FAMILY ROMANCE, LLC (2019) Broadcast on Mubi You may not be able to choose your family, but a thriving rental industry in Japan allows you to get pretty close. In his latest film, a hybrid work of fiction and documentary, Werner Herzog enters the country’s family rental industry, which pairs actors with those who need a replacement relative, spouse, or friend, for a fee. The film follows Ishii Yuichi, the founder of rental company Family Romance, and the various roles he plays in filling in the gaps in his clients’ lives. Things get complicated when Yuichi takes a job portraying the missing father of a girl.
JOHN LEWIS: GOOD PROBLEM (2020) Rent or buy on Amazon Prime, iTunes, Google play, Vudu and other transmission platforms and pay TV operators. This documentary by director Dawn Porter delves into the life, career, and civil rights activism of Georgia Congressman John Lewis. The film chronicles Lewis’ education in Alabama; her work with Martin Luther King, Jr.; Selma’s March to Montgomery, Ala .; and her tireless work as a legislator. At age 80, Lewis continues to fight for voting rights and gun control, as he fights pancreatic cancer.
NATIONAL TREASURE (2004) Rent or buy in Amazon Prime or iTunes Over the years, this Nicolas Cage adventure film has had its share of ribs: it sparked “Saturday Night Live” skits, and New York Times film critic Stephen Holden called it a “piece of wreckage.” inconsequential. But everything that makes this movie so absurd, like its plot-laden conspiracy, is a great comedy vision. Cage plays Benjamin Franklin Gates, a rogue historian, who sets out to steal the Declaration of Independence, which supposedly holds the priceless treasure key. “All you have to do is steal the Declaration of Independence, unroll it on the kitchen table, apply a little freshly squeezed lemon juice, heat it up with a handy hair dryer and voila, letters and numbers appear,” Holden wrote. in your review. . The search takes Gates to famous places in Washington, Philadelphia and New York, and also involves some special glasses designed by the real Benjamin Franklin, as well as a frozen ship near the Arctic Circle, because of course he does.
SPECTACULARS OF THE FOURTH OF JULY OF MACY 8 pm on NBC. While New York City’s neighborhoods have already been awash with illegal fireworks mini-shows this summer, there’s nothing quite like the big July 4th displays that Americans are used to seeing every year. However, many cities across the country have decided to cancel their elaborate shows out of concern about social estrangement. But at least two shows will continue and stream for safe viewing from the comfort of home. NBC will air the Macy’s fireworks show from New York, along with performances by The Killers, Tim McGraw, and John Legend. And Washington will host A FOURTH CAPITOL, which will be broadcast live at 8pm on PBS, and will feature performances by Patti LaBelle, The Temptations, and Trace Adkins.
