Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who’s ready to refill their streaming queue. In this week’s Screen Gab, we offer recommendations for a crop of films and TV series, including a French-language fashion drama from Apple TV+, classic horror movies from Criterion Channel and a tribute to the late Maggie Smith. Plus, we catch up with performer Big Freedia about Season 2 of her reality show, “Big Freedia Means Business.
” ICYMI Must-read stories you might have missed Marisa Abela, Harry Lawtey break down the ‘Industry’ finale’s big romantic twist : The actors who play the HBO series’ most-shipped couple discuss Robert and Yasmin’s fate in the Season 3 finale: “It’s a sort of business decision at the end of the day.” The disturbing new after-school special that parents of teenagers need to see : For years, anecdotal evidence and scholarly research have shown the dangers social media can hold for kids and teens. The groundbreaking “Social Studies” shows us what that looks like in real time.
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