From Charli xcx to Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives: the week in rave reviews
TV If you only watch one, make it … A Toxic Love Story Netflix; available now View image in fullscreen ‘Keeps you watching, goggle-eyed and
TV If you only watch one, make it … A Toxic Love Story Netflix; available now View image in fullscreen ‘Keeps you watching, goggle-eyed and barely breathing’ … A Toxic Love Story. Photograph: Netflix Summed up in a sentence An astonishing true-crime story about the Anaheim Craigslist case – and who was behind the harassment of a couple that led to one of them being attacked by a rape fantasist. What our reviewer said “Keeps you watching, goggle-eyed and barely breathing, until the end.” Lucy Mangan Read the full review Pick of the rest Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives Channel 4; available now View image in fullscreen Well Travelled … The charming Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives. Photograph: Jude Edgington/Channel 4/Optomen Summed up in a sentence A reality show following TikTok influencer and member of the Traveller community, Trewley Precious, as well as her three sisters and mum. What our reviewer said “They are like the Kardashians if Kris’s pod people had a sense of humour, irrepressible energy, charm and an abundance of affection for each other.” Lucy Mangan Read the full review You may have missed … Wrestling With Trump Channel 4; available now View image in fullscreen Political football … Munya Chawawa throws himself into the fray. Photograph: Channel 4 Summed up in a sentence Munya Chawawa heads to the US to investigate the link between Donald Trump’s style of politics and WWE. What our reviewer said “Punchy, passionate and weirdly uplifting.” Lucy Mangan Read the full review Make That Movie Channel 4; available now Summed up in a sentence Last One Laughing finalist Sam Campbell delivers one of the funniest shows of the year, with this mockumentary about a director who makes awful films. What our reviewer said “So ostentatiously silly that it deserves to be paraded around the streets.” Stuart Heritage Read the full review Further reading ‘People are like: you’re a crackpot’: how Sam Campbell became comedy’s oddball superstar Film If you only watch one, make it … Ask E Jean In cinemas now View image in fullscreen A legal matter … E Jean Carroll who still has questions for Donald Trump. Photograph: Dogwoof Summed up in a sentence Engrossing film by Ivy Meeropol following former star columnist E Jean Carroll, now in her 80s, as she battles Donald Trump through a still-unfinished series of legal disputes. What our reviewer said “The sheer creepiness of Trump is what is so striking: with nauseating contempt, he proclaimed that she ‘wasn’t his type’ – as if that airy claim has anything to do with it.” Peter Bradshaw Read the full review Further reading E Jean Carroll receives $5.6m owed by Trump after court releases damages Pick of the rest Flavors of Iraq In cinemas now View image in fullscreen Bitter taste … Animated true-life tale Flavors of Iraq.
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