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76 Days. Photo: Courtesy Larsen Associates
It’s been a full year since COVID-19 first introduced itself, and the pandemic isn’t done with us just yet. Indeed, it’s likely to dominate our lives a little while longer and after the pandemic finally peters out, we’ll probably be watching movies about it for decades to come.
76 Days (currently streaming via CBS and the recently launched Paramount +) is first out of the cinematic gates, and it’s a keeper. Shot during Wuhan’s eleven-week lockdown, the film is an observational documentary about the frontline doctors, nurses, and patients battling a mysterious and terrifying new disease.
Murmur. Photo: Courtesy Larsen Publicity
As noted here last week, 2021’s SF Indiefest is currently under way, with its programming available for streaming through Thursday, Feb. 21. If you haven’t already checked out the excellent
Small Time, you still have another week to give it a look – but the festival has other treats available, too.
In director Heather Young’s
Murmur, 50-something Canadian Donna (Shan MacDonald) is struggling to put her life in order. Recently paroled (the details of her criminal past are not revealed), Donna drinks a bit too much, vapes a bit too much, and is in need of stable employment to keep her parole officer happy.