David Bianculli

The Guinness Sister Anne, played by Emily Fern, is another wonderful character to watch.

And so is Lady Olivia, played by Danielle Galligan, who finds a pragmatic way to enter into the Guinness family orbit.

Three juicy roles, three extremely delightful performances.

And the brothers.

Anthony Boyle as Arthur, Louis Partridge as Edward, Theon O'Shea as Ben.

As in the stars of Peaky Blinders, every one of these players gets so many moments to shine.

Stephen Knight knows exactly how to bring period dramas and period characters to life.

The House of Guinness is full of intense confrontations and unexpected complications.

And anyone who enjoyed Peaky Blinders or Succession or The Gilded Age should find The House of Guinness very satisfying to watch.

But to be honest, you might find it a bit difficult to hear.

Some of these Irish accents can be tough to parse.

I recommend using the subtitle setting provided by Netflix so you can translate their English into ours.

But the story and the intrigue, those translate perfectly.

The House of Guinness is streaming now on Netflix.

Coming up, film critic Justin Chang reviews One Battle After Another, the new film by Paul Thomas Anderson starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

This is Fresh Air.

Our film critic, Justin Chang, says One Battle After Another, a new action thriller from the director Paul Thomas Anderson, is one of the best movies he's seen all year.

It's a loose adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a former political militant who's gone into hiding with his daughter.

Here is Justin's review.

Justin Chang is a film critic for The New Yorker magazine.