Tag: Pitch
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The Daily Stream: Small-Town Sitcom Rutherford Falls Is Well Worth A Visit
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Series: “Rutherford Falls“Where You Can Stream It: PeacockThe Pitch: “Rutherford Falls” is set in a small New York town, where a Native American woman named Reagan (Jana…
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The Daily Stream: Horror Seeps Through The Screen In Censor
The Movie: “Censor”Where You Can Stream It: HuluThe Pitch: If you’re a fan of films that veer into the transgressive, the gory, and the deviant, you’re probably familiar with the video nasties. The evocative term was coined in the UK in the early ’80s to describe movies that had managed to bypass the British Board of…
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The Quarantine Stream: Maya Erskine Shines in ‘Plus One’
(Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic.) The Movie: Plus One Where You Can Stream It: Hulu The Pitch: Two friends in their early thirties decide to run the gauntlet of wedding season by being each other’s dates…
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7 New Netflix Shows to Binge in May, and the Best Reasons to Watch
1. “When They See Us” (available May 31)Why Should I Watch? Ava DuVernay is bringing her keen directorial eye to yet another medium. The director of features like “Selma,” TV series like “Queen Sugar,” and documentaries like “13th” is trying her hand at the limited series format with “When They See Us,” a four-hour scripted…