5 Shows And Films We Can’t Wait To Stream This Month
It’s peak cozy season, and there’s arguably no better time to veg out on your couch and binge some quality (and in small doses, trashy) TV and films—in between all of your favourite classic holiday movies, of course. From a Toronto-based film about intimacy and sex work to the recast of a fan-favourite reality show, here are five TV shows and movies worth streaming this December.
Vanderpump Rules Season 12, Dec. 2
From the reality-TV gods who brought us Scandoval comes an all-new motley crew of young, hot and messy restaurant workers serving up heaps of drama. The new cast, like their predecessors, work at the West Hollywood restaurant SUR, owned by Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ alum Lisa Vanderpump and dubbed by the queen herself as the spot “where you take your mistress.” Hijinks—and a lot of questionable behaviour—is bound to ensue.
Streaming on Hayu Canada on Dec. 2 and airing every Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET
Paying For It, Dec. 5
Based on an autobiographical graphic novel by Montreal-based Chester Brown, Paying For It follows the artist on the cusp of a break-up and into a world of deep connections—and unexpected intimacy—with sex workers in early-aughts Toronto. The film is directed by multihyphenate creative Sook-Yin Lee (who also happens to be Brown’s ex) and was shot in Toronto, and made its theatrical debut at TIFF this year.
Streaming on Crave on Dec. 5
Slaycation Season 2, Dec. 12
Slaycation finds six drag queens from around the world vacationing together in a cabin in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. What could possibly go awry? The six-episode show will follow the queens—including Canada’s Drag Race alumni Miss Fiercalicious and Xana, and Drag Race royalty Alyssa Edwards—over a week as they prepare for a show for the local community, where one will be crowned Queen of Slaycation. Who will slay—and who will sashay away?
Streaming on Crave Dec. 12 and airing every Friday
Emily in Paris Season 5, Dec. 18
Love her or hate her, Emily is back for a fifth season of romantic adventures and professional blunders—this time in Rome, where she’s been transferred to head up the Italian outpost of the marketing agency that first brought her to Paris. Come for the pretty European cinematography; stay for the will-they-won’t-they between Gabriel and Emily that has kept viewers on tenterhooks for four seasons.
Streaming on Netflix on Dec. 18
Goodbye June, Dec. 24
What’s Christmas without a little depression? Kate Winslet makes a touching directorial debut with a script written by her son, Joe Anders. Goodbye June tells the story of a mom (played by Helen Mirren) with biting wit whose health has taken a surprise decline just before the holidays. Her four kids—including an all-star cast of Toni Collette and Winslet herself—must band together to say goodbye and navigate their new family realities.
Streaming on Netflix Canada Dec. 24
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