Need something to watch next month? We’re taking a look at five of our favourite television shows streaming on Binge this February.
If you haven’t got Binge yet, what are you doing. I will preface this by saying that this is not at all sponsored by Binge, merely fuelled by my own devotion to HBO original series.
Binge offers the best selection of television series out of any streaming service in Australia and that is the hill I have chosen to die on.
To that avail, here are five shows I deem worthy of your time on Binge this upcoming February. I hope you love them as much as I do.
Mildred Pierce
Todd Haynes carved out his legacy as one of the finest directors working with his films Carol, and I’m Not There. So it should come as no surprise that his foray into television is first-class. Hayne’s five-episode adaption of James M. Cain’s hardboiled classic Mildred Pierce is nothing short of sublime. A masterful depiction of one woman’s emotional and social tumult, that heaves with romance and ambiguity.
Angels In America
Painstaking and mythical, Angels In America is not light-viewing. It’s heartbreaking, magic, and will leave you feeling equal parts angry at the cruelty of the world and inspired by the goodwill of those that go through life without the privilege of protection.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1991 play of the same name by Tony Kushner, and adapted by Kushrned alongside director Mike Nichols, Angels In America is an extramundane examination of AIDS and homosexuality in America in the 1980s. It is one of televisions greatest triumphs.
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I May Destroy You
The single greatest series of 2020, Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You is pitch-perfect in every conceivable way. A ruthless dissection of millennial life, sexual consent and race. If you were feeling disillusioned by the state of television in an era where everything seems to have that uncomfortably polished Netflix sheen and writer’s room dialogue, I May Destroy You will restore all hope in content.
Veep
We’ve just lived through four years of Trump hysteria and we’re going to need something to help alleviate the comedown. Veep, the hilarious Julia Louis-Dreyfus-led political satire is just the tonic the doctor ordered. It’s ridiculous, foul-mouthed, unrelenting entertainment.
The Great British Bake Off
Hear me out here. I’ve offered you three emotionally taxing shows, and one political comedy, so now it’s time to recommend something gloriously mind-numbing. The Great British Bake Off is just that, and more. It’s silliness and joy in its purest form. The perfect reality show for those who do not like reality shows.
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