Sing Street 🎸
Plus, the trailer for a movie about the Long Island serial killer and a new 'Star Wars' director already?
🍾 Happy Friday!
We’re talking about movie musicals this week! Today’s recommendation is an underseen Irish gem (that’ll soon be seen on Broadway). Miss any of this week’s recommendations? Check out all my recommendations here.
Plus, the trailer for a new Netflix true crime movie and a rundown of this week’s movie news.
Some housekeeping: Next week, I’m going to try out a new schedule. You’ll be getting recommendations on Monday and Thursday (plus, some extra content as always). I’ll also make some changes to the subject lines. Let me know what you think by replying!
Okay, here’s day three.
Today's movie // Streaming on Prime Video (w/ IMDb TV)Sing Street
Set in 1980s Ireland, Sing Street follows Cosmo (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo), a teen attending a private Christian school, forms a band in an effort to get his crush (Lucy Boynton) to star in a music video with him. [Trailer]
Why you should watch it: Sing Street came in the middle of the wave of 80s set and inspired TV shows and more than others it immerses you in everything from the music, the fashion, and the attitude. Director John Carney, who broke out with his stunning movie Once, is obsessed with the power of music. In Sing Street, he explores music as a source of escape. The synth-powered musical numbers do exactly that, especially “Drive It Like You Stole It,” which was egregiously snubbed for Best Original Song at the Oscars. As charming as most of the movie is, it has a melancholic undertone that makes it more than a feel-good musical.
Directed by John Carney
Runtime 106 mins
Year 2016
Genre Musical Coming-of-Age
📺 Buy or rent: Prime Video // iTunes // YouTube
One trailer you should watchLost Girls
From Netflix: Mari Gilbert relentlessly drives law enforcement agents to search for her missing daughter and, in the process, sheds light on a wave of unsolved murders of young female sex workers on the South Shore barrier islands of Long Island committed by the Long Island serial killer.
My take: If you listened to any true crime podcast, you know the story of the Long Island serial killer. And while true crime has been done in long-form on Netflix, we haven’t really gotten a feature version. Director Liz Garbus, a documentarian, is making her narrative feature debut, which is an inspired choice for the story.
Directed by Liz Garbus
Runtime 95 mins
Year 2020
Genre Drama Mystery
📺 On Netflix March 13, 2020.
In movie newsThe future of Star Wars, Apple TV+’s first movie, & the Oscars by the numbers
🌌 Taika Waititi is reportedly in talks to direct a Star Wars movie. The news comes on the heels of his first Oscar nomination for Best Picture and The Rise of Skywalker’s lackluster debut. It’s unclear if this is a new trilogy (because the last one went soooo well). [The Hollywood Reporter]
⚡️ Apple TV+ will release their first feature film *in theaters* this March. The Banker, which stars Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Nia Long, and Nicholas Hoult, was slated for release for this awards season but was put on hold after controversy arose about the film subject’s family. [Variety]
🏆 Joe Reid broke down the 2020 Oscar nominations by the numbers. Of note, there is just one actor of color nominated, 63% of all nominations went to the Best Picture nominees, and it’s been 29 years since Joe Pesci’s last Oscar nomination. [Vulture]
Thanks for reading! Watch anything good this weekend? Let me know by replying.
See you Monday!
Karl (@karl_delo)