'Criminally underrated': Why My Brilliant Friend is one of the best shows on TV HBO As the final season of the HBO adaptation of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels begins this week, why has the show not received the plaudits – and the viewership – it deserves? Originally published between 2011 and 2015, the four books sparked "Ferrante fever", with millions …
The underrated genius of David Bowie's acting BFI Nicolas Roeg's arthouse classic The Man Who Fell to Earth stars Bowie as an alien in disguise As we approach the 75th anniversary of Bowie's birth, we explore his unpredictable film roles. Like Bowie's music, the film mashes up genres – sci-fi, political thriller, romance – and channels the counter-cultural mood of …
