Inspired by the much-adored New York Times column, it is glossy, tender and endlessly charming, as well as stacked with a A-listers including Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, Dev Patel and Andy Garcia. Modern Love is a gentle, funny throwback to classic Nineties romantic comedies about wealthy New Yorkers plagued with problems of the heart. Hahn is Chris, an artist and filmmaker shackled to her academic husband and underwhelmed by life Bacon is Dick, an artist and philosopher who unravels Chris’s sexual repression and artistic boundaries. But the resulting series, a short-lived intellectual adventure featuring startling, brilliant work from Kathryn Hahn and Kevin Bacon, is still worth seeking out. This adaptation of Chris Kraus’s seminal and polarising 1997 novel was never going to be widely embraced, particularly when it was long argued to be unfilmable anyway.
Read more: Netflix secret codes: How to access hidden films and TV shows on the streaming service A second season, which sees Roberts succeeded in the leading role by none other than funk visionary Janelle Monáe, is due in 2020. From the wild brain of Mr Robot creator Sam Esmail, it stars Roberts as an employee of a mysterious government facility, and is awash with conspiracies, repressed memories and paranoia.
Homecoming is a compelling mystery thriller filled with Hitchcockian visual flourishes and a central performance from Julia Roberts that practically defines star power.