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daily stream: welcome to the new year’s revolution…

Sun, Dec 31, 2023
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2014’s Snowpiercer is on Hulu and Netflix in the US, Lionsgate+ and Mubi in the UK (and other services too).

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daily stream: no place like home for the apocalypse

Tue, Dec 26, 2023
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2021’s Silent Night is on AMC+ in the US, Prime in the UK, and other services as well.

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daily stream: cheerfully bonkers B-movie Christmas melodrama

Sat, Dec 23, 2023
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1940’s Beyond Christmas (aka Beyond Tomorrow) is in the public domain, and streaming at Internet Archive and on Prime on both sides of the Atlantic, and elsewhere too.

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daily stream: why does a movie about depressed writers feel festive? I try to explain…

Fri, Dec 22, 2023
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2000’s Wonder Boys is on Paramount+ in the US (and other services, too), and exclusively on BBC iPlayer in the UK.

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daily stream: you’d better watch out — no, *really*…

Thu, Dec 21, 2023
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2010’s Rare Exports is on Kanopy in the US, Mubi in the UK (and lots of other services, too).

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daily stream: a celebratory movie for when you want to feel festive but not Christmassy

Tue, Dec 19, 2023
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1987’s Babette’s Feast is on Max in the US, Curzon Home Cinema in the UK, and on other services, too.

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loaded question: how could the McAllisters afford that house and that Paris trip in ‘Home Alone’? (wrong answers only)

Mon, Dec 18, 2023
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I mean, obviously, Kevin’s dad is either in finance or in the mafia, but those are boring answers to the question. What are the bonkers possibilities?

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daily stream: the political power and religious delusion of the US–Israel relationship

Sun, Dec 17, 2023
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2021’s ’Til Kingdom Come is on Prime in the US, BBC iPlayer in the UK.

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daily stream: the Israeli men in charge of policing Palestine

Sat, Dec 16, 2023
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2013’s The Gatekeepers is on Prime and Apple TV in the US; not streaming in the UK.

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daily stream: traveling hopefully to Palestine

Thu, Dec 14, 2023
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2013’s Inch’Allah is on Prime in the US; not streaming in the UK.

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