other series and was put off by the subtitles at the time. Your comment encouraged me to try again and it is absolutely delightful. I'd love a third series but sometimes the third one begins to get a bit more fanciful. Still, will give it a go if it appears.

Very interesting link Jane, thank you. One of the comments under the article states that Trump was still insisting the men were guilty in 2016. What a disgrace he is, all the money spent by his parents on his education was obviously wasted.

Thank you Janeainsworth I will take a look at that link.

Yes, thanks Jane. I’ve seen that video he mentions before, in the context of not seeing cyclists. I didn’t see the bear!

Thanks Jane I have subtitles on everything ?

cyclingknitter and jane43 you might be interested in Kenan Malik’s latest blog
kenanmalik.com/2019/06/10/seeing-what-we-want-to-see/
He mentions When They See Us - it’s on my list of things to watch

CyclingKnitter, thank you for the other recommendation. I watched all of When They See Us yesterday and as you say it is hard to watch, especially part four. Yes, even in 1989 Trump was coming out with his racist, extreme views and willing to squander money on promoting them. I noticed from the end that Robert De Niro and Oprah Winfrey were involved in the production so perhaps it was their idea to include the bit about Trump.

Stranger Things

I’ve just started to watch When They See Us. It’s incredibly disturbing and hard to watch though. It provides a lens into how racism and disregard for law and truth affects young people. Trump wanted them dead. The director, Ava DuVernay has also made another really interesting film that’s on Netflix, called 13th. Worth watching.

I really enjoyed Always Be My Maybe - a romcom or should I say famdramedy (it's a family film) with a difference.

I've been binge watching "What/If", a thriller with Reneé Zellweger. (Sp?)
I'm really enjoying it.

NanKate, I’m just on the last episode. I found it helpful to switch the subtitles on , just a suggestion.

I also loved project runway but the most recent ones are not on there.

I loved The making of a murderer. I kept getting up during the night to watch another one and was sad when it finished. I can't quite remember now if it was in series 2 that the new investigator (female) came into it or if it was during the end of series 1 but if it was series 2 then yes I agree there was nothing new happened but she did thorough detailed investigations and uncovered lots of new detail and poor recording and investigation by the original police dept . Lots of collusion in the police force..I found it far more interesting how the female investigator pieces it all together.

I will check it out Jane thanks for the heads up.

I’m just watching When They See Us, a four part dramatisation of a true story of five boys accused of raping a jogger in Central Park, New York in 1989. This is a very powerful drama. I won’t say any more because it may spoil it for anybody who wants to watch it but it is gripping me.

Varian, I love that film

Janeainsworth, yes Making A Murderer was very good, award winning and there is a series 2 but not much new information in it as not much has happened to Steven Avery or his nephew.