American author, screenwriter and director
A slate of new streaming offerings arrives this week, including Hulu’s The Shards and Prime Video’s Sterling Point, alongside Ted Lasso’s return and a Billie Eilish concert film. The Last House debuts on Netflix, while The Shards adapts Bret Easton Ellis’s autofiction for television, and Sterling Point follows Annie Jacobson on a Canadian island.
Prime Video’s Sterling Point follows Annie on a single pivotal Canadian summer, mixing family secrets, first love and grief with a slow, indie-film pace. The Guardian’s critics note its modern teen voices and restrained drama as part of a broader shift away from nostalgia-driven nostalgia toward naturalism in the genre.