Check out our top picks of films, TV shows, and books coming out this winter for you to cosy-up and watch.
The Light We Carry | Michelle Obama 15th November
Michelle Obama returns to literature with a sequel to her acclaimed book Becoming. In The Light We Carry, the US’s former First Lady offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on
change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. She details her most valuable practices, like “starting kind,” “going high,” and assembling a “kitchen table” of trusted friends and mentors. With trademark humour, candour, and compassion, she also explores issues connected to race, gender, and visibility, encouraging readers to work through fear, find strength in community, and live with boldness.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Netflix | 23rd December
In the much anticipated stand-alone sequel to Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, Benoit Blanc returns to peel back the layers of a new whodunit. This fresh adventure finds the intrepid detective at a lavish private estate on a Greek island, but how and why he comes to be there is only the first of many puzzles. Blanc soon meets a distinctly disparate group of friends gathering at the invitation of billionaire Miles Bron for their yearly reunion. As in all the best murder mysteries, each guest harbours their own secrets, lies and motivations. When someone turns up dead, everyone is a suspect. Featuring an all-star cast that includes a returning Daniel Craig alongside Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson, and Dave Bautista.
Welcome to Chippendales | Disney Plus 22nd November
A sprawling true-crime saga, Welcome to Chippendales tells the outrageous story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian immigrant who became the unlikely founder of the world’s greatest male- stripping empire—and let nothing stand in his way in the process. The programme’s star-studded
cast includes Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick), Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus), Juliette Lewis
(Yellowjackets,) Annaleigh Ashford (American Crime Story), Quentin Plair (The Good Lord Bird), and Robin de Jesús (tick, tick… BOOM!).
Aisha | Sky 13th November
Sky’s newest TV drama centres around Aisha (Letitia Wright), a young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland, floundering in a maze of social services and bureaucracy. Alone and unwilling to sacrifice her dignity to satisfy the demands of the authorities, she finds an ally in Conor (Josh O’Connor), an employee at her residence home, a local young man with a troubled past of his own. Together they struggle to maintain their tender friendship in the face of Aisha’s increasingly dire predicament and her rapidly diminishing options.