Stuff I've Been Watching June 2020 (Pride Month)

 

1. Derry Girls. Season 1. Via the Netflix app. With Marta. 2 June.
2. Inglourious Basterds. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. 2009. United States. Starring Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz. A Jewish cinema owner in occupied Paris is forced to host a Nazi premiere, where a group of American soldiers called ‘The Basterds’ plans a face-off. Via the Netflix app. With Michal. 2 June.
3. It’s Not Just You, Murray! Directed by Martin Scorsese. 1964. United States. Starring Ira Rubin, Sam DeFazio, Andrea Martin. Made while Martin Scorsese was studying at NYU, this inventive, award-winning student film pays tongue-in-cheek homage to the classic gangster movie via a portrait of a high rolling mobster looking back on his life. Via the Criterion Channel app. 7 June.
4. Casino. Directed by Martin Scorsese. 1995. Via the hulu app. With Michal. 10 June.
5. Westworld season 1. 2016. Via the HBO Now app. 19 June.
6. Roy Cohn: Bully, Coward, Victim. Via the HBO Max app. 18 June.
7. Singin’ in the Rain. Via the HBO Max app. With Monika, Michal, and Marta. 21 June.
8. But I’m A Cheerleader. Directed by Jamie Babbit. 1999. United States. Starring Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Melanie Lynskey, Cathy Moriarty. One of the definitive queer classics of the late nineties, this cult favorite balances hilariously campy satire with sweet romantic comedy. Natasha Lyonne stars as Megan Bloomfield, a bubbly all-American high school cheerleader who fantasizes about her fellow squad mates but doesn’t believe she could possibly be a lesbian. When her parents stage an interviention and send her to True Directions, a conversion therapy camp run by the terrifying Mary Brown (Cathy Moriarty), Megan paradoxically discovers her true self. Employing deliberately kitschy production design influenced by John Waters, director Jamie Babbit crafts a subversive send-up of traditional gender stereotypes that, while largely overlooked on its release, now seems positively ahead of its time. Via the Criterion Channel app. 22 June.
9. The Irishman. Via the Netflix app. With Michal. 23 June.
10. Mean Streets. Directed by Martin Scorsese. United States. 1973. Starring Harvery Keitel, Robert DeNiro. Purchased from iTunes. 25 June.