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Directed by Ben Sombogaart, ‘My Best Friend Anne Frank’ is a Dutch drama film about the Holocaust. It revolves around the friendship of two young women, Anne Frank (Aiko Beemsterboer) and Hanneli Goslar (Josephine Arendsen). The narrative goes back and forth between Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, where the two protagonists meet, and the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, the location of their harrowing reunion. ‘My Best Friend Anne Frank’s approach to the Holocaust is somewhat unconventional from the regular fares on the subject....

‘The Dropout’ is a drama series that tells the story of Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried), who drops out of Standford to start her own company, Theranos. The series encompasses Holmes’ journey from a young entrepreneur to a central figure in a massive scandal. It is inspired by Holmes’ life and is based on the ABC Audio podcast of the same name created by Rebecca Jarvis. In the series, Holmes’ quest for creating a corporate empire leads her to meet with various venture capitalists from Silicon Valley....

Created by Dustin Lance Black, FX on Hulu’s ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ is a crime series that centers around the gruesome murders of Brenda Lafferty and her 15-month-old daughter Erica Lafferty. Detective Jeb Pyre, a devout Mormon, investigates the case and encounters several developments that lead him to question his faith. The series also depicts the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to explore the Church’s influence on the murders....

As the name suggests, ‘Survivor‘ is a survival-themed reality show that keeps its contestants stranded on a remote island. While the ultimate goal is to survive and make it to the end, the participants are made to go through grueling challenges that test their physical and mental limits. However, just acing the challenges isn’t enough as contestants get eliminated through a voting process until the last one standing is crowned the grand winner....

Lise-Lotte Lublin was a young model in her twenties when she first met Bill Cosby, by then arguably the most famous actor in the country. Only decades later, she realized what happened during their meeting and believed she was sexually assaulted. Showtime’s ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’ delves into the now-disgraced comedian’s life and the allegations against him. Lublin testified at Cosby’s trial and has also been a force for change since then....

911 operators in Rowan County, North Carolina, received a call on July 23, 2013, from Chuck Reeves, who claimed that he had just found his girlfriend murdered. Once officers rushed to the scene, they found Shirley Pierce, who was stabbed multiple times and still had the knife’s handle lodged in her throat. Investigation Discovery’s ‘Deadly Women: The Blame Game’ chronicles the murder and shows how the investigation unraveled a crime fueled with jealousy and led straight to Marlene Johnson....

The re-investigation of a cold case from 2009 led the authorities to solve another mysterious disappearance from 1989. Both victims were women, and in both cases, the common thread was their partner at the time. NBC News’s ‘Dateline: A Haunting Stretch of Road’ delves into the murder of Marta Rodriguez, who suddenly went missing in 1989. While the circumstances surrounding her vanishing were suspicious, the case wasn’t solved until more than three decades later....

As a concert promoter, producer, artist manager, and author, Michael Lang was an integral part of the entertainment industry almost from the moment he first stepped onto the scene in the 1960s. That’s because he not only co-founded but also became the face of the Woodstock Music Festival merely a couple of years into his career, just to organize all its follow-up events as well. His most intriguing quality, though, as indicated in Netflix’s ‘Trainwreck: Woodstock’ 99,’ is that he didn’t lose his composure no matter what — so now, let’s find out a bit more about him, shall we?...

The eighth and final episode of Apple TV+’s thriller series ‘Suspicion’ season 1 follows the aftermath of Martin Copeland’s death. Tara leads Natalie, Aadesh, and Eddie from Park Madison Hotel to an abandoned building to save themselves from the authorities. Katherine makes a startling decision while Leo Newman’s kidnapping case takes an astounding turn. Back in England, Vanessa and Anderson talk to Eric Cresswell to resolve the mystery behind Leo’s kidnappers....

Based on Jon Krakauer’s eponymous true crime book, FX on Hulu’s crime series ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ centers around the murders of Brenda and Erica Lafferty. Detectives Jeb Pyre and Bill Taba set out to find the murderers, only to encounter the growing influence of Mormon fundamentalism on their community. The series progresses through the circumstances that led to the murders and the historical connections of the same. Created by Dustin Lance Black, the show originally released in April 2022....

Director Charlie McDowell weaves a predominantly character-driven story in the psychological thriller film, ‘Windfall.’ An interesting aspect of the movie is that it doesn’t give the real name of any of its characters except one, but that character doesn’t even appear on the screen. The movie’s three main characters are introduced as CEO/Husband, Wife, and Nobody. The CEO and the Wife come to visit their picturesque California vacation home where they encounter Nobody, a man who was trying to rob them while they were not there....

Born on November 28, 1991, to once-renowned music mogul Damon Dash and his then-partner, nurse Linda Williams, Damon “Boogie” Dash II is one of the most intriguing reality stars. As the eldest kid of the former Roc-A-Fella Record Label executive, he grew up thinking that he’d carry the empire one day. But the truth is that he has managed to make a name for himself independently, for reasons both good and bad....

‘The Wrath of God’ (Original Spanish title: ‘La Ira de Dios’) is an Argentinian thriller that follows a young woman who is convinced her family is hunted by a famous author. As members of Luciana’s family die in sudden and tragic ways, she sees the hand of the author in each of the crimes. However, a lack of proof and the author’s popular standing results in most people scoffing at the young woman’s claims....

SPONSORED LINKS Jacqueline “Jackie” Siegel is popularly known as the “Queen of Versailles” from the 2012 documentary of the same name where Jackie is one of the pivotal subjects. Jackie is a socialite, model, actress, and beauty pageant winner. She is the wife of the timeshare mogul David Siegel. Born in 1966, Jackie was raised in Endwell, New York. After completing her schooling, Jackie graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering....

HGTV collaborated with the LaMont brothers — Chris and Calvin — to give us ‘Buy It or Build It,’ a home improvement reality show. As you must have guessed already, the show follows Chris and Calvin, who are licensed contractors with several years of experience in the field under their belt. The brothers tend to prefer taking different approaches when dealing with properties. While Chris focuses on finding built-up properties for the clients and renovating them according to their tastes and preferences, Calvin prefers building houses from the ground up....

Created by Carlos Montero and Agustin Martinez, ‘Feria: The Darkest Light’ is a Spanish fantasy thriller TV series on Netflix. Set in the 1990s in a village in Andalusia, it follows two sisters Eva and Sofia who are searching for their missing parents. While investigating, they discover that before mysteriously disappearing, their parents participated in a cult ritual that led to the death of 23 people. Eva and Sofia must now battle supernatural elements as they try to uncover the truth and save themselves from the vengeful townsfolk....

Alex Garland’s ‘Men’ is a horror film that revolves around a woman named Harper who goes on a holiday by herself to the English countryside after a personal tragedy. Unfortunately, her retreat turns out to be a nightmare as tragic memories and unknown stalkers make her question her sanity. The film captures Harper’s loneliness and fears with captivating shots of her in isolated locations. The exterior night scenes with Harper being followed by someone or something in the woods add a layer of panic that keep viewers on the edge of their seats....

‘The Dropout’ is a drama series that chronicles the rise and fall of Theranos, a startup company founded by Stanford dropout Elizabeth Holmes. Through the series, viewers learn about Holmes’ work at Theranos and her personal and professional relationship with Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani. However, by the show’s final episode, the duo’s relationship reaches a breaking point, and they go their separate ways. The episode also sheds light on Holmes’ later life and legal troubles....

SPONSORED LINKS ‘Veep’ is one of the most important and profoundly influential shows of recent times. It is about a woman’s rise to the topmost position in politics in today’s world. The show tries to capture in detail the mechanisms of the American political system, and in doing so, clarifies a lot of things which earlier remained ambiguous to the public. All of the plot is revealed in a satirical fashion, with the characters trying to poke fun at the American political landscape....

SPONSORED LINKS Reinaldo Marcus Green helmed the police procedural show ‘We Own This City’ based on a book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton. The series probes into the shady dealings of the now-defunct Gun Trace Task Force of the Baltimore Police Department. Much like its spiritual predecessor ‘The Wire,’ the series unmasks systematic racial and class injustice in the city of Baltimore. 7. Capitani (2019) Created by Christophe Wagner and Thierry Faber, the Luxembourgish-French bilingual Netflix crime drama ‘Capitani’ plunges the audience into a sinister mystery....