Netflix’s ‘Persuasion’ explained: Why change Jane Austen novel

A woman sits on a windowsill.

London —  In “Persuasion,” a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s final novel made for Netflix, protagonist Anne Elliot speaks directly to the camera, addressing the audience like an old friend. As she muses on her relationship […]

Beauty review: Netflix’s faux Whitney Houston movie misses its key beats

Beauty (Grace Marie Bradley) and Jasmine (Aleyse Shannon) stand together, staring into the camera with their arms draped over each other, in Netflix’s Beauty.

Netflix’s movie Beauty isn’t a Whitney Houston biopic — at least, not officially. The Chi creator Lena Waithe changed all the familiar names in Houston’s life to allegorical signifiers for this story about a young, […]

Christina Ricci Joins Netflix’s Wednesday Addams Series

Christina Ricci as Wednesday Addams and Misty Quigley from Yellowjackets

We learned last year that Tim Burton was coming to live-action TV with a Netflix series based on The Addams Family. But that wasn’t the whole story. Announced officially by Netflix is Wednesday, a new […]

Adam by Eve review: Netflix’s wild anime import introduces musical artist Eve

A series of copies of Eve’s alien character One-Eye in a blue computer field in Adam By Eve

“Have you ever fallen asleep in class and woken up with a jolt?” That’s more or less the most precise way to articulate the vibe Japanese singer and composer Eve (stylized as “E ve”) gives […]