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Society of the Snow (La sociedad de la nieve) movie review: cold hard crash

Fri, Jan 05, 2024
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A stark, haunting adventure, viscerally terrifying, full of despair, informed by the moral and philosophical quandaries of what it takes to sustain oneself in body and spirit in impossible conditions.

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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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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: secret romance among freedom fighters

Fri, Dec 01, 2023
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2014’s Omar is on Kanopy in the US, Curzon Home Cinema in the UK.

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daily stream: the West Bank we don’t see on the news

Thu, Nov 30, 2023
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2012’s 5 Broken Cameras is on Kanopy in the US, BFI Player in the UK.

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daily stream: desperate women, desperate measures

Thu, Nov 16, 2023
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2008’s Frozen River is on Hulu in the US, BFI Player in the UK.

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daily stream: finding necessary purpose in elderhood

Sun, Nov 12, 2023
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2020’s The Mole Agent is on Hulu and Kanopy in the US, BFI Player and Dogwoof on Demand in the UK.

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daily stream: just another Scorsese masterpiece

Mon, Sep 18, 2023
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2006’s The Departed leaves US Netflix soon; on Prime and Apple TV in the UK.

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loaded question: what are some great movies about unions and the fight for workers’ rights?

Mon, Sep 04, 2023
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Industrial action on a scale unseen in perhaps decades is remaking economic landscapes on both sides of the Atlantic, and such events are rife with the personal and cultural drama movies love…

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daily stream: hey, Adrian!

Fri, Sep 01, 2023
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1976’s Rocky is streaming on Prime in the US and Netflix in the UK, but leaves both services at the end of September.

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