MOVIES
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the
Lost Ark
With everyone talking about perfect movies
on Twitter, it’s pretty perfect that CBS is kicking
off its Sunday Night Movie slate with Steven
Spielberg’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” which even
nearly 40 years on is still as fresh and wonderful
as can be. Sure, the Indiana Jones movies aren’t
hard to find ( they’ve been on Netflix for some
time now ), but there is something cozy and
comforting about taking the guess work out of it
and tuning in to a network to watch at the same
time as everyone else.
The Half of It
This charming teen romance about a high
school loner who helps a jock woo the popular
girl in school may look like something you’ve
seen before, but no one is exactly who they
seem to be in this smart Cyrano de Bergerac-
with-a-twist film from writer-director Alice Wu.
On Netflix Friday, it’s Wu’s first feature since her
2004 debut, “Saving Face.”
California Dreamin
The Criterion Channel has programmed an
irresistibly hallucinatory Friday double feature
with Steven Soderberg’s “The Limey” and David
Lynch’s “Mulholland Dr.” If those visions of Los
Angeles are a little too bleak for these surreal
times, you can also head over to Lionsgate Live
at 9 p.m. EDT Friday for a free screening of “La La
Land” for some candy-colored escapist joy. Or,
hey, why not make it a triple feature?