Watch List Weekly Recap 12/17/21
Weird movie promo junk, Italian nostalgia tours, bad mothers, and ex-Monkees were some of the topics covered this week.
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Tuesday’s newsletter was an ode to swag, the free junk that movie companies send out to raise awareness and annoy reviewers. In other words: Merch, the good, the bad, and the truly bizarre (i.e., the promotional chain-saw I once received in the mail).
On Wednesday, I directed readers to “The Hand of God” on Netflix, a visually ravishing, emotionally affecting memory play from Paolo Sorrentino (”The Great Beauty”). Plus: Going down the Mike Nesmith rabbit hole.
For the Friday round-up of new releases, I highly recommended “The Lost Daughter,” based on an Elena Ferrante novel and featuring two arresting performances by Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley (below). Also: Guillermo del Toro’s remake of “Nightmare Alley” and dueling Mahershala Alis in “Swan Song.”
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