Watch List Weekly Recap 10/21/22
Bad sisters, lost actors, and necessary history lessons highlight this week's postings.
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The midweek post had me parsing the slightly problematic season finale of Apple TV+’s excellent “Bad Sisters,” as well as linking to a short doc about a short-lived movie star (John Cazale, above with then-partner Meryl Streep), and a quick paean to the art of sleazy pulp novel cover art.
Catching up on new movies in theaters and on VOD (with still more coming next week), I reviewed two galvanizing premieres, “Till” (⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 1/2) and “The Banshees of Inisherin” (⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐ ), as well as “Raymond & Ray” (⭐ ⭐ 1/2), a so-so Apple TV+ drama with above-average performances, and “Descendant” (⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐ ), a moving dive into a crucial pocket of US history on Netflix.
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