Five ways forward to “virtual” moviegoing at your fingertips.
1 The Music Box Local art-houses continue stellar bookings via distributor partnerships, including Raul Ruiz’s original six-hour miniseries “Mysteries of Lisbon” in June, but the extras on Southport are Friday and Saturday night “Music Box To-Go” offerings, with samplings from concessions and the Lounge, including “The Room”-themed “The Tommy,” with miniatures of Malört, jumbo popcorn, a six-pack of PBR and a selection of plastic spoons.
2 The Gene Siskel Film Center Dubbed “Film Center From Your Sofa,” the Siskel continues weekly attractions, including June showings of one of Hong Sang-soo’s latest worldly miniatures, “Yourself and Yours,” and Josephine Decker’s Elisabeth Moss–starring Shirley Jackson biography, “Shirley.”
3 Facets Facet’s overlapping bookings include more lovingly unearthed offerings than its customary two-per-week.
4 MoMA Film “The Greatest Films You’ve Never Seen.” Maybe the best composite listing of streaming services, large and small, far and wide.
5 NFB (The National Film Board of Canada) A repository of the eighty-one-year inventory of the Canadian institution, particularly strong on animation, short work and documentary. Available as a free streaming app.
Ray Pride is Newcity’s Senior Editor and Film Critic. He is a contributing editor of Filmmaker magazine.
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