Rachel Syme

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The show based on Shirley Jackson’s novel ultimately shies away from the book’s raw horror.

The show's third season illuminates the hard work of living a better life.

The true crime mockumentary’s second season sharply depicts a world of intensive reputation management.

The Netflix show's new season is a darkly funny reckoning with grief.

How a frothy new Netflix movie reinvigorates the high-school rom-com genre

How the show’s new season skewers the book world

The show makes writing for a living look easy, as a faithful mentor guides its heroines through a glamorous world.

In her Netflix special, Hannah Gadsby quits the self-deprecating joke.

On AMC, ‘Dietland’ serves up a revenge fantasy for the era of MeToo.

With new episodes on Netflix, the show has followed the drawn-out workings of justice over several years.

Jennifer Fox’s film, starring Laura Dern, shows a woman’s struggle to make sense of what she suffered as a child.

Can a new adaptation of Picnic at Hanging Rock capture its mystery?

The miniseries starring Benedict Cumberbatch struggles to show the complexities of trauma and recovery on screen.

"Billions" reckons with the inflated egos and muddled ethics of Wall Street.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s spy thriller captures a subtle, crackling energy between an assassin and an intelligence officer.

Can the show’s fifth season take on the tech industry’s biggest problems?

HBO’s "Barry" refreshes elements of noir, as a hitman dreams of Hollywood.

Christina Hendricks plays a mother of four with money worries as she faces a moral dilemma.

FX’s “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” examines a lethal delusion.

With the help of former “Sex and the City” writers, Sarah Jessica Parker shines in the show’s second season.