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Agnès Varda and JR (IMDb.com image)

Documentaries, Lectures, Comedians
Driven to Abstraction (Daria Pricey, 2019)
Nothing Like a Dame (Roger Michell, 2018
Amazing Grace (Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack, 2018)
Echo in the Canyon    (Andrew Slater, 2018)
Brené Brown: The Call to Courage   (Netflix, 2019)
Wanda Sykes: Not Normal    (Lynda Mendoza, 2019)
Abstract  (Netflix series, 2017-2019)
Minimalism:  A Documentary about Important Things    (Matt D’Avella, 2015)
Franca:  Chaos and Creation     (Francesco Carrozzeni, 2016)

Films
My Name is Emily  (Simon Fitzmaurice, 2015)
Mostly Martha / Bella Martha  (Sandra Nettelbeck, 2001)
Antonia’s Line (Marleen Gorris, 1995)
June Again  (JJ Winlove, 2020)
Take Me Home (Sam Jaeger, 2011)
Last Christmas  (Paul Feig, 2019)
Eighth Grade   (Bo Burnham, 2018)
Juliet, Naked   (Jesse Peretz, 2018)
Red Joan   (Trevor Nunn, 2018)
In Search of Fellini   (Taron Lexton, 2017)
Monsieur Lazhar   (Philippe Farlardeau, 2011)
Blue Jay   (Alex Lehmann, 2016)
Columbus   (Koganada, 2017)
Begin Again   (John Carney, 2013)
Far from the Tree   (Rachel Dretzin, 2017)
The Wife   (Björn Runge, 2017)
Love & Mercy   (Bill Pohlad, 2014)
Lady Bird     (Greta Gerwig , 2017)
The Post    (Steven Spielberg, 2017)
Soulmate     (Derek Tsang, 2016)
Let Yourself Go    (Francesco Amato, 2017)

Planes, Trains and Automobiles, 1987, John Hughes

TV Series
Normal People
Borgen
After Life
Vera
Anne with an E
Dr. Foster
Hinterland
Stranger Things
Kim’s Convenience
Offspring
Foyle’s War

Romeo + Juliet, 1996 (IMDb image)