Kelly Reichardt proved herself one of the world’s best independent filmmakers with this slow, thought-provoking revisionist Western, following a group of settlers who wind their way across the Oregon desert. Meek’s Cutoff (2010) – Amazon Prime via MUBI It’s the screen equivalent of drinking a cuppa. Terence Davies’ The Long Day Closes is a perfect example – a lyrical snapshot into the life of a family in 1950s Liverpool. With anxiety running high, you’ll want to spend time in the company of films emanating warmth. The Long Day Closes (1992) – Amazon Prime Beginning in the lush forests of an Oregon park, Debra Granik’s acclaimed follow-up to Winter’s Bone is a vibrant, heartbreaking exploration of a life lived defiantly off the grid. JSĪnchored by two sublime performances from Ben Foster ( Hell or High Water) and Thomasin McKenzie ( JoJo Rabbit), Leave No Trace tells the story of an unhoused war veteran suffering from PTSD and his teenage daughter. With every one of its titles set to be available to stream next month, might we suggest the extremely pleasant Kiki’s Delivery Service? The film, which follows a young witch-in-training as she moves away from her family home, is a vibrant choice to keep you company at such dark times. Netflix really added the Studio Ghibli collection at the right time. That phone call to your parents you’ve been putting off because you just can’t be bothered? Watch Mother and you’ll immediately recognise the error of your ways. Then there’s Mother, his lovely two-hander with Debbie Reynolds, about a directionless middle-aged man determined to reconnect with the overbearing mother he’s spent much of his life resenting. His Nineties work is probably the best entry-point for Brooks newcomers, notably the zany afterlife romcom Defending Your Life, which co-stars a luminous Meryl Streep. ALĪlbert Brooks is one of America’s unsung heroes of black comedy, whose pioneering films (including Real Life and Modern Romance) are studies in love, nihilism and fate. Centring around punky WWE wrestler Paige (Florence Pugh), Fighting with My Family follows the teen as she digs deep in order to find what it takes to become a star. They might be body slamming each other in the wrestling ring, but this family film gets seriously warm and fuzzy. It’s an emotional fistfight of a film so heads-up, you will be crying – but for all the right reasons. The heartwarming flick stars Golden Globe-winner Awkwafina as the Chinese-born and US-raised Billi who returns to Changchun to find that their family’s matriarch Nai-Nai has not been informed that she has only weeks to live. With The Farewell, writer and director Lulu Wang created one of the decade’s best films. A pre-fame Liv Tyler and Renee Zellweger are among the record shop’s employees. Somehow it is still incredibly powerful, though – buoyant and silly, and sharing DNA with Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused in its hazy charm. Set in an independent record shop threatened by the impending arrival of a nefarious CD chain, it’s about as familiar to the present day as something with cavemen in it. Sometimes sad, sometimes funny and profoundly moving throughout, this Netflix original documentary is unlike any other.įew films released in the recent past feel as much beamed from an entirely different universe as Empire Records. Dick Johnson is Dead sees its subject, a retired psychiatrist, stage elaborate re-enactments of his own demise, in clips which are interspersed with footage of Johnson’s home life. When her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, documentary filmmaker Kirsten Johnson decided to celebrate his life – and examine his impending death – the only way she knew how: by filming it.
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