What to Watch in April: 24 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – March 29, 2022

The month ahead will bring the long-awaited returns of critic favorites Better Call Saul, Russian Doll, and Barry, a series adaptation of The Man Who Fell to Earth, new films from Judd Apatow and Richard Linklater, a new Michael Mann-directed crime drama, David Simon's latest HBO miniseries, and more. In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most interesting TV and movie titles debuting at home throughout April, listed in order by premiere date.

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65 Shining Girls: Season 1

Drama series debuts April 29 on Apple TV+

Elisabeth Moss heads the cast of an eight-episode adaptation of the creepy 2013 novel The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes. Also starring Wagner Moura, Jamie Bell, Phillipa Soo, and Amy Brenneman, the series centers on a Chicago reporter (Moss) who survives a brutal assault but uncovers an unsettling truth about her attacker: He's a time-traveling serial killer. The adaptation comes from Silka Luisa (Strange Angel) and features an all-woman directing corps made up of Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad), Daina Reid (The Handmaid's Tale) and Moss herself. Three episodes stream on day one followed by single-episode weekly installments. You'll want to avoid reading too much about the twisty and surreal series in advance, but we can say that the handful of critics who weighed in on the opening episodes following a recent SXSW unveiling were very positive about what they saw.

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