A timely tech-bro takedown based on Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison’s real-life love affair and scandalous cryptocurrency, and the teen cannibal saga concludes. Plus: an entirely baffling Melania documentary
For this ripped-from-the-headlines tech bro drama, Netflix have coaxed their go-to chameleon Julia Garner (Inventing Anna, Ozark) into mastering another accent and rifling through the wig cupboard. Anthony Boyle (House of Guinness, Say Nothing) is Sam Bankman-Fried while Garner plays Caroline Ellison in a retelling of the pair’s real-life love affair and the rise and fall of their scandal-hit cryptocurrency, FTX. Next to the likes of HBO Max’s The Audacity, The Altruists can feel a little staid and even dated (nods to Tony Blair and Harry Potter don’t help). But all the same, its cautionary tale of myopic tech idealists fuelled by a love of extreme risk-taking feels rather germane in 2026.
Netflix, from Thursday 19 November