Nominated for the Best Picture Oscar and Best Adapted Screenplay, Nickel Boys tells the true story of two teens in the Jim Crow-era south who managed to form a bond in a notorious Florida reform school where boys were beaten and sexually abused. Adapted from Colson Whithead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the film is “a mesmerizing,
A riveting and revealing three-episode documentary that shares multiple sides of the story behind the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu and America’s involvement in the Somali Civil War, which inspired the award-winning 2002 Ridley Scott film Black Hawk Down.
A shocking four-part docuseries that captures how a violent white supremacist gang in Texas rose up to terrifying prominence in the late 2000s, committing murders and trafficking drugs, and the ATF agent and former girlfriend who risked their lives to go undercover and take them down.
Inspired by the story of an Australian Instagram influencer (played by Kaitlyn Dever), who in the midst of a rivalry with a blogger fighting cancer (Alycia Debnam-Carey), fakes a brain tumor and inks book and app deals based on how she “beat” cancer. From The Guardian‘s Lucy Mangan: “Apple Cider Vinegar is a fast, drily
The legendary producer Norman Lear (RIP) was behind this sitcom about an aging car wash owner (George Wallace) who is excited to welcome home his estranged son after 17 years until he discovers “he” is now a transwoman (Laverne Cox). All eight episodes stream today. From Variety’s Aramide Tinubu: “The series is heartfelt, well-acted and
With cancer on the rise among younger generations, this ultimately uplifting documentary strikes a chord as it captures the journey of 20-year-old Isabella Strahan, who was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor during her freshman year of college. It reveals what she learned about early detection and treatment, and how she’s coped with the emotional
After a crossing paths at a friend’s funeral, a free spirited woman and a man fresh from a breakup and a cancer diagnosis find an unlikely connection in this sweet-with-an-edge Spanish rom-com series that has grabbed attention across Europe.
The first Indian film to win the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, All We Imagine as Light follows the lives of two nurses in modern day Mumbai who’ve become unlikely roommates – one separated from her husband after an arranged marriage, the other younger and dating a Muslim man as Islamaphobia rises around
With a British outsider’s view of American politics, John Oliver is more needed than ever as he takes on Trump Two’s overwhelming developments with a mix of timely news segments, editorial takes, and deadpan wit. The show’s ability to capture and distill complex issues – and drive actual impact – has earned it repeated Emmy
Just nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, this is the tense, dramatized story of the Munich Olympics massacre told from the perspective of the ABC Sports team, which was suddenly forced to pivot from covering gymnastics to narrating a live hostage crisis as it unfolded –bracing for the possibility of an on-air killing