You can only see Infinity War so many times before succumbing to crippling depression, so here’s a whole bunch of other stuff to watch if you need to spend a couple of hours indoors this holiday weekend.
Book Club: Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen play women whose lives are turned upside-down when they read Fifty Shades Of Grey and oh my god these women are legends is there truly nothing else they could be doing. Rad saw it.
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat: Kevin is underwhelmed by Sara Driver’s documentary about the pop-art legend and the scene from which he emerged. I still really want to see it, though.
The Child Remains: As he discussed on the podcast this week, Michael Melski’s East Coast chiller owes a modest debt to old-school horrors like The Changeling — and manages to deliver on it.
Deadpool 2: Ryan Reynolds and crew return for another round of ultraviolent fourth-wall breaking, which is decent enough even though it struggles with a sense of been-there-dangled-that … and a director who clearly isn’t too comfortable with comedy.
Disobedience: Susan respects Sebastian Leilo’s drama — starring Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz as women drawn to one another in London’s Orthodox Jewish community — more than she actually enjoys it.
A Man of Integrity: Mohammed Rasoulof’s first film since Manuscripts Don’t Burn is an allegorical drama about a goldfish farmer trying to open a sluice gate. It’s more complicated than it sounds.
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word: Jose can respect Wim Wenders’ biographical documentary of the current pope, even if what’s missing is all too apparent.
RBG: And speaking of biographical docs that don’t push too hard into their subjects, here’s one about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court justice turned unlikely pop-culture star.
Show Dogs: Will Arnett and a talking dog investigate stuff. I dunno. Didn’t see it.
Venus: Kevin is on board with Eisha Marjara’s unusual family dramedy, starring Debargo Sanyal as a trans woman who discovers she fathered a child back in high school.
…. there, now you’re all caught up. Aren’t you lucky.