Things to stream
IF YOU HAVE 90 MINUTES
In My Mother’s Skin Prime Video Set in the Philippines during World War 2, this bleak, macabre mix of historical and supernatural horror provides intelligent genre pleasures in a story of a young girl who, while looking after her dying mother, befriends an enigmatic fairy with gruesome appetites.
IF YOU HAVE 2 HOURS
Pain Hustlers Netflix Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts director David Yates might not be the best choice to helm a black comedy/drama about the opioid epidemic. Emily Blunt, Chris Evans and Andy Garcia do their best in this uneven film about a struggling housewife who becomes a pharmaceutical rep for a company run by a megalomaniac whose greed for profit supersedes any consideration of what havoc his product may be wreaking on ordinary people.
IF YOU HAVE 2.5 HOURS
Get Gotti Netflix The machinations of the Mob continue to provide intrigue in this three-part docuseries about the rise and fall of John Gotti. The charismatic soldier murdered his way to the top of the Gambino crime family in the 1980s before his love of the cameras and exuberant displays of wealth brought him crashing down. Featuring interviews with former associates, investigators and journalists, it’s a thrilling tale of murder, mayhem and violence in the dying days of mafia reign in New York.
IF YOU HAVE 2.5 HOURS
The Fake Sheikh Prime Video The days of tabloid journalists using trickery such as disguises and false identities to obtain scoops on celebrities and public figures may be over, but this solid docuseries offers a glimpse into the sordid recent past. It tells the story of British reporter Mazher Mahmood who used every dirty trick in the book to get his headline-grabbing tabloid stories.
IF YOU HAVE 3 HOURS
Rain Dogs Showmax Daisy May Cooper shines in this black comedy about life on the margins of Tory-era England. Cooper plays Costello, a single mother whose daily attempts to keep her and her daughter Iris with a roof over their heads and food in their bellies is complicated by the release from prison of her posh, gay best friend Selbyand the reigniting of their tumultuous love/hate relationship.