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Vladimir

Literature professor Rachel Weisz M is experiencing middle age and is worried that she may never have a “spontaneous erection” again. Worse still, her academic husband John (John Slattery) not only continues to take advantage of their open marriage situation, but loses his position as a result. Into this chaos comes Vladimir (Leo Woodall), a charming, married professor. Through him, M sees her past – sexy, youthful, unfortunately irretrievable – and becomes dangerously obsessed. Vladimir is adapted from a novel by Julia May Jonas and its literary roots are clear: the wall-breaking fourth fantasy sequences explore M.’s interiority. But it’s a masterful deconstruction of a midlife crisis.
Netflix starting Thursday March 4

Young Sherlock

Another angle on Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective, this time filtered through Andrew Lean’s young Sherlock Holmes book series and the directorial vision of Guy Ritchie. The lavishly named (and well-connected) hero Fiennes Tiffin plays Sherlock as a late, absurdly bright teenager, fresh out of prison and working as a porter at Oxford thanks to his sober brother Mycroft. He is soon in an uneasy cahoots with an arrogant young student named James Moriarty. It’s a fast-paced, brutal story told with generic but scandalous charm and a cast that includes Natasha McElhone, Colin Firth and the hero’s uncle, Joseph Fiennes.
Prime Video, starting Wednesday, March 3

Actors Awards are presented by SAGAFTRA

We’ve entered awards season, and American film and television are gearing up for the Oscars with this annual celebration, sponsored by the Screen Actors Guild. The event is being broadcast live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and will be hosted by Kristen Bell, presumably hiding her annoyance at not getting a nomination this year. The films in contention bear a strong resemblance to the Oscar-nominated films, but the TV section looks more interesting, with The White Lotus, Pluribus, and Abbott Elementary among the shows in contention.
Netflix, Sunday, March 1, at 1 a.m

Sirin kiss

A chilling South Korean thriller that explores the line between lust and obsession, through the high-end art market. Auctioneer Han Seol Ah (Park Min Young) becomes a murder suspect when several of her former lovers die under similarly suspicious circumstances. Cha Woo Seok (Wei Ha Jun) is assigned to investigate these deaths. Is insurance fraud a motive? Is there a wider conspiracy afoot? And can Woo-seok get close to his quarry while maintaining enough distance to avoid entanglement himself?
Prime Video, starting Monday March 2

Marshal: The Yellowstone Story

More dusty melodrama from the ever-expanding world of Yellowstone. This show follows Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) as he combines his two specialties: ranching and soldier. As a former member of the US Marines, the temptation to follow Kayce’s backstory was always likely to be irresistible, and in this series, he joins an elite unit of US Rangers, just as Montana faces a threat from two violent crime gangs. However, Kayce has always been a lone wolf, and as he contemplates losing his family’s land, he has a personal agenda to follow as well.
Paramount+, starting Monday March 2

Dinosaurs

Back in the narrative hot seat for Morgan Freeman – David Attenborough’s big-budget CGI natural history documentary game. This four-part series (produced by Steven Spielberg) sets itself a monumental task, tracing the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years. Its scenes of dinosaurs, pterodactyls, and rampaging triceratops fighting each other are stunningly impressive from an artistic standpoint, albeit with an understandable preference for the spectacular and bloodthirsty over the small and mediocre.
Netflix starting Friday March 6

Friends Like These: The Murder of Skylar Nez

It sounds like the premise of a dark teen drama, but unfortunately, the case of Skyler Neese, who was murdered in Pennsylvania in 2012, is very real. Skylar was one-third of a group of close female friends, and their relationship escalated into what one contemporary in this true crime series described as “a very mean girls situation.” With the growing interest in drugs and the alienating effects of social media, the situation has become volatile. When Skyler disappeared, investigators quickly realized that their key witnesses were also their prime suspects. depressed.
Disney+ starting Friday March 6