Showing Up, which was co-written and directed by Kelly Reichardt and stars Michelle Williams, ticks all the boxes for films I look for. But I hesitate to recommend it because it’s the kind of film you will either love or […]
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Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy is a whistleblowing account of the ways big businesses like Amazon, Apple, and others like them keep you buying more and more of things you don’t actually need.
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This Beautiful Fantastic is a 2016 film I found on Prime Video. It’s streaming in several other places as well. It’s a sweet, magical tale of love and friendship. It comes from the UK.
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Back in Action is literally what Cameron Diaz is. She’s back after 10 years away. She’s in an action flick with Jamie Foxx. They play two former spies who decided to get away from the CIA, have kids, and lead
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Silo, season 2, operates in two locations most of the season. The silo where the story began, and the silo Juliette Nichols (Rebecca Ferguson) finds when she goes outside to clean. This resolves the question at the end of season
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Asura comes from Japan. It’s beautiful, charming, full of drama, food, and traditional Japanese life. It’s set in 1979 and revolves around a family with four daughters.
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Look into My Eyes, from documentary director Lana Wilson, takes us on a visit to seven New York City psychics and the people who come to them for help. There’s no judgement in the film as to whether the people
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Nightbitch, written and directed by Marielle Heller, stars Amy Adams as Mother (just Mother, no other name). She’s a stay-at-home mom with a toddler and she’s not doing well.
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The Red Virgin (La virgen roja), based on the true story of Spanish prodigy Hildegart Rodríguez, tells a story of genius and madness. It is directed by Paula Ortiz, who made this retelling into an artistic film of creation and
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Challengers tells a sports story about tennis and a trio of people who live in that world. The tennis, the love, the competition, the ambition, and the sex all triangles around Zendaya as Tashi. Tashi is a tennis great who
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