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THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
Netflix
02of 10KILLING EVEEverettThe year’s best, wildest thriller pits a seasoned intelligence agent (Sandra Oh) against an unhinged female assassin with the pretty name of Villanelle (Jodie Comer). There are outlandish murders, lunatic chases and a tantalizing sense of violent passion — an off-kilter gay romance.
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KILLING EVE
Everett
The year’s best, wildest thriller pits a seasoned intelligence agent (Sandra Oh) against an unhinged female assassin with the pretty name of Villanelle (Jodie Comer). There are outlandish murders, lunatic chases and a tantalizing sense of violent passion — an off-kilter gay romance.
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SHARP OBJECTS
Anne Marie Fox/HBO
04of 10BARRYAs a hit man, Barry is just going through the motions, a performer bored with his part. Then he takes an acting class and finds his true vocation. Emmy winner Bill Hader has the eyes of a killer — and maybe of a Romeo. In short, he’s leading-man material.
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BARRY
As a hit man, Barry is just going through the motions, a performer bored with his part. Then he takes an acting class and finds his true vocation. Emmy winner Bill Hader has the eyes of a killer — and maybe of a Romeo. In short, he’s leading-man material.
05of 10HOWARDS ENDStarzThis bracingly good period piece, based on E.M. Forster’s 1910 novel, has a lighter touch than the Emma Thompson movie — sharper too. It dissects Forster’s themes of snobbery and money with surgical precision.
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HOWARDS END
Starz
This bracingly good period piece, based on E.M. Forster’s 1910 novel, has a lighter touch than the Emma Thompson movie — sharper too. It dissects Forster’s themes of snobbery and money with surgical precision.
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HOMECOMING
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07of 10YOULifetimeIt’s hard to forget Penn Badgley as Dan Humphrey, that sensitive, delicately handsome young guy who got published inThe New YorkeronGossip Girl.Youdoes the trick: Badgley plays a stalker with extreme notions of romance. He’s the sexiest sociopath since Michael C. Hall’sDexter.
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YOU
Lifetime
It’s hard to forget Penn Badgley as Dan Humphrey, that sensitive, delicately handsome young guy who got published inThe New YorkeronGossip Girl.Youdoes the trick: Badgley plays a stalker with extreme notions of romance. He’s the sexiest sociopath since Michael C. Hall’sDexter.
08of 10POSEJoJo Whilden/FXProducer Ryan Murphy has possibly the surest sense in Hollywood of how change can arise from a pop-culture moment — how the butterfly creates the wind. This touching series celebrates New York City’s 1980s voguin scene and its ground-breaking trans heroines.
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POSE
JoJo Whilden/FX
Producer Ryan Murphy has possibly the surest sense in Hollywood of how change can arise from a pop-culture moment — how the butterfly creates the wind. This touching series celebrates New York City’s 1980s voguin scene and its ground-breaking trans heroines.
09of 10ESCAPE AT DANNEMORAChristopher Saunders/SHOWTIMEBen Stiller directed this impressively controlled slow boil about a prison escape in upstate New York: One flawless segment — six wordless minutes — follows an inmate testing out his underground path. Think of thisasFargowithout wood-chipper jokes.
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ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA
Christopher Saunders/SHOWTIME
Ben Stiller directed this impressively controlled slow boil about a prison escape in upstate New York: One flawless segment — six wordless minutes — follows an inmate testing out his underground path. Think of this
asFargowithout wood-chipper jokes.
10of 10FOREVERColleen HayesEven now it’s impossible to say much about this beautiful, strange comedy without setting off spoilers — it’s like stepping onto a floor of baited mousetraps. June (Maya Rudolph) loves husband Oscar (Fred Armisen), but he’s too fond of routine. Well, that sounds conventional enough, doesn’t it? How about the fact that at one point everyone goes walking on the bottom of the ocean? Without scuba gear?
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FOREVER
Colleen Hayes
Even now it’s impossible to say much about this beautiful, strange comedy without setting off spoilers — it’s like stepping onto a floor of baited mousetraps. June (Maya Rudolph) loves husband Oscar (Fred Armisen), but he’s too fond of routine. Well, that sounds conventional enough, doesn’t it? How about the fact that at one point everyone goes walking on the bottom of the ocean? Without scuba gear?
source: people.com
