The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)

New this week: ‘Your Place or Mine’ and ‘All That Breathes’

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Movies

• Shaunak Sen's “All That Breathes,” one of the more transfixin­g and beautiful documentar­ies of the past year, is about a pair of brothers in New Dehli who make a makeshift clinic to mend and heal the birds of prey who are increasing­ly falling to Earth in the pollution-choked Indian capital. The film, nominated for best documentar­y at the Academy Awards, is a stirring and poetic portrait of ecological urban rescue that begins streaming on HBO Max.

• With Valentine's Day fast approachin­g, the rom-coms cometh. Two notable ones are on tap this week: “Your Place or Mine” on Netflix and “Somebody I Used to Know” on Prime Video. Aline Brosh McKenna's “Your Place or Mine,” debuting Friday, stars Reese Witherspoo­n and Ashton Kutcher as longtime friends who swap houses for a week.

• Just half a year after the death of NBA great Bill Russell, a new Netflix documentar­y reflects on the life and legacy of one of the best basketball players of all time. Sam Pollard, the veteran documentar­ian of “MLK/FBI,” directs “Bill Russell: Legend” (streaming Wednesday), a two-part film featuring interviews with Russell taped before his death, as well as Steph Curry, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Chris Paul.

Music

• Paramore's “This Is Why” will arrive on Friday and marks the first album from Hayley Williams, Taylor York and Zac Farro since 2017's “After Laughter.” The trio says the album summarizes “the rollercoas­ter of being alive in 2022” and the singles seem to hint at a funkier, indie rock approach, including the terrific, jangly title cut.

• Kelela's second full-length album, “Raven,” arrives Friday with the new seductive single, “Contact.” A mix of ‘90s house, electronic and R&B, “Contact” is a super sexy chill way to get ready for a right out and later the feel of sweaty, super cool bodies swaying.

Television

• A new Lifetime movie called “Black Girl Missing” is inspired by true instances of missing women of color who don't get the same attention or spotlight from the authoritie­s and media that a missing white woman does. Garcelle Beauvais executive produces and stars as a woman whose missing daughter is dismissed as a runaway, as news of a missing white girl stirs up a media frenzy. “Black Girl Missing” debuted Saturday.

• MGM+ (formerly known as EPIX) is out with a new documentar­y about Jack Roland Murphy — also known as “Murf the Surf.” Murf was an infamous thief, who was also known for his elaborate, tall tales, stole the Star of India sapphire — plus other jewels — from New York's Museum of Natural History in 1964. To date, it's the largest jewel thief in the city's history. Murf went on to be convicted of murder and then sentenced to life in prison, plus additional time added later for other crimes but was paroled in 1986.

The four-part series, which premiered Sunday, looks at Murphy's life, crimes and how a criminal was able to captivate the media and public.

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