This Zoom thing seems to be helping BAFTA to get some more interesting names. Case in point…
Crystal Moselle first made waves with her debut doc feature, 2015 Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning documentary The Wolfpack – an incredible portrait of New York’s Angulo siblings as they spend their time locked away from the outside world re-staging their favourite films. Moselle met the siblings completely by chance, as she did the non-actor, skateboarding teenagers of Skate Kitchen (2018) and her recently released HBO series Betty.
TMINE has had a little bit more time to watch things this week – and more importantly, to write about them. Interested in Steve Carrell’s new show, Space Force (Netflix)? Then not only can you read TMINE’s third-episode verdict from earlier in the week, I’ve watched a few more episodes since then – I’ll tell you about them after the jump.
Covideodrome made a reappearance, too, taking in the Very Important Movie Just Mercy (2019).
Usual lockdown rules, even though lockdown is easing: I’m going to try to watch all of these but there’s a fair chance I may end up watching none because Life.
As far as I can see, though, there’s not much on. Certainly not much new. Season 2 of Das Boot (Germany: Sky; UK: Sky Atlantic) starts on Monday. Italian drama Curon (Netflix) starts on Wednesday, but that doesn’t look any more appealing than Saudi Arabian drama Whispers (Netflix), which starts the same day.
Unless I start looking at some of the shows sitting in my backlog, next week is going to see more than a couple of visits to Covideodrome on TMINE…
After the jump, as well as the aforementioned Love Life and Space Force, there’s the infinitesimally small list of regulars: Star Girl and What We Do In The Shadows. Joining them will be new Australian Cold War dramedy Operation Buffalo. All of those in a mo.
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