Pop Culture Imports: ‘City of God,’ A Gender-Bent Japanese ‘Sherlock Holmes,’ Netflix’s First Indian Horror Series, and More

Posted on Friday, September 7th, 2018 by Hoai-Tran Bui

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(Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best, wackiest, and weirdest foreign-language movies and TV shows streaming right now.)

Like the start of every school season, September brings with it something old and something new for this week’s Pop Culture Imports. The acclaimed Brazilian crime drama City of God makes its way to streaming, while HBO premieres its first international TV series with a gender-bent take on Sherlock Holmes. Plus we have Netflix’s first Indian horror series co-produced by Blumhouse, a Luxembourgian rural thriller, and a sweeping Spanish historical drama series.

Get in subtitle lovers, we’re going streaming.

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‘Miss Sherlock’ Trailer: HBO’s First Japanese Original Reimagines Sherlock Holmes as a Woman With Wild Hair

Posted on Friday, August 31st, 2018 by Hoai-Tran Bui

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We’ve had so, so many iterations of Sherlock Holmes as a brilliant, eccentric British detective and the famous Arthur Conan Doyle creation feels long due for an upgrade. And what better upgrade than as a modern Japanese woman with unruly hair and even more unruly social skills?

The Ring star Yuko Takeuchi stars as the modern-day reimagining of the 19th century detective in Miss Sherlock, HBO’s first Japanese original series.

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