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November is the last month of the year for sensible viewing, before our TV screens become full-time broadcasters of golden retrievers saving Christmas and Will Ferrell wearing tights. Take the opportunity then, to get some good stuff in before the festivities.

In terms of good stuff, Netflix is offering the second series of the brilliantly wry and surprisingly touching The End of the F***ing World for any UK viewers who didn’t catch it on Channel 4. There’s also the excellent animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (we loved it. 5 stars.) as well as Boots Riley’s inventive, funny, political satire Sorry to Bother You (we also loved it. 4.5 stars.) On top of that, you can take a nostalgic trip to Capeside with all six seasons of Dawson’s Creek or watch emotionally repressed royals deal with the advent of the 1980s in season four of The Crown.

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Like any good science documentary, “Human Nature” starts with a hypothesis. The filmmakers posit that audiences are bored by the dry format of most science docs, but that there is a better strategy for presenting complex concepts about biology in a way that both educates and entertains. That’s hardly a novel idea, dating back at least as far as Walt Disney’s “True-Life Adventure” series and advanced by everything from Imax to “Schoolhouse Rock!” over the years. Still, the team behind “Human Nature” are innovating with adult viewers in mind, and to test their theory, they’ve taken a subject that’s getting lots of attention but only limited understanding: Crispr.

It’s a smart hook on which to hang what could be the first of many such features for the Wonder Collaborative, since the discovery of Crispr — a catchy name for a microscopic phenomenon, which describes repeating DNA...

As theaters shutter and big studio films postpone wide theatrical releases, indie and arthouse films are trying their best to navigate the waters of the coronavirus outbreak. Like big banner titles, many indie films that were set to release this weekend are opting to delay their debuts, while a handful are opting for a digital release — which is often common for the specialty space.

The Mangurama/Abramorama title Dosed was set to be released in theaters in New York starting Friday and was set to expand on March 27 in Los Angeles. Instead, they have opted to do a global release on digital with 10% from every purchase of the film going to coronavirus disaster relief, which will be matched by Facebook. Once theaters reopen, they will pull the film from streaming and resume theatrical release.

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In the wake of theaters’ planned shutdown into May, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is pondering a change to their qualification rules for the upcoming 2021 ceremony.

Films typically have to play in-theaters to qualify for the Oscars. Also, couple in the fact that most film festivals have shuttered for the time being, and they’ve been the qualifying platforms for short films and international titles (SXSW says those pics submitted this year still will qualify for the Academy Awards). In regards to international film submissions, each country has their own set of qualifications before they submit to the Academy. With the anomaly Oscar-winning best picture success of South Korea’s Parasite, the expectation following this year’s Oscars is that the floodgates would open as a number of foreign films would compete, even if they’re not cleared by their respective home countries.

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The overall box office this weekend has fallen 25% or more, which is partly due to a weak slate of titles. But the specialty business is a site of carnage. That’s because the core older arthouse audience is avoiding theaters during the current pandemic, despite the presence of compelling films at varying levels of release.

Specialized theaters have one advantage: The films they play aren’t as likely to be pulled, and can roll out more gradually and even hold. And if the big circuits shut down, surviving arthouses might pick up extra business. But the grim reality is their patrons shouldn’t be going out, even if low attendance, super-sanitizing and seat spreading limits the risk. That makes more shutdowns a likelihood.

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"Should we really be manipulating the hereditary of future generations given our lack of knowledge about so many things...?" Greenwich Entertainment has debuted an official Us trailer for an indie documentary film titled Human Nature, which already premiered at the SXSW and Cph:dox Film Festivals this year. The biggest tech revolution of the 21st Century isn't digital, it's biological. A breakthrough called Crispr has given us unprecedented control over the "building blocks of life." It opens the door to curing diseases, reshaping the biosphere, and even designing our own children. Human Nature is a provocative exploration of Crispr's far-reaching implications. Featuring the top minds including Jennifer Doudna (Uc Berkeley), Alta Charo (Max Planck Institute), David Baltimore (Cal Tech), George Church (Harvard University). This seems to be the definitive introduction to how it's changing the world, while also stoking ethical discussions. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Adam Bolt's doc Human Nature,...