IRA BEST OF THE YEAR PICKS
2024
CAROL DODA TOPLESS AT THE CONDOR (GM) (theatrical, rental)
(doc about first performer to go topless in modern San Francisco of the 1960s)
CLOSE YOUR EYES (GM) (limbo, festival play only so far)
(Spanish film by Victor Erice about vanishing actor)
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DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD (AL, GM) (MUBI, rental)
(Romanian workplace comedy from Radu Jude of Bad Luck Banging fame)
FITTING IN (GM) (rental)
(Teen girl ready for sex gets odd medical diagnosis, explores diff ways of having a sex life)
HOW TO HAVE SEX (AL, GM) (MUBI, rental)
(Uk Drama about teen girls on holiday getting in good trouble)
KIM'S VIDEO (GM) (rental)
(doc about tracking down the library of shuttered Kim's Video)
KNEECAP (MG, GM) (theaters)
(Irish comedy musical about hip hop group raising a ruckus)
THE LAST YEAR OF DARKNESS (AL, GM) (MUBI)
(doc about Japanese youth and their love of an imperiled hipster club)
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL (AL) (Shudder, rental)
(Televangelist stages "exorcism" on Halloween and unleashes horror)
MAN IN BLACK (GR) (limbo)
(dir Wang Bing's latest is a one-man performance piece about the Cultural Revolution)
MARS EXPRESS (GM) (theaters)
(French animated film set in 2200 amidst a murder investigation)
THE OLD OAK (AL) (rental)
(Ken Loach drama about old English pub and new Syrian refugees)
THE PEASANTS (GM) (rental)
(animated drama about Polish peasants)
THE SETTLERS (AL) (MUBI, rental)
(Chilean drama about brutal life of workers in early 20th century)
A STILL SMALL VOICE (GM, GR) (limbo)
(doc on chaplain training to serve patients and family at Mt. Sinai hospital)
THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER (GM, rental)
(faux documentary animated film about search for legendary jazz player, features Jeff Goldblum)
IRA VIEWING GUIDE BY STREAMER -- STUFF YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING WHAT TO WATCH NEXT. I.E. A STREAMER-BY-STREAMER GUIDE TO IRA-FRIENDLY FARE
ACORN
Faithless (Irish dramedy)
AMAZON PRIME
TV:
Gen V (The Boys spin-off superhero school) S1 (Amazon)
I'm A Virgo S1 (creator Boots Riley)
Jury Duty S1
The Lovers (Irish Derry Girls grown up) (Amazon)
Merry Little Batman (short, special) (Amazon)
Those About To Die (Rome epic) (Amazon)
AMC
TV:
Dark Winds S1-2 (Tony Hillerman) (AMC)
Swarm (obsessive fans miniseries) (Amazon Prime)
APPLE +
TV:
Bad Sisters S1
Drops Of God S1 (wine industry) (Apple+)
High Desert (Patricia Arquette ex-dealer crime fighter) (Apple+)
Lessons In Chemistry (miniseries) (Apple+)
Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters S1 (Apple+)
Platonic (Seth Rogen pals) (Apple+)
Silo S1 (dystopian) (Apple+)
Slow Horses (spy S1-3) (Apple+)
BBC AMERICA
TV:
Happy Valley S1-3
BRITBOX
The Sixth Commandment (queer miniseries; Timothy Spall) (BritBox)
CRITERION
CRUNCHYROLL
DISCOVERY+
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DISNEY+
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
Treasure Planet (2002)
Winnie The Pooh (2011)
TV:
Atlanta (S1-4) (Disney+)
Culprits (crime miniseries a la Ocean's 11) (Disney+)
FREEFORM
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FUBO
TV:
Peep Show S1-9
fX
TV:
The Bear S1 and 2
Reservation Dogs S1-3
HBO MAX
I Saw The TV Glow (Max in Sept)
Stax: Soulsville, USA (four part doc; 150m)
TV:
How To With John Wilson (doc series) (HBO Max)
Last Call (four part doc on serial killer targeting NYC gays) (HBO)
Naked Attraction (UK dating series S1-6) (HBO Max)
Our Flag Means Death (gay pirates S1 and 2) (HBO Max)
Scavengers Reign S1 (sci-fi stranded planet animated) (HBO Max)
South Side (workplace comedy S1-3) (HBO Max)
30 Coins apocalyptic religious thing S1 (HBO Max)
HULU
Spermworld (Hulu)
TV:
The Bear S1-2 (Hulu)
Moving (S1 Superhero from K) (Hulu)
Reservation Dogs S1-3 (Hulu)
Somewhere Boy S1 (Hulu)
We Were The Lucky Ones Jews/WW II miniseries (Hulu)
Bait (2019) (Hulu)
KANOPY
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KINONOW
Fireworks (gay first love, Italian, 1980s) (Kino Now and rental Jan 18)
MUBI
Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World (MUBI, romanian)
NETFLIX
Hit Man (Netflix)
The Imaginary (Jap animated) (Netflix)
TV:
Beef S1
Blue Eye Samurai S1 (Netflix)
Cunk On Earth S1
The Night Agents S1
Sex Education S1-4 (Netflix)
Top Boy (5S but only 3S on Netflix)
Girl (2018 by dir of Close) (Netflix)
Under The Shadow (2016 UK)
PARAMOUNT+
TV:
Colin From Accounts (S1) (Paramount+)
Dreaming Whilst Black (S1) (Paramount+)
Fellow Travelers (queer miniseries) (Paramount+)
PBS
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll (PBS Masters)
Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV (doc on multimedia artist) (PBS; rental)
PEACOCK
TV:
Killing It S1 (workplace comedy?) (Peacock)
Mrs. Davis S1 (Peacock)
PLEX
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ROKU
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SHOWTIME
STARZ
YOUTUBE
TV:
The Other Two (S1-3) (YouTube TV)
THEATERS OR AVAILABLE TO RENT OR IN LIMBO
Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War On Democracy (rental)
La Chimera (rental)
Crossing (Turkish Georgian drama about woman searching for trans relative) (theaters July 19)
Evil Does Not Exist (theater)
Femme (rental on Apple)
Io Capitano (rental)
La Chimera (rental)
Late Night With The Devil (Shudder, rental)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (theater, concert film)
Stay Awake (rental, 2023, opoid addiction)
Totem (rental)
We Grown Now (rental)
IRA BEST OF THE YEAR LIST -- 2022
AFTERSUN (AD, MG, HK, AO) (theaters, rental)
(Paul Mescal drama about divorced dad on holiday w his 11 year old daughter; sad, quiet)
AFTER YANG (AL, AO) (Showtime, rental)
(Dir Kogonada, dir of Columbus, TV series Pachinko; drama about A.I. robot)
ALL THE BEAUTY AND BLOODSHED (GR) (theaters, HBO Max March 19)
(Poitros doc on artist Nan Goldin v Sackler dynasty)
APOLLO 10 1/2 (AL, AO) (Netflix)
(Dir Rick Linklater's childhood reminiscence; it's a g-dd-mn cartoon!)
APPLES (MG, AL, GM, AR, GR) (MUBI, rental)
(Greek drama)
ARMAGEDDON TIME (AD, HK) (Peacock, rental)
(James Gray coming of age tale)
THE AUTOMAT (AD, JS) (HBO Max, Kanopy, KinoNow, TCM, rental)
(doc on NYC quick and easy food institution; my mom went there in the 1950s)
THE BALCONY MOVIE (GR) (MUBI)
(Lockdown doc; chatting with people...from their balcony)
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (MG, HK, MGS) (HBO Max, theatrical, rental)
(Latest Martin McDonagh film)
BONES AND ALL (AO) (rental)
(Timothee Chálamet, Taylor Russell cannibal movie)
THE CATHEDRAL (AL) (MUBI, rental)
drama thru eyes of a boy
COW (GM, GR) (AMC+, rental)
(Andrea Arnold doc on cow)
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (RB aka Robert Bowman, AL) (Hulu, rental)
(Cronenberg)
DESCENDANT (AD) (Netflix)
(doc on origins of the city Africatown, Alabama and exploration of slave ship Clotilda)
DOWN WITH THE KING (AL, GM, AO, GR) (rental)
(rap industry pic)
EMILY THE CRIMINAL (AD, MG, GR, MGS) (Netflix)
(Aubrey Plaza student debt film)
EO (AD, HK, AO) (Criterion, rental)
(donkey movie)
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (MG, HK, GM, AR) (Showtime, rental)
(Michelle Yeoh multiverse)
FIRE OF LOVE (MG, AR) (Disney+, Hulu)
(Doc on volcanologists)
THE FIRE WITHIN (AL, GR) (History Channel, rental via Amazon and Vudu)
(Herzog on same scientists as Fire Of Love)
FRANCE (GM) (Criterion, rental)
(Bruno Dumont w Lèa Seydoux as celeb journalist)
GEORGE CARLIN'S AMERICAN DREAM (GM, GR) (HBO Max)
(doc on comedy legend)
GREAT FREEDOM (AD, MG, HK, AL, GR, JS) (MUBI, rental)
(German gay prison drama)
GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO (AD, MG, HK) (Netflix)
(Fascist setting for dark fairy tale classic)
HAPPENING (AD, MG, AL, GR, ES) (Hulu, AMC+, rental)
(French period abortion drama, pun intended)
IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE (AL, GR) (rental)
(Hong Sang-Soo latest; his 26th film)
KURT VONNEGUT: UNSTUCK IN TIME (GM) (Hulu, rental)
(Doc on writer)
LAST FLIGHT HOME (GM) (Paramount+, rental)
(doc on end of life decision)
THE LAST MOVIE STARS (MG) (HBO Max)
(doc on Paul Newman/Joanne Woodward)
LOST ILLUSIONS (AL, MGS) (MUBI, rental)
(historical romp based on Balzac novel)
LOVING HIGHSMITH (HK, AL) (Kanopy, rental)
(Doc on Patricia Highsmith)
MEMORIA (GR) (city by city road show release around the country in 2022/2023)
(Tilda Swinton in dir Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
THE MENU (AO, MGS) (HBO Max, rental)
(drama w Ralph Fiennes as chef at fancy restaurant; alternate Twilight Zone title: To Serve The 1%)
MOONAGE DAYDREAM (GM) (theatrical, rental)
(fever dream of a doc on Bowie)
MR. BACHMAN AND HIS CLASS (MG, AL) (MUBI)
(German doc on teacher and students)
NAVALNY (MG, GM, AR, JS) (HBO Max)
doc on Russian political prisoner Alexey Navalny)
NITRAM (AL, GM) (Hulu, AMC+, rental)
(Aussie flick by dir Justin Kurzel of Snowtown, Macbeth w Fassbender)
NOPE (AD, AL, AO, MS, MGS) (Peacock, rental)
(Jordan Peele flick)
PETER VON KANT (AL) (rental)
(Ozon gender flip of Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears Of Petra von Kant)
PETITE MAMAN (AD, MG, HK, AL, AO, GR) (Hulu, Kanopy, rental)
(Dir Celine Sciamma's latest)
PLAYGROUND (AL, GR) (MUBI, rental)
(French drama about little children and bullying)
PLEASURE (MG, AL, GM) (Showtime, FUBO, rental)
(Sundance film about woman entering adult film industry)
RRR (AO, MS) (theaters, Netflix)
(a Tollywood spectacle)
SHE SAID (JS) (Peacock, rental)
(film insisting the NYT doesn't always suck)
"SR." (AD) (Netflix)
(Doc on Robert Downey Sr.)
TÁR (JS) (Peacock, rental)
(toxic composer)
THE TERRITORY (HK, MG, GM) (Disney+)
(doc on indigenous people in Brazilian Amazon)
THREE MINUTES: A LENGTHENING (AD, GR) (Hulu, Kanopy, rental)
(doc on Holocaust footage)
THE TSUGUA DIARIES (GR) (MUBI, rental)
(Portuguese film about moviemaking from dir Miguel Gomez)
TURNING RED (MG) (Disney+)
(Pixar allegory for puberty with 13 year old girl turning into giant red panda when excited)
THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST (AD, MG, HK, GM, MS) (DirecTV, PBS.org, reruns on PBS)
(Ken Burns doc --what the U.S. knew and when, what it did and mostly failed to do)
VENGEANCE (Al, AO, JS) (Amazon Prime, rental)
(offbeat film frm B.J. Novak of The Office, who wrote, directed and stars)
WATCHER (AL) (AMC+, DirecTV, rental)
(Bucharest serial killer)
THE WHALE (AL) (theater)
(Darren Aronovsky w Brendan Fraser)
WOMEN TALKING (HK, AL, AO, MGS) (theaters, rental)
(Sarah Polley directed ensemble; men suck)
THE WONDER (AR) (Netflix)
(French period religious drama)
IRA BEST OF THE YEAR PICKS
2023
ACTUAL PEOPLE (GM) (Fandor, rental on Amazon)
(writer-director Kit Zauhar's story of college student stressing as graduation approaches)
AFIRE (GR) (dir Christian Petzold) (Criterion, rental)
(self-absorbed novelist aka The Michael Giltz Story)
AFTER LOVE (AL) (rental on Amazon, Apple etc)
(woman in UK discovers late husband had secret second life)
ALL OF US STRANGERS (AD, HK, JM, MGS) (Hulu)
(queer ghost story/romance/family reckoning)
AMERICAN FICTION (HK, GM, AO, MGS, JW) (Fubu, MGM+, rental)
(film of Percical Everett novel about Black writer who jokingly writes ghetto novel, becomes star)
ANATOMY OF A FALL (HK, GM, AO) (rental)
(French courtroom drama)
ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET (AD) (Starz, rental)
(Judy Blume coming of age tale)
ASTEROID CITY (HK, AL, MS, JW) (Amazon Prime, rental)
(Wes Anderson's latest bon-bon)
BARBIE (AD, JM) (HBO Max, rental)
(the greatest toy tie-in movie since....)
THE BEASTS (GM) (rental)
(French eco-thriller)
BEING MARY TYLER MOORE (AD) (HBO Max)
(doc on everyone's favorite TV newsroom manager)
BEYOND UTOPIA (JM) (rental)
(doc on SK pastor helping North Koreansw escape to freedom)
THE BOY AND THE HERON (MG, AO) (theaters)
(Miyazaki's swan song?)
BRUISER (GM) (Hulu)
(coming of age for bullied kid)
CHILE '76 (GM) (rental)
(mother caught up in intrigue when priest asks her to shelter a young man)
(mother caught up in intrigue when priest asks her to shelter a young man)
CLOSE (MG, HK, AL, AO, GR, JS) (FUBO, Paramount+, Showtime, rental)
(Belgian film about friendship between young boys)
DREAMIN' WILD (RB, GM) (rental)
(indie flick w Casey Affleck as would-be rocker whose album is hailed many years later)
DREAM SCENARIO (RB, AL, GM) (theatrical)
(Nicolas Cage satire)
EARTH MAMA (AL) (FUBO, Paramount+, Showtime, rental)
(single mom in Bay Area, debut film by writer-director Savanah Leaf)
THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS (GM) (Criterion, rental)
(Italian drama of friends building a cottage)
FALLEN LEAVES (GM, GR, JS) (MUBI, rental)
(Aki Kaurismäki)
FINGERNAILS (GM) (Apple+)
(Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed are a perfect match -- science proves it! But....)
THE FIRST SLAM DUNK (JM) (limbo)
(Japanese anime about basketball team)
GODZILLA MINUS ONE (MG, GM) (limbo)
(a serious drama about post-WW II Japan, plus...Godzilla!)
THE HOLDOVERS (RB, HK, GM, JM, AO, MS, JW) (Peacock, rental)
(Alexander Payne, 70s-ish drama)
HOLY SPIDER (AD, HK, GM, AO, GR) (Netflix, rental)
(Iranian drama about journalist tracking serial killer who targets sex workers)
DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA aka FABRIC OF THE HUMAN BODY (AL, GM) (MUBI)
(French doc in hospitals, focusing on human flesh as a fascinating world)
INCREDIBLE BUT TRUE (GM) (MUBI, rental)
(French comedy about moving into new home w basement tunnel that kind of reverses aging. Kind of)
IO CAPITANO (JM) (theaters Feb 23)
(two boys on treacherous journey for new life from Dakar to Europe)
THE IRON CLAW (GM) (theaters)
(Zac Efron IS Gorgeous George)
JOYLAND (HK, AL, GR) (Criterion, rental)
(Pakistani family hopes for a baby boy while youngest son gets all Magic Mike)
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (AO, MS)
(Martin Scorsese and friends)
LIVING (AL, JS) (Netflix, rental)
(Ikiru with a British accent)
LYNCH/OZ (JS) (Criterion, rental)
(doc on David Lynch and his obsession with The Wizard Of Oz)
MAY DECEMBER (HK, AO, MGS, JW) (Netflix)
(Todd Haynes flick w Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman)
MENUS-PLAISIERS -- LES TROISGROS (GR) ($12 rental from Eventive)
(Frederick Wiseman's latest; fly on the wall at a restaurant)
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE -- DEAD RECKONING PART 1 (AO)
(Tom C saves the action film)
MONSTER (HK, AL, GM, JM) (rental)
(new Kore-eda about mother and possibly troubled child)
MOON GARDEN (GM) (Shudder, rental)
(little girl in coma has trippy adventures)
MUTT (HK, AL, GR, JS) (Netflix, rental)
(Debut film about day in life of trans person)
NAM JUNE PAIK: MOON IS THE OLDEST TV (AD, GR) (PBS on demand, rental)
(documentary on ground-breaking multimedia artist)
OF AN AGE (AL) (Amazon Prime, rental)
(Aussie gay romance between Serb immigrant and friend's brother)
ONE FINE MORNING (AL) (rental)
(dir Mia Hansen-Løve; French film about woman caring for father, finds love)
OPPENHEIMER (AD, HK, JS, MGS) (Peacock)
(Christopher Nolan's latest)
ORLANDO: MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY (GR, MGS) (Criterion, rental)
(documentary using Virginia Woolf's Orlando to explore trans lives)
PACIFICTION (GR) (MUBI, rental)
(new Albert Serra noirish thriller set in Haiti)
PALM TREES AND POWER LINES (AL, GM) (rental)
(17 year old girl involved with man twice her age)
PASSAGES (HK, AL) (MUBI, rental)
(gay couple hit rough patch when one begins affair with a woman)
PAST LIVES (AD, MG, HK, JM, AO, GR, JS, MGS) (rental)
(woman reunites with childhood love)
PERFECT DAYS (JM) (theaters)
(Wim Wenders Japanese toilet zen movie)
THE PIGEON TUNNEL (HK, AL) (Apple TV+)
(Errol Morris interviews John Le Carré)
PILGRIMS (MG, HK, AL, GR) (rental on Amazon and Apple)
(Quiet Lithuanian drama about the aftermath of violence)
POOR THINGS (MG, AR, MGS) (theater)
(Feminist Frankenstein circa Stone and Lanthimos)
THE QUIET GIRL (AD, MG, HK, AL, GR) (Hulu, rental)
(Irish drama set in 1981 with little girl sent to live amidst foster family)
REPTILE (GM) (Netflix)
(Crime drama starring Benicio del Toro and Justin Timberlake)
RETURN TO SEOUL (GM) (Amazon Prime, rental)
(young French woman takes first trip to South Korea, where she was adopted from as baby)
REWIND & PLAY (MUBI, rental)
(Doc on Thelonius Monk)
ROCK HUDSON: ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWED (HK, AL) (HBO) Max)
(doc on Rock Hudson's career and somewhat closeted gay life)
ROTTING IN THE SUN (AD, HK, AL, MS) (Criterion, rental via Apple+)
(filmmaker visiting gay nudist beach collaborates w influencer)
SAINT OMER (AD) (Hulu, rental)
(French courtroom drama centering on two women and abandoned child)
SHOWING UP (HK, AL, AO, GR) (FUBO, Paramount+, Showtime, rental)
(Kelly Reichardt, Michelle Williams; ceramicist prepares for show)
SISU (GM, JW) (Starz; rental)
Violent action film from Finland. It's WW II and a miner strikes gold, only to have the Nazis try and steal it. They're messing with the wrong miner!
SKINAMARINK (GM) (Hulu, Shudder, rental)
(classy horror, kids in danger when dad disappears, along with doors and windows of home)
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (MG, HK, GM, AO) (Netflix)
(second film in animated trilogy about Black-Puerto Rican Miles Morales as teen Spidey)
A STILL SMALL VOICE (GM, GR) (limbo)
(doc on chaplain training to serve patients and family at Mt. Sinai hospital
TALK TO ME (MG, AL, GM) (rental)
(Aussie horror film about teens fooling w cursed object; very smart debut, well done)
THE TEACHER'S LOUNGE (GM, GR) (available digitally for $20-25; soon rental)
(German drama about teacher determined to get to truth about petty theft in classroom)
A THOUSAND AND ONE (RB, HK, GM; AL for lead perf) (Amazon Prime, rental)
(mom rescues son from foster care and goes on the run)
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL (AD, AL, GM) (rental on Amazon)
(Ukraine doc)
UNREST (GR) (Criterion, rental on Amazon)
(Swiss film set in 1800s w worker joining anarchist watchmakers)
WINTER BOY (AL) (MUBI)
(French film about teen distraught over his father's death; dir Christoph Honoré)
YOU HURT MY FEELINGS (AL) (Paramount+/Showtime; rental)
(latest Nicole Holofcener, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfuss Affair)
IRA VIEWING GUIDE BY STREAMER -- STUFF YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING WHAT TO WATCH NEXT. I.E. A STREAMER-BY-STREAMER GUIDE TO IRA-FRIENDLY FARE
AMAZON PRIME
2023
Asteroid City (Wes Anderson's latest bon-bon) (AL, MGS) (Amazon Prime, rental)
Broken Blossoms (1919)
Cassandro (Gael Garcia Bernal queer wrestling) (Amazon Prime)
Full Time (Paris drama woman w transit strike before job interview) (Amazon Prime, rental)
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (Jake Gyllenhaal war flick) (theaters)
L'Immensitá (Penelope Cruz trans) (Amazon Prime, rental)
Of An Age (Aussie gay romance between Serb and friend's brother) (Amazon Prime; rental)
Return To Seoul (Amazon Prime)
Saltburn (Amazon Prime)
2022
Argentina, 1985 (Oscar hopeful about lawyers battling military dictatorship in 1980s)
Catherine Called Birdy (Amazon)
Dog (Chaninng Tatum) (Amazon)
Good Nght Oppy (Mars rover doc) (Amazon)
The Sound of 007 (Bond music doc) (Amazon)
Til Kingdom Come (doc on Kentucky evangelicals loving Israel) (spoiler alert -- Jews still aren't saved)
Annika S1 (Amazon Prime/PBS)
The English S1 (Emily Blunt Western miniseries)
Friday Night Dinner (2011 sitcom) (Amazon Prime)
The Kids In The Hall (Amazon Prime)
Undone (S1 and S2)
2021
Attica (Amazon Prime, Showtime)
The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain (Amazon)
Joji (Amazon)
Mayor Pete (doc) (Amazon)
My Name Is Pauli Murray (Amazon)
Val (Val Kilmer doc) (Amazon)
TV:
Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas (Amazon) (1976)
Invincible S1 animated (Amazon)
The Underground Railroad S1 (Amazon)
2020
Banana (Amazon)
Beats (Amazon Prime, MUBI)
Blow The Man Down (Amazon) mys
Boys (Amazon)
Cucumber (Amazon)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Netflix)
Pride (Amazon)
Route One/USA (Amazon/Ovid)
Saint Frances (Starz/Amazon)
The Surrogate (Starz/Amazon, rental)
Sylvie's Love jazz romance (Amazon)
AMC
2023
BlackBerry (AMC+, rental)
Monica (trans woman goes home to visit ailing mom Patricia Clarkson) (AMC, rental)
R.M.N. (racial tension in Transylvanian town; dir Cristian Mungiu) (AMC, Hulu, rental)