Best new movies and TV series on BINGE: April 2023

Each month, new films and TV shows are added to BINGE’s library. Eliza Janssen presents her picks for titles worth watching. For the full list of everything arriving on the platform, scroll down.

Top Picks: TV

Barry: Season 4 (April 17)

We’re almost relieved that this is the final season of Bill Hader’s devastating hitman dramedy Barry—the existential guilt of last season was tough on our ruthless anti-hero (Hader) and us, too. Still, it’ll be tough to say goodbye to excellent characters like daggy, redeemed acting coach Gene Cousineau (Harry Winkler), Barry’s self-obsessed on-again-off-again GF Sally (Sarah Goldberg), and my comedic MVP NoHo Hank (Anthony Corrigan).

All the murder and self-discovery has been leading to this explosive set of final episodes, and Hader’s directing them all, which is mighty exciting after his Emmy-snubbed scenes of highway chases and devastating kills.

Mrs Davis: Season 1 (April 21)

From the brilliantly nuts creator of Lost and The Leftovers, here’s another somewhat dystopian sci-fi series, albeit one with a little more zingy, satirical levity. Damon Lindelof’s new joint stars the ever-entertaining Betty Gilpin as a badass nun tasked with taking on a godlike AI force. The parallels in old-world religion and this planet-absorbing new tech are obvious—believing without seeing, obedience to some omnipotent higher intelligence—but if anyone can cut through the bullshit, it’s Gilpin. Even if she’s saddled with her moustachioed ex-boyfriend in her quest. The trailer makes this series look like an unpredictable good time, with one Aussie-accented rebel leader yelling that everyone has to stop calling the AI by its name, Mrs Davis: “nobody calls Facebook ‘Doug’!!!”

Love & Death (April 27)

This true crime miniseries had to compete with another TV retelling of the exact same sordid story—where Jessica Biel wigged up to play Candy Montgomery in Candy, now it’s Elizabeth Olsen’s turn, albeit with a much more modest set of curly locks. A housewife and devout Christian, Montgomery ruined lives with a cheating scandal and a shocking, axe-swinging murder. Olsen’s typically placid and luminous screen persona will play nicely opposite Jesse Plemons, Candy’s affair partner and the husband of her very best friend (and ultimate victim) Betty Gore. Love & Death comes from TV super-producer David E. Kelley, who’s very used to working with massive stars and larger-than-life material like this.

Top Picks: Movies

Blaze (April 3)

Premiering at MIFF last year, this hard-hitting childhood fantasy is the directorial debut of celebrated painter Del Kathryn Barton. Her imagination for arcane and whimsical visuals collides head-on with a tale of trauma, when our child protagonist witnesses a horrific act of sexual assault. At times like these, often the only thing we can do to deal with a savage outside world is by going inside our own minds, and luckily for us viewers, the kiddo’s inventive inner world is full of protective dragons, dreamscapes, and glitter-clad fantasies of empowerment. Starring a top-tier Aussie cast that includes Simon Baker and Yael Stone, Blaze will burn you deep and recover your lost inner child from the ashes.

Moonage Daydream (April 4)

He’s an alligator, he’s a mama-papa coming for you, and he’s never looked better than in this trippy memorial feature. David Bowie’s unseen concert footage and greatest psychedelic visuals get remixed in this documentary, to which the late glam rocker’s estate gave their stamp of approval (unlike some lesser Bowie movies we won’t dwell on here). Filmmaker Brett Morgen makes his love of Bowie’s slippery inventiveness clear in blissed-out double-exposures and melodic editing, but some of the most striking moments simply let Bowie’s iconic music videos play out, now in startlingly clear HD for the first time. A must for any fans that are still in mourning.

Ticket to Paradise (April 7)

In this formulaically fun rom-com, Australia’s Sunshine Coast plays Bali, while George Clooney and Julia Roberts play a bitterly divorced pair determined to break up their daughter Kaitlyn Dever’s premature wedding ceremony. She barely knows the dreamy seaweed farmer she’s making a lifelong commitment to, and they’re desperate to ensure she doesn’t make the same marital mistake they did so long ago!! But will the romantic seaside setting bring their former fondness for each other back to the surface? Yeah, absolutely. Everyone watching this knows what’s going to happen, and that’s part of its popcorny charm.

All titles arriving on BINGE in April

April 1

Live At The Hordern Pavilion: Bloc Party

April 2

WWE Wrestlemania 39

April 3

WWE Wrestlemania 39
Chicago Fire: Season 8
Law & Order: SVU: Season 5
Mrs Brown’s Boys: Seasons 1-3
Spiral Of Lies: Season 1
Mary Berry’s Easter Feasts: Season 1
The Proof Is Out There: Season 1
The Cover
Racetime!
Blaze (2022)
The Art Of Passion
Buried in Barstow

April 4

Teen Mom UK: Next Generation: Season 1 Premiere
The Tiny Chef Show: Season 1
Crime 360: Season 1
Moonage Daydream
Gordon, Gino And Fred’s Road Trip Specials: Season 2
The Cimarron Kid
Danger in The House
The Electric Horseman
A Dangerous Affair

April 5

I Killed My Husband: Season 1
The Heroic Quest Of The Valiant Prince Ivandoe: Season 2
Cults And Extreme Belief: Season 1
American Dynasty: Season 1
The Turncoat: Season 1
The French Kissers
I Was A Dreamer
Marnie
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
Death Saved My Life
Disappearance in Yellowstone

April 6

Love Me: Season 2 Premiere
Dreamland: Season 1 Premiere
Dave: Season 3 Premiere
Deadliest Catch: Season 18
Trucking Hell: Season 3
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Season 11
River Cottage Reunited: Season 1
Framed By My Husband
The Year Of Fury
Moshi Monsters: The Movie
Wife and Husband
Tobruk
The Evil Twin
Husband, Wife And Their Lover
Gone Mom: The Disappearance Of Jennifer Dulos

April 7

Ticket To Paradise
The Jackal
The Eiger Section

April 8

Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed
Live At The Enmore Theatre: John Butler
Praise This
A Gathering Of Eagles
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Nordic By Nature – Michelin Stars

April 10

Trixie Motel: Season 1

April 11

Eat Well For Less: New Zealand: Season 3
The Real Friends Of WeHo: Season 1
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now!
Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
Boonie Bears: Back to Earth
Hope Gap
Language Lessons
The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby
Frances Ha
My Nightmare Office Affair

April 12

Falco: Season 1
Skin A&E: Seasons 1-2
Location, Location, Location: Season 25
Mountain Men: Season 11
How Do They Really Do It: Season 1
The Podcast Murders
Secret Lives Of Housewives
Colette

April 13

Easyjet: Inside The Cockpit: Season 2
Sarah’s Mountain Escape: Season 1
World’s Most Expensive Cruise: Season 2
Young Masterchef: Season 1
My Daughter Joined A Cult: Season 1
Surgeons: At The Edge Of Life: Season 5
The SS: A Barbaric State
Sins In The Suburbs
The Eagle
Vacation Home Nightmare

April 14

The Diplomat: Season 1 Premiere
The Costa Concordia: Why She Sank: Season 1
Escape To The Chateau: Season 8
Vengeance
Your Boyfriend Is Mine

April 15

A Black Lady Sketch Show: Season 4 Premiere
Phenomenon: The Beatles
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water
The Nutcracker And The Magic Flute

April 17

Barry: Season 4 Premiere
The Price Of Glee: Season 1
My Lottery Dream Home: Season 13
Ross Kemp: Extreme World: Season 2
Mr. Turner
Chasing Liberty
Comedy Queen

April 18

Mary Berry Everyday: Season 1
Lost Gold Of The Aztecs: Season 1
Too Hot For TV Presented By Jerry Springer: Season 1
Pleasantville

April 19

Massive Engineering Mistakes: Season 3
Empires Of Stone: Season 1
Folies Bergere

April 20

Untold: The Railway Murders: Season 1
Vikings: The True Story: Season 1
Spectacular Earth: Season 1

April 21

Mrs. Davis: Season 1 Premiere
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Season 12
Cars That Rock With Brian Johnson: Season 1
Two Shallow Graves: Season 1
Steam Train Journeys: Season 1
The Enforcer
Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!

April 22

Live At Glastonbury Festival: Janet Jackson

April 24

Somebody Somewhere: Season 2 Premiere
Casa Grande: Season 1
90 Day Fiance: Before The 90 Days: Season 5
The Mantis: Season 1
Paris Murders: Season 1

April 25

MILF Manor: Season 1 Premiere

April 26

The War: Australia’s Bike Killings
The Great Canadian Bake Off: Season 4
Fashion House: Season 1
Israel/Iran/USA, The Long War: Season 1
Rust Valley Restorers: Season 5
Torn Hearts
Unhuman