What To Watch: The 15 Best New Movies And TV Shows From April
© NETFLIXHere's a roundup of the best movies and TV shows of the month, as voted by critics in the Wall Street Journal.
At some point during the third episode of The Diplomat, the character rephrases the entire premise of the series: "Can you imagine hiring someone in a key management position just because you think they're good at it?" What happen?
"A lot" is the answer to the second question about this incredibly smart, funny and engaging eight-part Netflix series created by Deborah Kahn (Fosse/Verdon). The answer to the first question is more difficult. Who exactly are we talking about? But who do you mean by "diplomatic"?
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Directed and written by Kelly Fremon Craig, it's charming: sensual, funny and down-to-earth. It's also a rebuttal to many depressing movie trends, including dishonesty or unreality. The kids were so helpless, clumsy and ignorant, but everywhere they saw cute youngsters with special abilities, complete self-confidence and quick pranks for any occasion. The discrepancy between what childhood is and how it is commonly depicted may be a source of growing concern among young people: They cannot meet the standard of being portrayed by children in, say, the Netflix show Wednesday. That's why they were probably casual about naturalism in Margaret.
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The magic of the presto monkey always depends on distraction, but distraction is a "feminine" miracle. Davis" creates a very compelling and disturbing premise through its catchy mix of comedy, action, dark movie references, and Gothic-Catholic farce: God is not dead. He is less efficient than the algorithm.
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Martin Scorsese's apparent interests as a nonfiction filmmaker converge in Identity Crisis: Just One Night, his exploration of a less dark subject: former New York proto-punk rocker and David Johansen mastermind Buster Poindexter has been portrayed as Pompado's living room for decades. lizard and singer standards, new songs and works by David Johansen.
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How are spaghetti western from Finland? "Sisu" is the answer to this question. Full of fear, full of sobs, and with an almost grotesque seriousness, it's sure to please fans of the John Wick franchise. Keep going, everyone who loves to see bad guys get killed in a gruesome yet creative way without wasting time on fantasy stories.
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If you think the much-loved, much-forbidden Judy Bloom has been babysitting impressionable teens for decades, Judy Bloom Forever might not be for you: It's a tribute, celebration, and cheers all rolled into one. But by examining her life, her books, and their relationship, the documentary Judy Bloom Forever reveals one thing few people miss: Mrs. Bloom never talked to her about the dirty things that young people consider important. So he wrote a book on sensitive topics that he thought were important to young people.
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Paint is the sweetest movie surprise of the year so far. The film has much of the youthful grace and dry whimsy of Wes Anderson films, at times quelling the director's obsession with the surface. Mr. Anderson's longtime friend and collaborator, Owen Wilson, did a great job playing the title role of Carl Nargle, a handsome New England landscaper. Lovingly played by Mr. Wilson, Carl is definitely a nod to PBS naturalist Bob Ross, whose non-game shows are nothing short of magical.
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While the new production of Fatal Attraction is part of Paramount's seemingly desperate attempt to remake its old theatrical titles (The Italian Job, Flash Dance, Parallax View) for television, co-designer and head writer Alexandra Cunningham's reimagined notch is more complex. , interesting and mature than the 1987 original.
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As shown in the eight-episode series, its themes aren't Ken Burns-style big-budget thematic entry points: jazz, the Old West, or the Civil War. But each chapter introduces something new and worth exploring America, if only because it takes itself so seriously. For example, the concept of "Cowboy": what does American mythology mean and where can we go wrong. Or the Hollywood sign, originally converted into a real estate agency and where the first scene of the film is a suicide. Or the Gadsden flag ("Don't tread on me"). Or the Golden Gate Bridge. Or Fenway Park, the centerpiece of Episode 1.
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After so many years, the still breathless "Fair Madame Meisel" enters its fifth and final season, a marvel in many ways, and what does it do? Will the show continue to see its main character become a legend of the brittle backstreet comedy that his jokes are? Or will he finally take his father-in-law's advice, let all those showgirls go, take care of his children, and stop them from hating themselves or living on a kibbutz?
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The appearance of the film "Missing the Air of the Future" is not a repetition of the observed events: in recent years, tornadoes have become more frequent, storms have become more severe, the water level rises and the droughts are constant. And this is not complaining about what affects the atmosphere and what does not. What this NOVA presentation gives us in the blink of an eye is what people do with the weather maps that are presented to them. Some of the moves are obvious, most are very clever, and they all involve going back to the old ways that are suddenly revolutionary.
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With irrational anger so popular, it seems it's time for "beef" like grief or hate, though that doesn't do justice to the brutality of the reckless hijinks in this chilling, dark-eyed comedy. In fact, comedy can be over the top: this series, created by Lee Sung Jin (Dave, Silicon Valley), makes spleen-emptying fun. But that doesn't mean it's harmless.
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Josh and Melissa (Kegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong) Oklahoma! It looks like it's hitting a merry-go-round, and the Wells Fargo van is always veering off course. At the risk of sounding like an oxymoron, this is a very original parody. At the risk of tarnishing a good show, season 2 is better.
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Astor Piazzolla occupies a unique place in contemporary musical composition. His works are as "popular" as jazz or blues, yet can often be heard on classical music stations, where his tango rhythms remain as infectious as Bach.
Bridging the gap between musical movements and individual influences in the music of his native Argentina, Piazzolla masters the final chapter of the "Hear It Now" series of great performances, presented by violinist Scott Yeoh and his wife, flutist Alice Dade. .
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Portraying an artist's inner inspiration is a difficult task for a director, so most creative biopics focus on gossip and banal facts: turbulent affairs, bad manners, etc. In Hilm, he tries to unleash the imagination of the Swedish artist Hilma af Klint. (1862-1944), one of the pioneers of abstract painting, Sweden's most successful living director. Af Klint was underappreciated after his death, but since a 2018 retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, his status has steadily risen.
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