Stateless Review: Netflix's Well-Intentioned Immigration Drama Looks Through the Wrong Eyes

Jake Kanter International TV EditorNetflix has canceled filming on its latest Turkish original, If Only, amid pressure from local authorities to remove a gay character from the series.The eight-part relationship drama was announced in March and was set to be made by Turkish production outfit Ay Yapim, with screen star Özge Özpirinçci leading the cast.

‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ with Serena Joy … who’s got a darker soul. Sofie to me was the complete opposite.“Having that springboard into this character was a treat for me.”“Stateless,” which premiered on Australia’s ABC network, was inspired by the true story of Cornelia Rau who, in 2004, was unlawfully detained for 10 months in Australia.“Even though [the show] was based on true events, we kind of did our own thing with Sofie.

Ellie (Nia Long) and Marcus (Stephen Bishop), the main characters in new Netflix thriller Fatal Affair, have just moved to a new beachfront house. Ellie is a successful lawyer, Marcus is an all-round good egg.

The Plot Against America echoes what’s happening in modern day America. Released at any time in the past 50 years or so it would have echoes, but today those echoes are loud, almost deafening.Based on a 2004 Philip Roth novel of the same name, it imagines an America that never entered the Second World War.

Aşk 101 on Netflix, upon request from the country’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK).“With bilateral talks, the problem about that character has been removed,” a representative from RTÜK said, asking to preserve anonymity.The discussions regarded a character named Osman in the series, who was initially written as homosexual but was then changed following RTÜK’s request.A rule passed in August 2019 allows RTÜK to regulate television, radio and on-demand broadcasting in Turkey, which

air rage chaos after hammering vodka on a flight to Turkey has been described by a judge as 'every passenger's worst nightmare'. Katherine Heyes caused four hours of mayhem and made at least one child burst into tears on the Thomas Cook holiday flight from Manchester Airport to Antalya after boarding with two female pals.

cafe con leche and bistec empanizado (breaded steak).But those cultural hallmarks were also marred by immeasurable trauma: , I witnessed various types of normalized abuse (substance, physical, emotional) while my parents worked hard to make ends meet and build a better life in a country foreign to them. From an early age, I searched for an escape from the realities of growing up poor, a way to protect my mental health before doing so was part of the vernacular.

Stateless (now streaming) that I just can't get out of my head. It's said by Ameer (Fayssal Bazzi), an Afghani refugee seeking Australian protection visas for both himself and his young daughter, Mina (Soraya Heidari).

Carol, Blue Jasmine and The Lord Of The Rings, has now co-created a new six-part Netflix drama based on her experiences in the field. It’s called Stateless, and represents a rare foray into television.Stateless details Australia’s on-shore detention programme at the turn of the millennium.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Filmmaking brothers Carlos Contreras and Ernesto Contreras have partnered for the immigrant drama Crossing Borders for Latitude Media and Wink Pictures.Based on a true story, the film follows a 14-year-old immigrant who flees rape and abuse in her native Guatemala. While in Florida, she gives birth to a premature baby and is later wrongfully charged with the murder of the child.

Movie theaters might not be back with new films, but Netflix is still operating full-steam ahead and adding to its ever-growing collection of teen-focused rom-coms. The streaming platform giant is back with the highly anticipated “The Kissing Booth 2,” which is the follow-up to its 2018 smash hit “The Kissing Booth.” READ MORE: The Best Films Of 2020… So Far The new film follows the evolution of Elle’s (Joey King) relationship with her boyfriend Noah (Jacob Elordi).

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticNetflix’s new acquisition “Stateless” gets to its subject only circuitously. We meet Sofie (Yvonne Strahovski) as she’s running through the Australian desert trying to escape from something, then zoom back in time to see her as a polished flight attendant whose attempts at escape are somewhat less literal.

The Baby-Sitters Club — this time, via Netflix's 10-episode TV show adaptation of the classic children's books, which, we are happy to report, is an absolute delight. Those who grew up on Ann M. Martin's Baby-Sitters Club series, are in for a real treat with this new take.

For ten months in 2004 and 2005, an Australian citizen named Cornelia Rau was detained at the Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre and then at a place called the Baxter Detention Centre, a lonely place in the outback that is typically occupied by immigrants awaiting confirmation of their status or deportation back to their home country.

Say I Do. And get this: It's .That's right: For everyone out there looking for their next feel-good binge-watch—something to remind them that the world can, in fact, be a beautiful place—this is the show for you.

Unsolved Mysteries is not your typical . For one, it's not technically a crime series at all—there's an entire episode devoted to a small rural Massachusetts community who experienced the same UFO sighting on a regular September night in 1969.Two, the series, a reboot of the ‘90s that aired for 23 years on various networks, has no interest in closure.