If you have 70 minutes
Brasse Vannie Kaap — Showmax
Director Lauren Scholz’s heartfelt documentary traces the formation of Cape Town’s Afrikaans hip-hop pioneers, formed from the ashes of Prophets of Da City and after
Ready D and DJ Fat’s fateful meeting of minds as a new, less political more celebratory post-apartheid crew. Featuring interviews with past members and the stars of the Afrikaans scene on whom they left an indelible mark, the film takes you back to the
mid-1990s.
If you have 90 minutes
Lonely Planet — Netflix
Laura Dern stars in Erin Brockovich writer Susannah Grant’s drama as a woman who, while at a retreat in Morocco, meets a dashing young man (Liam Hemsworth) with whom she soon embarks on a love affair that will change both their lives indelibly.
If you have 2 hours
The Boy and the Heron — Netflix
Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki won this year’s best animated feature Oscar for this visually impressive and emotionally affecting drama about a young boy who, after his mother’s death and his father’s remarriage, finds solace in a fantastical world where the living and the dead coexist.
If you have 4 hours
Hacks Season 3 — Showmax
Fresh off another Emmy win for leading actress in a comedy series, Jean Smart returns as cynical Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance in a new season of drily, sharp-witted and touching adventures in the company of her 20-something assistant and protégé Ava (Hannah Einbinder).
If you have 6 hours
La Máquina — Disney+
Longtime friends and Mexican cinema breakout stars Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal are reunited for this bittersweet dramedy in which Bernal plays an ageing boxer who's convinced by his dedicated manager — played by Luna — to return for one last shot at the title. The only things standing in their way are the boxer’s ravaged mental faculties and nefarious underworld thugs with other plans in mind.
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