Watch List Weekly Recap 5/26/23

Henry James in 21st-century New York, Joaquin Phoenix in day-after-tomorrow L.A., a tale of male friendship in the Italian Alps, and much, much more.

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Just to keep things simple: A new (and hopefully weekly) feature that boosts one movie and one movie only.

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A new Watchcast! L.A.-based film critic Amy Nicholson and I go deep on the prescient 2013 human/AI romance “Her,” starring Joaquin Phoenix (below) and the voice of Scarlett Johansson.

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The Friday round-up is chock full of farewells (Tina Turner, Kenneth Anger, “Succession”), botched arrivals (hello, streaming platform MAX), two ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 1/2 movies (“The Eight Mountains,” below, and “You Hurt My Feelings”), a Disney remake, a Mary Tyler Moore documentary, and a rudely funny new series on Apple TV+.

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