Pick of the week
Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
It was inevitable that Louis Theroux would collide with the manosphere: his diffidence is a perfect counterpoint to the empty bravado that defines the assorted blaggers and oddballs he meets here. As Theroux spends time with influencers including Harrison Sullivan and Myron Gaines, it becomes clear that their performance of hypermasculinity is often linked to loss and trauma. This manifests as bullying but also as an inescapable dullness. However, it’s worryingly evident that many vulnerable young men take the manosphere’s posturing at face value and, as the film goes on, it’s also apparent that Theroux and these influencers are talking to completely separate worlds.
Netflix, from Wednesday 11 March
