How many times during the last few months it did happen to think in the evening on the sofa: “What movie could I watch …”. On days like these it’s normal, it seems that you no longer have great ideas and you feel more and more distracted. But the only thing we would like to do, at the end of the day, is to watch a relaxing movie, without wasting time doing endless researches among the thousands of titles that are offered to us and without giving up the cinematic charm of a good story.
For this reason, we want to make things easier for you by offering you this monthly column. The protagonists are some different cinematographic proposals on the Netflix and Prime Video platforms, selected and recommended by us, including new movies and new contemporary cult movies. In short, valid for all tastes and for any type of mood.
Here it is our first streaming selection of 2021. You just have to lie down on the sofa and enjoy the view…
The incredible story of the island of roses (2020)
Director: Sydney Sibilia
Where to watch it? Netflix
What’s more exciting than a film inspired by a true story? The film overturns the period of ’68, with a story told as if it was a utopia that later turns into reality. The protagonist is Elio Germano, in the role of the engineer Giorgio Rosa who founds a magical independent state off the coast of Rimini, the dream of an entire generation, which can finally live those years in freedom, creating an exhilarating anarchy.
The Front Runner (2018)
Director: Jason Reitman
Where to watch it? Netflix
The Vice of Power chronicles the rise and fall of Gary Hart, an American senator. A story set in the past, but definitely with a current perspective. Hart’s political career will take a back seat when he begins to mix it with his private life… It is available from 6th of January.
La stanza (2020)
Director: Stefano Lodovichi
Where to watch it? Prime Video
An unconventional psychological thriller. Protagonists, are only 3 characters: Guido Caprino, Edoardo Pesce and Camilla Filippi, in an isolated and enigmatic house from which they will try to discover all the secrets. But, who are for really the protagonists? We will find out very soon. The film “The Room” will be available from January 4th.
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Director: Woody Allen
Where to watch it? Netflix
A romantic vacation in Paris turns into a journey through time. Gil, the protagonist, tired of his life as a director, decides to take a break to devote himself to literature. One night, while wandering the streets of Paris, he finds himself catapulted into the 1920s, surrounded by historical figures … not indifferent.
I Am Greta (2020)
Director: Nathan Grossman
Where to watch it? Prime Video
We know Greta Thunberg as that little girl who escaped from the silence and social anxiety to fight indifference towards the Global climate change. But, do we really think that we know everything about her? Well, this film, or rather, this essay, will make you to discover the moments of the darkness and the light of her young life, with a story, which is really far from the media moments.
La pazza gioia (2016)
Director: Paolo Virzì
Where to watch it? Netflix
If you have already seen the film “Girls interrupted”, this work by Paolo Virzì will not disappoint you. The film, shot entirely in Italy, tells the story of two friends, Beatrice and Donatella, completely different from each other, but both forced to live in the same therapeutic institution. Between difficult days and painful and indelible memories, they will actually understand that they have a lot to share, starting with freedom.
Zoolander (2001)
Director: Ben Stiller
Where to watch it? Netflix
Aesthetically speaking we could say a bad film, but really bad. Yet, it has become a cult for cinema and especially for the fashion world. Not only because we find some scenes with Natalie Portman, Lenny Kravitz and Donald Trump, but also for the skills of the protagonists …. In short, an absurd film, but also so brilliant, which tells the world of models in an unusual way, translated into a “science fiction” dimension. A somewhat surreal film but certainly funny.
Pieces of a woman (2019)
Director: Kornél Mundruczó
Where to watch it? Netflix
From the award-winning director Kornél Mundruczó and with the collaboration of Martin Scorzese, the film tells an intense, throbbing and transcendental story. The protagonist is a woman played by Vanessa Kirby (awarded at the Venice Film Festival as “Best Actress”), who is deeply affected by an emotional breakdown after her birth, and she finds herself immersed in deep pain. A moving story, which wants to tell us the suffering, survival and rebirth. It’s going to be available from 7th January.
