If you have 90 minutes
The Last Journey – rent or buy Apple TV +
It was Sweden’s entry for this year’s Oscars and the most-watched documentary in Swedish history. Directors Filip Hammar and Frederik Wikingsson’s touching film tells the story of its TV duo director’s road trip to France with Hammar’s ageing father to help reignite the missing spark in his dreary retirement years.
If you have 90 minutes
Devo – Netflix
Mark Mothersbaugh and the members of Akron, Ohio punk pioneers, Devo claim they are the world’s most misunderstood band. Chris Smith’s informative documentary tells the story of their formation in the 1970s and their rise to alt-pop cult superstars. The film places their philosophy of de-evolution within the context of their experiences as students at Kent State, the site of a tragic confrontation between anti-Vietnam protesters and Richard Nixon’s National Guard in 1970.
If you have 2 hours
Anora – Showmax
Sean Baker’s multi-Oscar winning social-realist comedy stars Oscar winner Mikey Madison as Ani, a Brooklyn stripper who, when the son of a Russian oligarch falls for her, thinks that she’s about to live her fairy tale as his princess, only to find herself in a whirlwind farce of increasingly tragic proportions as his parents do their utmost to tear the not so star-crossed lovers apart.
If you have 5 hours
Long Story Short – Netflix
Bo-Jack Horsemen creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg makes a welcome return to the world of adult animation with this epic saga of a dysfunctional American Jewish family, as they navigate the relatable everyday dramas of modern life.
If you have 5 hours
Hostage – Netflix
Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy star as the British and French prime ministers forced to make impossible choices when one’s husband is kidnapped and the other receives death threats against her family in creator Matt Charman’s taut, high-stakes, political intrigue thriller series.
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