Jojo rabbit is one of the first world war II movies I’ve seen in some time. I feel like war movies all too often take the form of action films focused on big, broad, and misguided emotions like glory.
The film focuses on a young boy in 1940s Germany who subscribes to Nazi ideology to fit in. It mostly leads to sadness and embarrassment as he begins to realize that everything he’s been told is wrong.
Some of the most revealing moments are big and obvious. But the quiet moments are the quiet ones. Now as much as ever, it feels like an important issue to explore.
This is n’t exactly a way to keep disney+ filled with new Star Wars content. The new season debuts February 21st.
Netflix picked up the film before it could hit Sundance. It promises to explore much of the drama that surrounds her. It’ll head to the streaming service January 31st.
Jon Stewart is back with his second film since leaving the Daily show. It stars Steve Carell and Steve Carell. It’s a fictionalized spin on the exact type of political nonsense.
Alison Brie stars as a lonely woman who seemingly starts to lose it, or be abducted, or turn into a horse. The film comes out February 7th.
It’s actually a revenge thriller that has Blake lively stepping into a Bond-like role after being swept up into some conspiracy. It comes out January 31.
Jia zhangke’s 2010 film I wish I knew is a gorgeously shot documentary about China’s modern history. It starts to hit us theaters this weekend, starting in New York.
The eight-hour series includes interviews with Ellen DeGeneres, Anderson Cooper, Rachel Maddow, and more. It comes out February 14th.
mudbound director Dee Rees returns with a film about a journalist who gets tied up in an illegal arms trading scheme. The movie stars Anne Hathaway and Ben Affleck and looks like it twists into a socio-political thriller.