MaryAnn’s quick take: Smart, sophisticated spy-versus-spy nonsense makes for a perfect little cinematic contraption. Black Bag is tense and tricksy, but much more deliciously, its espionage mind games come with a sexy screwball vibe. Read the review…
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Superboys of Malegaon movie review: making movies with his friends - Gentle, charming dramedy about pals in middle-of-nowhere India making amateur movies. The giddy glee in this winsome portrait of geeky passion and enduring friendship is all-around infectious.movies for the resistance
How to Blow Up a Pipeline movie review: it means the earth to them - A heist drama, incendiary and intense, with planetary stakes. These young people are desperate, with nothing to lose, and everyone older than them made them this way. Nihilism is their only optimism.21st-century sci-fi
Robot Dreams movie review: sighs of the machines - Immerse yourself in pure unalloyed joy with a sweet, deceptively simple carbon-silicon platonic romance. Even the poignant bittersweetness of this emotional roller coaster is affirming and uplifting.streaming watchlist
curated cinema: the madness and genius of Brian Wilson - 2015’s Love & Mercy is on Prime and Apple TV+ on both sides of the Atlantic.classic film virgin
classic film virgin: Top Gun (1986) - Cold War propaganda that is weirdly apolitical. Sunny, breezy homoeroticism that is surely unintentional. What a hoot this is! Mostly not in a good way, but its impact on pop culture cannot be denied.sponsored
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