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DECEMBER 24, 2020

Inside Your Next Netflix Obsession

“We wanted to leave viewers hot and bothered and breathless,” Bridgerton creator Chris Van Dusen tells Julie Miller of Netflix’s steamy new bodice ripper, which V.F. TV critic Sonia Saraiya happily labeled “delightful trash.” Miller speaks with Van Dusen and director Julie Anne Robinsonabout assembling the unabashedly anachronistic series—which should have plenty to entertain anyone who loves Pride and Prejudice adaptations, but wishes they featured more naked men. 

Elsewhere in HWD, Christopher Rosen takes a deep dive into the unforgettable soundtrack of Promising Young Woman,out in theaters tomorrow; the Little Gold Men podcast crew talks their favorite Christmas movies; and Cassie da Costaboth interviews director Tommy Oliver about his searing new documentary, 40 Years a Prisoner, and celebrates the true MVP of 2020: gonzo Instagrammer extraordinaire January Jones.

Lords and Ladies

It doesn’t take long for Bridgerton—Netflix’s first series produced by Shonda Rhimes, based on Julia Quinn’s Regency romance novels—to get steamy.

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Dirty Pop

From reclaiming Paris Hilton’s “Stars Are Blind” to a dissonant instrumental cover of Britney Spears’s “Toxic,” director Emerald Fennell, composer Anthony Willis, and music supervisor Susan Jacobs walk V.F. through Promising Young Woman’s meticulous music choices.

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Ho Ho Ho!

On this week’s Little Gold Men podcast, a look at holiday offerings, from Lifetime originals to the classics, plus a handful of critics’ awards and a slew of new releases.

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A History of Violence

Director Tommy Oliver and subject Mike Africa Jr. lay bare the brutal 1970s reign of Mayor Frank Rizzo, and how the majority-Black MOVE organization suffered as a result.

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Keeping Up With January Jones

Unpacking the Mad Men star’s delightfully ridiculous Instagram, a fitting mirror for our pandemic-induced malaise.

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