What to Watch This Weekend, October 11, 2024: Film Awards Contenders

This week’s top pick, “The Last of the Sea Women,” is not a front-runner Candidate for Best Documentarybut it’s in the conversation thanks to its moving subject matter, beautiful cinematography and winning the NETPAC Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The A24The documentary he produced tells the story of the Haenyeo divers on the South Korean island of Jeju. For centuries, women have been diving to the ocean floor – without oxygen – to harvest seafood and make a living. But most of today’s Haenyeo are seniors, and their traditional way of life is threatened by modernity and climate change. But the Haenyeo are resolute old fighters, fighting back against polluters by using social media as a communication and recruitment tool. You’ll want to join them after seeing their camaraderie and resilience. It’s streaming now Apple TV+.

Here are some more movies you can stream this weekend:

“Tuesday”: Eleven-time Emmy winner Julia Louis Dreyfus may not receive her first Oscar nomination for this offbeat A24 film, but she still delivers arguably her best dramatic performance to date as a mother who helps deal with the illness of her terminally ill teenage daughter.Lola Petticrew) threatens to die with the help of a shape-shifting bass-voiced parrot who is actually the embodiment of death. It is the debut of a promising filmmaker Daina O. Pusićand now the time has come Max.

“Bad Boys: Ride or Die“: The fourth film in the “Bad Boys” series is a big, loud, stupid and fun film like the others if you’re into its particular brand of excess. Will Smith And Martin Lawrence Returning as Miami police officers Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, who attempt to uncover a conspiracy and acquit their late boss Joey pants‘unfairly tarnished reputation. Adil & Bilalwho took over Michael Bay The franchise reboot “Bad Boys for Life” returns here. It will probably be the No. 1 movie Netflix for the next two weeks.

“Lonely Planet”: Netflix’s latest romantic film is an Oscar winner Laura Dern as a novelist with writer’s block who goes on a retreat to Morocco and meets a younger man there (Liam Hemsworth), which helps her get back on track. It’s a conventional change of pace for Dern, who gets a well-deserved vacation in every film because he finds himself in emotional danger. “Incredible“Creator Susannah Grant directs.