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Although 2020 didn t exactly make a lot of people swoon, the past 12 months did feature a few notable films of love and whimsy, of laughter and sweetness, of hope
Check out the new DVDs, Blu-rays and streaming shows (Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, BritBox, Disney+, Acorn TV, Sundance Now) coming out this week, including the shocking true crime docu-series
~Alexandra Heilbron
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer – This limited docu-series takes viewers back to the sweltering summer of 1985, when a record-breaking heatwave hit Los Angeles, along with a series of murders and sexual assaults that at first seemed disconnected.
The victims were men, women, and children ranging in age from six to 82. They came from different backgrounds and socioeconomic levels. Never before in criminal history had a single killer been responsible for such a grisly array of crimes. Debuts Jan. 13 on Netflix.
Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant in Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
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Critic score: 98%
Audience score: 92%
Summary: In the 18th century, painter Marianne (Noémie Merlant) is whisked away to Brittany to paint a wedding portrait for the young Lady Héloïse (Adèle Haenel), and the two women grow closer than they ever expected.
Both critics and audiences agreed that the delicate period piece benefited from pairing its minimalist filmmaking style with raw emotional power. Beautiful, just flat out beautiful, wrote one viewer. I don t know why it took me so long to watch this masterpiece that left my heart wrenching.