Using restored footage from the frontlines of both the warring Allied and Axis powers during World War II, as well as interviews with people from multiple countries who lived through both sides of it, this Netflix docuseries captures the brutality of the world’s largest conflict that resulted in the deaths of more than 85 million […]
A biologist struggling with alcoholism signs onto a work assignment on one of the most remote and northernmost of Scotland’s Orkney Islands, as a way for her to outrun her addictive impulses, reconnect with her love of nature and find new meaning in her life. Saoirse Ronan starts in the drama based on an adaptation […]
An enterprising divorced law firm clerk struggling to support her three young children seeks justice when she discovers a large corporation is trying to hide the illegal chemical poisoning of the ground water of a small California community where residents are now suffering from related cancers. Julia Roberts and Albert Finney star in this biopic […]
Fate brings together a frustrated Irish language teacher with two self-proclaimed “low life ‘hood scum” who deal drugs and make rap music in 2019 Belfast. Together they form the hip-hop group Kneecap, re-introducing the nearly extinct Irish language to an entire generation of young people. The group’s real-life members – Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and […]
A precocious pre-teen and her single mother navigate relationships with others – and one another – in 1991 rural Massachusetts. Newcomer Zoe Ziegler and Julianne Nicholson (Mare of Easttown) star in this coming-of-age drama that explores the relationships between single moms and their children. Annie Baker’s feature film debut is more a self-indulgent character study […]
A pregnant South Korean woman finds her relationship with her husband strained when he starts sleepwalking, with increasingly dangerous results and no memory of the night before. Jung Yu-mi (Train to Busan) and the late Lee Sun-kyun (Parasite) star in this psychological mystery/horror. In his directorial debut, writer/director Jason Yu blends quirky dark humor with […]
A couple of naive young Mormon missionaries find themselves caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse when a seemingly jovial recluse lures them inside his house and into his basement. Once there, he presents them with a chilling choice intended to test their faith. Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East star in this […]
A well-known Hollywood esthetician starts to unravel on the eve of a big new product launch after an increasingly disturbing series of events prompts her to suspect sabotage by an up-and-coming skincare rival. Elizabeth Banks, Jason Manuel Olazabel and Lewis Pullman star in this thriller based on a true story. Skincare is a cautionary tale […]
When an emotionally-troubled actor starts behaving erratically during the production of an exorcism horror movie, his teenage daughter wonders whether his prior drug and alcohol addictions are resurfacing or if something more sinister is causing this shocking instance of life imitating art. Russell Crowe and Ryan Simpkins star in this supernatural horror. The film is […]
The rise, fall and resurgence of trailblazing home design icon Martha Stewart, America’s first self-made female billionaire, is profiled in this Netflix documentary, in which Stewart also shares details from her five-month prison sentence in 2005 for obstructing justice during an investigation of insider stock trading. After a quick recap of Stewart’s not-so-ideal childhood and […]