MUST-WATCH TITLES FOR MARCH
MARCH 6 – HBO’s PERRY MASON *Season 2 Premiere*
- HBO’s crime drama series PERRY MASON returns to Crave Monday, Mar. 6 at 9 p.m. ET with guest stars Hope Davis, Sean Astin, and Katherine Waterson. Months after the Dodson case comes to an end, the scion of a powerful oil family is brutally murdered. When the DA goes to the city’s Hoovervilles to pinpoint the most obvious of suspects, Perry (Emmy® Award-winner Matthew Rhys), Della (Juliet Rylance), and Paul (Chris Chalk) find themselves at the centre of a case that uncovers far reaching conspiracies, and forces them to reckon with what it truly means to be guilty. The series follows a weekly release schedule with new episodes dropping Mondays at 9 p.m. ET.
MARCH 8 – DISOBEY (DESOBEIR : LE CHOIX DE CHANTALE DAIGLE) *Crave Original Series Premiere*
- This six-part, one hour, Crave Original drama focuses on the infamous 1989 story of Chantale Daigle, and her legal battle surrounding the right to abortion in Canada. After a stormy relationship, pregnant 21-year-old Daigle (Éléonore Loiselle), leaves her boyfriend, Jean-Guy Tremblay (Antoine Pilon), and chooses to have an abortion. In order to prevent this from happening, Jean-Guy sues Daigle, and despite the fact that abortion had been decriminilized in Canada, a judge rules in his favour, reviving the debate on abortion, in Canada, and internationally. The series follows a weekly release schedule with new episodes dropping Wednesdays.
MARCH 17 – STARZ’s POWER BOOK II: GHOST *Season 3 Premiere*
- The third season of POWER BOOK II: GHOST kicks off with Tariq St. Patrick (Michael Rainey Jr.) determined to get his trust, get back to his family, and get out of the game for good. The emergence of a ruthless new connect interrupts Tariq’s plans to reunite with Tasha (Naturi Naughton) and Yaz (Paris Morgan) and puts him, Brayden (Gianni Paolo), and Effie (Alix Lapri) back into business with the Tejadas as they’re challenged to move more weight than ever before. Monet Tejada (Mary J. Blige), set ablaze by the death of her son Zeke Cross, is willing to pay a hefty price to avenge her firstborn and keep the rest of her children – and the business – in line as she works closely with Davis MacLean (Cliff “Method Man” Smith) to solve Zeke’s murder and keep the feds off her trail. Streaming Friday, March 17, the series follows a weekly release schedule with new episodes dropping Fridays.
MARCH 19 – ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED *Documentary Premiere*
- Directed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras, ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED is an epic, emotional, and interconnected story about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, groundbreaking photography, archival family snapshots and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the opioid overdose crisis. The Academy Award®, DGA, and BAFTA-nominated documentary originally debuted at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Golden Lion.
MARCH 24 – SHOWTIME’S YELLOWJACKETS *Season 2 Premiere*
- Featuring an all-star female cast led by Emmy-nominee and Critics Choice Award-winner Melanie Lynskey, Oscar® and Emmy-nominee Juliette Lewis, Emmy- nominee Christina Ricci, and Tawny Cypress, SHOWTIME’s YELLOWJACKETS returns to Crave Friday, March 24. Equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story, and coming-of-age drama, YELLOWJACKETS is the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The Emmy-nominated series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later, proving that the past is never really past, and what began out in the wilderness is far from over. Joining the cast this season as series regulars, Lauren Ambrose and Simone Kessell, along with Jason Ritter as a guest star and Elijah Wood in a season long guest arc. The series follows a weekly release schedule with new episodes dropping Fridays.
MARCH 26 – HBO’s SUCCESSION *Season 4 Premiere*
- Winner of 13 Primetime Emmy Awards in 2022, HBO’s Original drama series SUCCESSION returns Sunday, Mar. 26 at 9 pm. ET. Created by Jesse Armstrong, the 10-episode fourth season opens with the sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) moving ever closer. The prospect of this seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys as they anticipate what their lives will look like once the deal is complete. A power struggle ensues as the family weighs up a future where their cultural and political weight is severely curtailed. Season 4 cast includes: Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Matthew Macfadyen, Nicholas Braun, J. Smith-Cameron, Peter Friedman, David Rasche, Fisher Stevens, Arian Moayed, Alexander Skarsgård, Cherry Jones, Hope Davis, Justin Kirk, Stephen Root, Harriet Walter, James Cromwell, Natalie Gold, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Ashley Zukerman, Larry Pine, Mark-Linn Baker, Pip Torrens, Annabeth Gish, Adam Godley, Eili Harboe, and Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson. The series follows a weekly release schedule with new episodes dropping Sundays at 9 p.m. ET.
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HIGHLIGHTS
MARCH 1 – Crave Celebrates Women’s History Month
- To commemorate Women’s History Month, Crave highlights the contributions of women in entertainment, science, history, and contemporary society, through multiple collections including: Made By Women, Leading Women, Bechdel Test Approved, Funny Women, Biopics, Celebrating Pride, Docs, Gal Pals, Women in Music, Women in Sport, Oscar Winning, Emerging Voices, and Women Who Kick Butt.
MARCH – OSCAR WINNERS COLLECTION
- Live now, ahead of the 95th Academy Awards ceremony airing Sunday, March 12 on CTV, Crave presents the OSCAR WINNERS COLLECTION a large collection of Oscar winning film titles including: King Richard, Rocky, Brokeback Mountain, Dune, and Saving Private Ryan. Current nominees now streaming include: Elvis, The Batman, HBO Original documentary All That Breathes, and HBO Max Original documentary Navalny.Also winning titles coming March 3 – Walk The Line, Pulp Fiction and Moulin Rouge and Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, and Erin Brockovich March 10. Later this year more 2023 winners and nominees are slated to debut on Crave.
MARCH 3 – BARBARIAN *Movie Premiere*
- Rated 93% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, in BARBARIAN, a young woman discovers the rental home she booked is already occupied by a stranger. Against her better judgment, she decides to spend the night but soon discovers there’s a lot more to fear than just an unexpected house guest. Dubbed a “genuine sleeper hit” and “a first-rate horror movie” by Rolling Stone magazine, BARBARIAN stars Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, and Justin Long.
MARCH 6 – HBO’s RAIN DOGS *Series Premiere*
- From award-winning writer and director Cash Carraway, RAIN DOGS, a co-production from HBO and BBC One, is a wild and punky tale of a mother’s love for her daughter, of deep-rooted and passionate friendships, and of brilliance thwarted by poverty and prejudice. Told with a dark lick of humour and an anarchic attitude, the HBO Original comedy series premieres Monday, Mar. 6 at 10 p.m. ET, and stars Daisy May Cooper, Jack Farthing, Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo, and Fleur Tashjian in her debut role, as the four Rain Dogs, a makeshift swaggerous family fed on defiance and chaos, and a deep but complicated love.
MARCH 21 – AND STILL I SING *Canadian Documentary Premiere*
- From Award-winning Afghan-Canadian filmmaker, Fazila Amiri, AND STILL I SING follows three women as they navigate the difficult journey of achieving success in a land where women are not encouraged to succeed. Controversial Afghan pop star and activist Aryana Sayeed mentors young hopefuls as they prepare to appear on Afghan Star, Afghanistan’s hugely successful version of AMERICAN IDOL. With two young women on the verge of being named the show’s first ever female winners, the Taliban take over and their lifelong dreams of becoming pop stars are suddenly under threat.
March 24 – CLERKS III *Movie Premiere*
- After suffering a massive heart attack, Randal (Jeff Anderson) enlists friends and fellow clerks Dante (Brian O’Halloran), Elias (Trevor Fehrman), Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) to help him make a movie about life at the convenience store Quick Stop. Directed by Kevin Smith, and available on Starz,this return to the Quick Stop wraps up the CLERKS