Quickie Review: The Staircase

[Kevin M.]

Colin Firth, one of the most British of British people, unleashes an American accent as he plays a man accused of murdering his wife. Parker Posey has a (so far) small role as one of the prosecutors. 

Based on a true story from 20 years ago, but I don’t remember it, so please don’t spoil the ending.

On HBO Max

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Kevin M. (RPCV)

[Adam Bowie]

No spoilers, but "The Staircase" documentary series was one of the earliest (in their current iteration) compelling true-crime documentary series to air. I found it to be exceptionally good because so many of the protagonists agreed to take part and give interviews over the years.

It's interesting that this drama includes the making of that doc series as part of the narrative.  The whole thing was commissioned by French broadcaster Canal+ (and shown in the UK by the BBC). The most recent episodes were co-commissioned by Netflix, where I notice the entire original series is now back trending.

It has been years since I saw that original series, and I don't think I ever watched the sequels, but at this point I'll stick with the drama before "spoiling" anything more than I already know. 

Adam

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