When it comes to film and television, you could have the most brilliant story ever told, but if it looks like it was filmed on a 2000's era brick phone then you may as well just have written a book.
But the new Netflix series I'm currently hooked on that doesn't have that problem. Ripley combines Patricia Highsmith's fantastic source material with an aesthetic, cinematography and set design that is flat-out stunning. In fact, I think it's the best-looking TV show I've ever seen, surpassing even another series on the streaming service The Good Place. Of course, it helps when your story takes place in Italy. Dickie's house in Atrani on the Amalfi Coast is absolute escapism. I'm about to head to Italy myself and even in black and white my mouth is already watering.
