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New Movies: Release Calendar for November 4, Plus Where to Watch the Latest Films Distanced learning, virtual family meetings, banging pots and pans in support of essential workers at 7 p.m… Representation is one of the most powerful gifts that art can provide self-recognition is something you can get for free from the bathroom mirror. Star-studded films such as “Locked Down” and “Together” and festival indies like “The End of Us” all strive to consecrate the surreality of love during the time of COVID, but they’re invariably overwhelmed by the sheer weight of their signifiers. The biggest problem with Pandemic Cinema - an emergent sub-genre largely defined by well-meaning dramas in which famous actors and/or opportunistic up-and-comers struggle with Zoom calls, sterilize their groceries, and otherwise memorialize the morbid tedium of the last 18 months - is that these movies are so hellbent on making us feel seen that they don’t have much to show us in return. Juno Films releases the film in select theaters on Friday, October 14. Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival.
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