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Sly and Family Stone documentary black genius
SLY LIVES! (Aka The Burden of Black Genius)

In the wake of his Oscar-winning Summer of Soul, Questlove turns his focus to shed fresh light on the largely overlooked  Sly and the Family Stone, challenging the usual music doc tropes to create something unexpectedly riveting and revealing.
From San Francisco Chronicle‘s Chris Vognar:  “Sly Lives! may not provide definitive answers, but the fact that it even asks those questions puts it a cut above most films in its genre.”  (Read the review)

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April 25, 2025
Havoc
Available on: Netflix More Netflix
As high octane as it gets on the small screen, Tom Hardy takes the lead as a detective fighting through the criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s son and uncover a web of corruption. Forest Whitaker, Timothy Olyphant, and Luis Guzmán round out this chaotic action thriller from Gareth Evans (T  …
April 25, 2025
The Accountant II
Available in Theatres
Ben Affleck is back as the forensic accountant on the spectrum who speed dates, line dances, and takes down bad guys, but this time he’s teaming with his estranged brother (Joe Bernthal) as they tackle human trafficking and a creepy conspiracy. The big theater release is high-octane and high-stakes  …
April 25, 2025
Jessica Kirson: I’m the Man
Available on: Hulu More Hulu
She became TikTok famous in middle age from her “crowd work” at stand-up shows, and now Jessica Kirson is taking to the Hulu stage to riff on being “the man” in her relationships (“I don’t listen and I’m dead inside”), TikTok trends, mothering four kids with two women, and being in a trauma center.  …
April 25, 2025
Neighborhood Watch
Available on: Apple TV More Apple TV
After witnessing a young woman getting shoved into a van, Simon (Jack Quaid) can’t get anyone to believe his story – in part because he was institutionalized for a mental illness (he still sees a big, angry, red man who isn’t there). When he finally convinces his former security guard neighbor (Jeff  …
April 24, 2025
  Season 1
Étoile
Available on: Prime Video More Prime
Two of the top ballet companies in New York and Paris exchange star performers in an attempt to bring back the crowds and save themselves in this gorgeously shot, sharply funny binge watch created by the couple behind the Gilmore Girls and The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel P  …
April 24, 2025
  Season 2
Black Snow
Available on: AMC+/Sundance Now
Set against the striking Glass House Mountains in Queensland, Australia, Black Snow blends psychological drama with a mystery that alternates between two timelines, pivoting a deeply conflicted detective (Vikings’ Travis Fimmel) as he investigates a cold case involving the disappearance of a 21-year  …
April 24, 2025
  Season 5
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Available on: Netflix More Netflix
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April 22, 2025
  Season 2
Andor S2
Available on: Disney More Disney+
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April 22, 2025
  Season 1
Race for the Crown
Available on: Netflix More Netflix
With the Kentucky Derby coming up May 3rd, this Netflix docuseries heads behind the race tracks into the high stakes lives and controversies surrounding the jockeys, trainers, and gambling billionaires who collide in the world of thoroughbred horse racing. Visually stunning and riveting. Six episode  …
April 21, 2025
Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey
Available on: Netflix More Netflix
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  Season 2
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Available on: HBO Max More HBO Max
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Grand Tour
Available on: PVOD
A hypnotic art house film that earned a Best Director prize at last years Cannes, Grand Tour is split into two halves. The first follows a British colonial officer as he flees a yet unseen fiancée in Myanmar, and roams through Singapore, Bangkok, Saigon, Manila, and Osaka in a kind of existential cr  …



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