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‘The Long Day Closes’ – Liverpool remembered on Criterion Channel

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Filmmaker Terence Davies remembers his childhood for this beautiful and poetic portrait of growing up in post-World War II Liverpool.

Last chance: Jessie Eisenberg is Mark Zuckerberg in ‘The Social Network’ on Netflix

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David Fincher directs Aaron Sorkin’s screenplay that uses the creation of Facebook as a study in hubris, ambition, betrayal, and class.

Mark Wahlberg is ‘The Fighter’ on Netflix and Paramount+

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Christian Bale and Melissa Leo earned Oscars for their supporting turns in the true-life late-career comeback sports drama directed by David O. Russell.

Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as Scott Thorson in Behind the Candelabra

‘Behind the Candelabra’ – Michael Douglas is Liberace on HBO Max

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Steven Soderbergh’s film of the tell-all memoir by Liberace’s young lover (played by Matt Damon) won 11 Emmy Awards.

Donnie Yen is legendary martial artist ‘Ip Man’ on Netflix and Peacock and free on Kanopy

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Hong Kong martial arts star Donnie Yen landed the role of his career as the legendary teacher and grandmaster of Wing Chun in this rousing biographical drama.

‘Marie Antoinette’ – decadent young royals on Hulu

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Kirsten Dunst is the teenage Austrian princess in the court of King Louis XVI in Sofia Coppola’s portrait of the decadent, indifferent monarchy that toppled in the French Revolution.

Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, and Greta Gerwig are "20th Century Women."

’20th Century Women’ free on Kanopy and Hoopla

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Annette Bening stars as a single mother who reaches out to a few friends to help giver her teenage son good life lessons in filmmaker Mike Mills’ tribute to his own mother.