It moves at a pace, and with sublime central performances by Eisenberg, Garfield and Justin Timberlake, it will have you gripped right up until the credits roll. It tells the story of the founding of Facebook, including all the backstabbing and legal battles that went on behind the scenes, in such succinct, understandable terms, while making sure that the focus at all times remains on the central relationship which led to it all.Ĭharting the rise of an impossible yet oft-times brilliant head of a corporation has almost become a sub-genre of its own, but this was one of the originals and the best. The film that catapulted both Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield into the big time, while also solidifying David Fincher's status as one of the greatest directors working today, The Social Network is a masterpiece. Jesse Eisenberg in Columbia Pictures' "The Social Network." Looking for your next favourite drama? Watch Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell in The Morning Show - streaming now on Apple TV+
Meanwhile to get that Better Call Saul fix, why not turn to Breaking Bad spin-off film El Camino? It's the perfect bite-size portion of Vince Gilligan goodness to fill the gap. With June marking Pride Month, there couldn't be a better time to rewatch seminal LGBTQ+ films like Call Me by Your Name or Brokeback Mountain – both of which are on Netflix. If you're feeling the funny, Netflix has a wide variety of comedies that will keep you cackling, from The King of Staten Island, if you're looking for something stateside, to In The Loop, for something quintessentially British.
Not only does Netflix have frequent brand new releases such Adam Sandler's Hustle or Rebel Wilson's recent turn in Senior Year, it also has classics like Robert DeNiro's Taxi Driver and recent Oscar winners like Whiplash.
That means it's likely to be seen by a much wider audience than any of the films listed below, which were smaller, quirkier, independent productions.If you're sitting around waiting for the new episodes of Stranger Things or can't wait for the final half-season of Better Call Saul, then why not check out something from Netflix's impressive movie library? Love, Simon isn't the first film to tackle what it's like to come out in high school, but it is the first one released by a major studio. That's admirable, even if the film's chaste attitude toward sex means they're seeing only a part of a version of themselves onscreen. It's entirely intentional - in interviews, filmmaker Greg Berlanti says Love, Simon presents a well-scrubbed version of the coming out process so that queer kids can finally see an idealized version of themselves onscreen. But once again that familiar apportioning occurs - Simon's sexuality is kept feathery and abstract, and any depiction of same-sex attraction is saved for the film's emotional crescendo.
Love, Simon is also set in a high school, and also features a young man struggling to come out - it's the story of its main character's private and public acknowledgement of his Queer Identity. Monkey See A Gay Teen Romance, Sealed With A Peck: 'Love, Simon' That fact also serves, intentionally or not, to cause these films to concern themselves more expressly with Queer Identity than Queer Desire. In American films like Making Love (1982), In & Out (1997), Beginners (2010) and 4th Man Out (2016), the process of coming out is complicated by the fact that it occurs later in life than is usual.
Which is probably why we keep making movies about it. It's marked by fits and starts, denials and avowals, fraught conversations in somebody's car, the fear of rejection and, hopefully, the relief of acceptance. It has a timeline, and not necessarily a smooth one. What does not vary in the process of coming out is the fact that it is a process. The process of coming to terms with one's sexuality varies widely, depending on the individual - it can be scary, invigorating, heartbreaking, life-affirming usually it's some complex combination of those feelings and more. Billy (Alex Lawther) and Blah Blah Blah (AnnaSophia Robb) in 2018's Freak Show.