The best HBO series you missed last year

Pictured: Jack Dylan Grazer and Jordan Kristine Seamon in We Are Who We Are

// Euphoria with a European twist.

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By Fergus Halliday

Nov 22, 2023

2 min read

Published on November 21, 2023

When you sit down to watch an episode of a TV series, there’s a certain pace to the experience you’re after. The same goes for movies. It’s possible for some stories to work just as well in an episodic format as a discrete one, but it’s rare. For every Twin Peaks: The Return, there are dozens of original series like Secret Invasion that more feel like chopped-up films than satisfying chapters of a larger narrative.

We Are Who We Are is the exception that proves the rule. Directed by Luca Guadagnino, the eight-episode miniseries is essentially Euphoria meets Call Me By Your Name. It’s a modern coming-of-age story centring on two teenagers living on a military base in Italy.

Rather than try and squeeze what makes his films work down to a smaller scope or budget, We Are Who We Are sees Guadagnino opt to paint with on a wider canvas. Why be bloated when you can be brilliant? Every member of the cast from Jack Dylan Grazer to Chloë Sevigny gets more room to breathe, which makes their growth from episode to episode hit that much harder.

With lush cinematography and electrifying performances aplenty, We Are Who We Are is basically an 8-hour feast for Guadagnino fans.

The best part? All eight episodes of We Are Who We Are are available on SBS On Demand for free. Have at it.

Stream We Are Who We Are on SBS On Demand for free

We Are What We Stream

Call Me By Your Name: Stream it on Binge, Foxtel Now or Stan
Twin Peaks: Stream it on Paramount+
Secret Invasion: Stream it on Disney Plus

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Fergus Halliday

Fergus Halliday is a journalist and editor for Reviews.org. He’s written about technology, telecommunications, gaming and more for over a decade. He got his start writing in high school and began his full-time career as the Editor of PC World Australia. Fergus has made the MCV 30 Under 30 list, been a finalist for seven categories at the IT Journalism Awards and won Most Controversial Writer at the 2022 Consensus Awards. He has been published in Gizmodo, Kotaku, GamesHub, Press Start, Screen Rant, Superjump, Nestegg and more.