Nobody creates a messy heroine quite like Lena Dunham. The writer and star of HBO’s Girls, a show known for its cringey portrayal of 20-something New Yorkers, is back with Netflix series, Too Much, starring Megan Stalter. Dunham sat down with the Globe to talk about writing the new show, TV’s double-standard and why her move to London was so good for her career. Read more.

And in theatres this weekend, Canadian thriller 40 Acres delivers an explosive snapshot of the postapocalyptic landscape, where government order is gone and a family is left to defend their land in rural Canada amid a constant stream of threats. Film critic Barry Hertz calls it “a riveting and fiercely political thriller” and is this weekend’s Critic’s Pick.

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