Don’t fret over what you don’t remember reading in the 8th grade. The Decameron is a Netflix limited series (very) loosely based on the 14th-century Italian anthology of tales, full of lust, fun, dark humor, and unexpected heart.
The drab, murky aesthetic and subdued mood of Starve Acre is a too-easy shortcut around an oppressive atmosphere without having anthing novel to say in a saturated genre.
We last left Hotel Portofino and the glorious Italian Riviera in November 2023. Although less than a year has passed in our world, two years have passed in the lives of the Ainsworth family, and it is now 1929.
Ridley Season 2 has concluded its run on PBS, but with no U.K. premiere date set and Line of Duty return rumors rampant, it may be a while before viewers get a Season 3.
Rumours lampoons the po-faced affirmations of progress and unity that fill our airwaves (while the planet burns) by asking respectable, commanding actors to make world leaders look incredibly silly as they scramble to respond to a global threat.
