Lisa Weidenfeld

1 day ago | bostonglobe.com | Lisa Weidenfeld

Sure, you can enjoy the sun and the beach in the summer. But for those of us protecting our youthful complexions from sunburns, there’s plenty to do indoors, as well. Here are ten new shows to look forward to. Pittsfield native Elizabeth Banks co-stars in this thriller about the mysterious death of the man married to her sister, who’s played by Jessica Biel.

6 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Lisa Weidenfeld

Natasha Lyonne may have one of the more unusual career paths in Hollywood. As a child, the actress appeared in “Pee Wee’s Playhouse” and “Dennis the Menace,” before transitioning to teen roles in “Slums of Beverly Hills,” the “American Pie” series, and the cult classic “But I’m a Cheerleader.” But after a dark period in which she struggled with drug addiction, her comeback arc has been nothing short of astonishing.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Lisa Weidenfeld

In “Étoile,” out Thursday on Prime Video, Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino return to two subjects that have long held fascination for them: what it takes to succeed at an art form, (as they explored in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,”) and the world of dance (as in the canceled-cruelly-soon “Bunheads”). But in a pivot from those two shows, everyone in “Étoile” (French for “star”) is already at the top of their game.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Lisa Weidenfeld

Sometimes, a person just needs to reinvent herself. Whether it’s “Eat Pray Love,” “New Girl,” or “How Stella Got Her Groove Back,” there are a lot of stories out there about women realizing their lives need a change. But most of them don’t take place in the Arctic. That’s what sets “North of North” apart, out now on Netflix and filmed on location in Nunavut, Canada. And it’s a pretty massive difference, right from the jump.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Lisa Weidenfeld

Way back in the tender years of this millennium, a robust debate broke out between fans of the 2005 “Pride & Prejudice” film adaptation, which starred Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen, and fans of the epic 1995 BBC miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, about which was the best version, the truest version, the most romantic version. Now, a new fighter has entered the ring.