Film (2022)
Documentary
Directed by Amy Poehler
A balanced and comprehensive account of the lives and careers of the great comic duo, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, individually and as a pair, narrated from the perspective of their daughter Luci.
Movies
Don’t Look Up
Film (2021)
Written and directed by
Adam McKay
Netflix
With Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep , Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet
A rollicking farce about a comet headed for earth, the two astronomers who discover it, and the completely ineffective government which responds to it.
Belfast
Film (2021)
Written and Directed by Kenneth Branagh
A beautifully written, directed, and produced film set in the late 1960s in Belfast in the middle of the troubles between Protestants and Catholics.
In The Heights
Film, Musical (2021)
Directed by Jon M. Chu
Based on the musical stage play by Quiara Alegría Hudes and
Lin-Manuel Miranda
A hard not-to-like extravaganza about Washington Heights, Manhattan with Bollywood-type dance scenes and unexpected special effects, based on the 2008 musical by the Hamilton wiz Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Gowns and Pajamas
Watching the 2021 Virtual Golden Globes
Television, Film
NBC
February 28, 2021
By Tim Jackson
A wry look at this year’s pandemic virtual Golden Globes, strung together from a lot of different celebrity living rooms.