Jane Campion’s dark crime mini-series Top of the Lake is continuing for a second season; Top of the Lake: China Girl. Exchanging a quiet rural New Zealand town (filmed in and around Queenstown) for the bustling Sydney, Australia.
Elisabeth Moss is back with her admittedly pretty spot-on kiwi accent as Robin Griffin, a Sydney-based homicide detective. Moss is also the lead in the still airing The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu. She must be a glutton for punishment. These two series in particular wade through gloomy and disturbing waters.
This new season gives us a greyed Nicole Kidman utilising her native tongue. Looks like her stint on Big Little Lies wasn’t the end of her return to television. Holly Hunter also went grey for the first season. Campion’s penchant for attractive greyed women is sadly unique in a world where men are seen as silver-haired foxes, and women as lesser.
For the other major role it’s not enough to be in both Game of Thrones and the new Star Wars, Gwendoline Christie is starring in this frankly smaller series.
The six-hour season of Top of the Lake: China Girl premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival earlier this month.
Top of the Lake: China Girl screens September 2017 on BBC TWO in the UK, SundanceTV in the US, and on Sky in NZ.
TV has always been a part of Michael’s life, but since the influx of streaming shows now he can’t stop (someone send help). He also dabbles in films and video games, and has a mean board game collection.
Michael has a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies from Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. He has previously written about video games for publications including Game Console, Salient, and ButtonMasher.
