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Things to stream 40 IF YOU HAVE MINS

- By Tymon Smith

Director When We Jay Were Rosenblatt’s Bullies Showmax Oscarnomin­ated short documentar­y is an interestin­g experiment that demonstrat­es the ways in which memories diverge and converge to help shape the course of our lives. A coincidenc­e leads the filmmaker to reconnect with his fifth-grade teacher and fifth-grade classmates to piece together a shameful school-bullying incident 50 years later, with surprising results.

IF YOU HAVE 100 MINS

Scoop Netflix

Philip Martin directs this black dramedy led about to the the notorious behind-the-scenes 2019 BBC talks interview that with Prince Andrew about his relationsh­ip with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Gillian Anderson stars as Newsnight host Emily Maitlis and Rufus Sewell plays the royal in a film written by Geoff Bussettil and Peter Moffat.

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HOURS Steve Martin: A documentar­y in 2 pieces Apple TV +

Steve Martin’s comedy isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, especially after his decision in the 1970s to use it as conscious vehicle for the expression of philosophi­cal ideas around the absurd. As Morgan Neville’s lovingly crafted two-part documentar­y demonstrat­es — with lots of help from Martin and his many admiring fans — his career from standup to beloved popular comedy film star, has been the result of a long and tortured personal journey that, in his golden years, seems to finally be making him happy.

IF YOU HAVE 5 HOURS

Curb Your Enthusiasm S12 Showmax

Larry David returns for what he’s promised is the final season of the cursed adventures of his grumpy, socially inept alter-ego. Given an extra dose of poignance by the final appearance­s of beloved comedian and lifelong friend, Richard Lewis, it’s a curmudgeon­ly farewell to one of recent television’s most consistent­ly hilarious creations.

IF YOU HAVE 8 HOURS Ripley Netflix

Andrew Scott takes the role of 20thcentur­y literature’s most notorious shapeshift­ing, murderous identity thief — Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley — in this noirish eight-episode adaptation written and directed by Oscar-winning screenwrit­er Steve Zaillan.

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