Friday 1 May 2020

For what it's worth...



My top ten streaming picks (for the week beginning May 1, 2020):

1 (new) The Assistant (15) **** (Curzon, BFI)
2 (new) Ema (15) **** (MUBI)
3. And Then We Danced (15) **** (Curzon, BFI)
4. Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (12A) **** (via Amazon Prime)
5. A Russian Youth (uncertificated) *** (MUBI)
6. Moffie (18) *** (Curzon)
7 (new) Why Don't You Just Die! (18) *** (Arrow TV, via Amazon Prime)
8. Ghost Town Anthology (uncertificated) *** (MUBI UK)
9. Who You Think I Am (15) *** (Curzon)
10. The Grand Bizarre (uncertificated) *** (MUBI UK)


DVD/Blu-Ray/Download top ten: 

1 (1) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (12)

2 (2) Jumanji: The Next Level (12)
3 (new) Birds of Prey, or... (15)
4 (new) Spies in Disguise (PG)
5 (4) Frozen II (U) **
6 (3) Sonic the Hedgehog (PG)
7 (new) Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (12) ***
8 (5) Blue Story (15) ***
9 (7) Knives Out (12) ***
10 (6) Trolls (U)

(source: officialcharts.com)

My top five: 
1. 
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2. 1917
3. Talking About Trees
4. Bacurau
5. Why Don't You Just Die!


Top five films on terrestrial television:
1. The Wooden Horse (BBC2, Thursday, 2.50pm)
2. Ruby Sparks (C4, Wednesday, 1.25am)
3. The King's Speech (BBC1, Sunday, 10.35pm)
4. You've Got Mail [above] (five, Saturday, 2.10pm)
5. The Mask (five, Saturday, 12.05pm)

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