Underrated comedies on Netflix
Ten hilarious comedies you may have missed currently streaming on Netflix.
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Sense of Place: 10 great books, 10 great places
As COVID-19 has driven us indoors, let your mind explore with great storytelling. These ten novels are each a celebration and exploration of place in fiction.
COVID and Chill: 20 great erotic thrillers
American Gigolo Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, […]
Great movies w/ no sex scenes to watch with your family in isolation
Spare your shared quarantine added awkwardness: great movies with no sex scenes.
20 of the best streaming original movies and where to watch them
20. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese Netflix Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled […]
Confined Quarters: 10 of the best films set in tight spots
10. Locke Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve […]
All Aboard! 10 of the best boat movies
10. Captain Philips The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the […]
Beginner’s guide to foreign films: Part Two
With more time on your hands, now is the perfect time to discover the joys of foreign language cinema. Below is a handy guide […]
Don’t send me your therapy bill: a dozen movies that embrace melancholy
Spoiler alert: these 12 great movies celebrate lyrical loneliness.
Great Escapes: 10 of the best cinematic escapes
Feeling restless and wanting to escape? Stay home and watch these 10 great escapes.
Letter from the Editor: Finding consolation and hope in “The Plague” and “The Seventh Seal”
In this time of collective loss—while the nation, Decorah, and myself are scrambling to figure out who and what we are—I’ve lately found consolation in two works of art: Albert Camus’s novel “The Plague” and Ingmar Bergman’s film “The Seventh Seal.” Both artists deal head-on with plague and though both works wrestle unflinchingly with the physical and emotional devastation of plague, nevertheless they each offer a hopeful testament to human goodness and the moral value of life and human connection.
Beginner’s guide to foreign films
With more time on your hands, now is the perfect time to discover the joys of foreign language cinema. Knowing where to start can be tricky. Here is a handy guide for getting started. I’ve taken 12 English language masterpieces and for each one selected a foreign language film that’s similar in story, genre, style, or tone.