Margaret Lyons

3 days ago | nytimes.com | Margaret Lyons

Lennie James recently won a BAFTA for his leading role in the mini-series "Mr. Loverman," and for good reason: His performance is as whole and mesmerizing a portrait as one sees on television. "Loverman," arriving Wednesday, on BritBox, is based on the novel by Bernardine Evaristo and follows Barrington Jedidiah Walker (James), an Antiguan native who has been living in London for decades.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Margaret Lyons

Céline Sallette pictured in January in Paris, France, stars in "Malditos." Pascal Le Segretain/GettyThe French drama “Malditos” (in French, with subtitles, or dubbed), on Max, is set within a traveler community whose members are about to be displaced from the dilapidated carnival fairgrounds where they live and work. The show hits brutal, operatic highs, with its deadly scheming playing out against the dramatic landscape of Camargue, in southern France.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Margaret Lyons

"Sirens," a five-part mini-series on Netflix, brims with trendy TV elements, a mythology-tinged beach drama with a weepy trauma plot and a poppy attention to cult sagas. It's more summer fling than marriage material, but who doesn't like to get away? Meghann Fahy stars as the down-and-out Devon, who dresses in black, smokes cigarettes, has casual sexual encounters and tries to care for her ailing father with dementia in Buffalo.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Margaret Lyons

"Doctor Odyssey" finishes its first season on Thursday at 9 p.m., on ABC, and as of press time it still hasn't been renewed (nor has it been officially canceled). My candles are lit; my fingers are crossed. I love this stupid - so stupid, oh God, stupid, stupid - show. The season thus far is available on Hulu. Joshua Jackson stars as Dr. Max Bankman, the doctor for the luxury cruise ship the Odyssey.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Margaret Lyons

The French dramedy “Reformed,” on Max (in French, with subtitles, or dubbed), follows a young rabbi who moves back home to begin her career. Léa (Elsa Guedj) is smart, knowledgeable and capable, but she is also new at this and nervous. It doesn’t help that those around her, including members of her own family, scoff at the idea of a female rabbi -- when they’re tired of scoffing at religion in general.