Watch List Weekly Recap 6/17/23
Swedish punkettes, Zen birds in Brooklyn, a farewell to Glenda Jackson, new Wes Anderson, and more.
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Good Movies 📽
One Good Film: "We Are The Best!" (2013)
Ty Burr • Jun 12, 2023
An adorably ragged Swedish comedy about three disaffected middle school girls who start a rock group just to piss everybody off. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 1/2
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Zen Journal
Zen Diary: A Bird List Grows in Brooklyn
Ty Burr • Jun 14, 2023
The first entry in a new opt-in section featuring writings specific to my exploration and practice of Zen Buddhism. (To receive these posts, you'll need to turn on the “Zen Journal” option on your Watch List account page.)
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Remembrances ⭐️
Glenda Jackson 1936-2023
Ty Burr • Jun 15, 2023
Despite her flinty self-possession, Glenda Jackson was surprisingly evanescent as a public person, at least on the American side of the Atlantic. She arrived bewitching Highland cattle and winning an Oscar in Ken Russell’s D.H. Lawrence adaptation “Women in Love” (1969), and it was clear from frame one t…
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Good Movies 📽
What To Watch: Go Wes, Young Man
Ty Burr • Jun 16, 2023
Reviews of "Asteroid City" (⭐ ⭐ ⭐) and "Blue Jean" (⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 1/2) in theaters, "Maggie Moore(s)" (⭐ ⭐ 1/2) and Christian Cooper's "Extraordinary Birder" (⭐ ⭐ ⭐) on VOD.
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