Watch List Weekly Recap 6/2/23
Three strangers, two childhood sweethearts, and one extremely messed-up family.
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For this week’s One Good Film recommendation, a documentary that has been haunting me (and, judging by the comments, some of my readers) since the day it came out.
Good Movies 📽
One Good Movie: "Three Identical Strangers"
Ty Burr • May 30, 2023
A regular feature for paid Watch List subscribers: I suggest one reasonably under-the-radar movie from the recent or distant past, and you do what you want with that information. Three Identical Strangers (⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 1/2, streaming on Kanopy, for rent at Amazon, Apple TV, YouTube, and elsewhere
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Was a law passed this week that everyone with a blog had to weigh in on the “Succession” finale? Probably not, but I went ahead and wrote one anyway. “The bleak pleasure of this show – and it was a pleasure to watch for a lot of us – was that it never lost its own moral bearings even as it gave us characters with no morals whatsoever and asked us to pick sides. Well, it didn’t ask us. It just knew we would.”
TV Shows 📺
Off With Their Heads
Ty Burr • May 30, 2023
I can’t let “Succession” disappear into the pop-culture distance without offering a few notes on one of the most dramatically satisfying series finales I’ve ever seen. (Warning: Spoilers ensue.) I was wrong about Kendall (Jeremy Strong) inheriting the throne
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Not much on VOD in terms of new releases this week, but there’s a honey of a drama opening in theaters, as well as a superhero sequel that strains to achieve lift-off.
Good Movies 📽
What To Watch: "Past Lives," Present Sins
Ty Burr • Jun 2, 2023
One of the year’s very best movies – I’m confident I’ll still be saying that in December – opens in limited release today before going wider next week. Also in theaters: A blockbuster let-down that’s going to make pots of money anyway. The good one first: I first saw
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