The Beautiful Game

The Beautiful Game

Inspired by the real-world “Homeless World Cup,” Bill Nighy stars as Mal, the manager of an English soccer team comprised of unhoused men, who believes that his talented but troubled new prospect (Micheal Ward) could lead them all the way to the championship. Uplifting and amusing, the dramedy was directed by Thea Sharrock (Me Before

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A Gentleman in Moscow

A Gentleman in Moscow

Set in Moscow in 1921, four years after the Russian Revolution, a pampered Russian aristocrat (Ewan McGregor) is placed under permanent house arrest by the Bolsheviks in a hotel — where befriends the waiters, concierge, musicians and various luminaries. A charming historical drama is based on the award-winning 2016 novel by Amor Towles. Mary Elizabeth

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Lisa Frankenstein

Set in 1989, an awkward teen struggling to fit into a new town finds solace in a handsome gravestone bust…who comes to life to become her new boyfriend in this gothic dark comedy romance written by Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body). Starring Cole Sprouse and Kathryn Newton, reviews are mixed, but the film will appeal to

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Pennsylvania rust belt murder mystery drama American Rust

American Rust

Season 2 of the crime drama starring Jeff Daniels as the chief of police in a small Pennsylvania Rust Belt town who must decide how far he will go to protect the son of a woman he loves (Maura Tierney) from murder charges. The opioid epidemic and its connection to dying towns play a part

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Best new date night movie Taste of Things

The Taste of Things

Set in 1889, Eugenie (Juliette Binoche) is a cook in the kitchen of the celebrated gourmet Dodin (Benoît Magimel), until their mutual admiration turns into a romantic relationship and an paralleled culinary partnership. When Eugenie insists on her freedom over marriage, Dodin tries something he has never done before. Written and directed by Trần Anh

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We Were the Lucky Ones holocaust series on Hulu with Jamie King

We Were the Lucky Ones

A Jewish family’s quest to find each other again after World War II ultimately separates them in this adaptation of the Georgia Hunter novel inspired by the story of her relatives. Joey King and Logan Lerman head the cast of an eight-episode series.  From the Boston Globe’s Matthew Gilbert: “…it joins a growing inventory of

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Time

A grounded and often gripping British prison drama from Britbox, Time returns after three years with a second season and pivots to an anthology about three women inmates, one a single mom, one a heroin addict, and the third a “hard core lifer.” Starring Emmy nominee Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us, Game of Thrones),

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Buddhist drama The Believers Netflix

The Believers

After their start-up crashes and burns, a team of Thai entrepreneurs are under pressure to repay their loan. They stumble upon the idea to upgrade and rebrand a Buddhist temple to drum up funds as newly reinvented monks in this tense crime drama with English subtitles.

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Young David Byrne in Talking Heads concert movie

Stop Making Sense

Flashback to the 80s with this time capsule concert film – restored and re-released in honor of the Talking Heads 40th anniversary. It captures up close — and in all its shoulder padded glory — a much younger David Byrne, a man who’s still going. From the Seattle Times’ Moira Macdonald: “Watching it leaves you

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Best new horror movie You'll Never Find Me

You’ll Never Find Me

While living in a caravan park, an isolated man gets a visit from a desperate young woman seeking shelter from a violent storm, which begins to feel something more in this surprising, twisty, and critically-praised horror movie. From Paste’s Matt Donato: “Bell and Allen employ big ambitions in a confined area, treating stranger-danger paranoias with

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