We Met in Virtual Reality

Filmed entirely in the world of virtual reality, this immersive and revealing animated documentary explores communities formed within VR Chat. This critically-acclaimed film examines the growing power and intimacy of relationships formed in the virtual world, many of which formed during the COVID-19 lockdown while so many in the physical world were facing intense isolation.

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December 5, 2023
Subject
Available on: YouTube
Imagine being the daughter of the subject of The Staircase, or one of the subjects of Capturing the Friedman, and how your life changes in the wake of sitting before cameras. Subject explores the unintended consequences of having your life shared on screen, featuring people who were the subjects of  …
December 5, 2023
Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, and Reckoning
Available on: HBO Max More HBO Max
Co-produced by HBO and the Boston Globe, the three-part docuseries pivots around the infamous 1989 murder of a pregnant Carol Stuart in a Black neighborhood of Boston, and begins by examining the roots of racial tensions in the city, followed by the “rampage” the police unleashed on Black communitie  …
December 5, 2023
Better Days
Available on: iTunes
An sharply written indie Canadian comedy-drama about a woman starting over after her husband of 30 years dies suddenly, and the unlikely (befriending teenagers) and likely (vodka) ways she copes, and how her adult kids end up getting involved.  One to watch with the middle aged single parents facing  …
December 5, 2023
Killers of the Flower Moon
Available on: YouTube
After a theatrical run, Martin Scorsese’s Oscar contender arrives on streaming on demand (Google/YouTube/Prime for $19.99). The three and a half hour historical epic is set in the early 1920s, after oil was discovered on the land of the Osage people of Oklahoma and a series of deaths within the Nati  …
December 5, 2023
A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
Available on: YouTube
For fans of Star Wars and the 70s, a documentary that has some fun with the unlikely variety show known as “The Star Wars Holiday Special,” which aired in ’78 in the wake of the original Star Wars debut. Interviews everyone from Weird Al Yankovic to Kevin Smith to Donny Osmond put the franchise – an  …
December 3, 2023
Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen
Available on: OTHER
PBS has been delivering a steady stream of smart, engrossing mystery dramas each Sunday night. This time, they pull back the curtain on the life of one of the widely read mystery novelists — Agatha Christie — whose work inspired so many others. The three-part docuseries, narrated by historian Lucy  …
December 3, 2023
Chowchilla
Available on: HBO Max More HBO Max
A riveting, distressing documentary about the headline-making 1976 kidnapping of a school bus full of kids in Chowchilla, California, and how the 16 hour ordeal led to lifelong trauma for the 26 kids — who were ages 5 to 14 at the time. Interviews with the adult kids explore the shock waves and aft  …
December 3, 2023
Last Week Tonight
Available on: HBO Max More HBO Max
As the news becomes more alarming, many turn to late night comedy to help process the overwhelm. John Oliver’s HBO series has been delivering timely new episodes each Sunday night, boldly tackling the latest headlines while often shedding new insights, thanks to carefully researched segments and the  …
December 1, 2023
May December
Available on: Netflix More Netflix
Arriving on Netflix after a theatrical release, this is the story of Gracie (Julianne Moore), who is now living an under the radar life as a mother and wife 20 years after she became tabloid fodder and went to jail for her relationship with a 13-year-old boy.  When an actress (Natalie Portman) hired  …
December 1, 2023
Candy Cane Lane
Available on: Prime Video More Prime
Ignore the Hallmarkian title, as this is Eddie Murphy’s first holiday film, and it’s conceit is original.  He plays a dad who gets carried away trying to win the neighborhood’s decorating contest, and ends up making a deal with an elf, which converts several of his family members to elf sized creatu  …
December 1, 2023
Spirited
Available on: AppleTV More AppleTV+
A 13+ singalong version of last December’s Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell song and dance twist on the Dickens classic, the modern day tale — aimed at Family Movie Night — goes like this: The Ghost of Christmas Present (Ferrell) picks a “dark soul” in need of reform each year, and sets up visits fr  …
December 1, 2023
The World According to Football
Available on: Showtime More Showtime
Narrated and produced by Trevor Noah, the five-part docuseries about the importance of soccer around the world and the issues the sport must contend with.  Dropping viewers into a different country in each episode — Brazil, US, UK, France, and Qatar — the soccer/football teams and their fans contend  …



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