Peaky Blinders
Here’s an unpaid ad for a series I came across on Netflix: Peaky Blinders. It’s a well made look at post-World-War-I Birmingham working class gang culture. The series tells the story of one family scrambling its way out of that milieu, repeatedly reaching new peaks (pun not intended) before the past catches up with them.
I found all six seasons consistently entertaining, with well-built story arcs, and excellent acting. The series finale is outright beautiful.
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Tár
It's been a while since this was on the big screen. I still want to recommend the movie Tár. A masterpiece - I was completely captivated.
What helped make this happen was not just Cate Blanchett’s impeccable acting, but also that the story unfolds in a setting I’m at least a bit familiar with. I found the dialogues about music to be at a rather elevated level of nerdiness that I greatly enjoyed. Similarly, the depiction of how sheer power plays out in the highest spheres of cultural business struck some cords ... I’ve had my own introspections into that.
This is an absolutely fantastic movie.