MOVIES

MISSION IIT. MURDERS. MIRACLES.

By SUKANYA VERMA
September 28, 2021 09:14 IST

Murders, miracles, mission IIT, Sukanya Verma suggests everything you can catch on OTT this week.

 

Only Murders in the Building
Where to watch? Disney Hotstar
Language? English

Steven Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomes play an unlikely troika of neighbours bonding over a true crime podcast when a mysterious death in their apartment building compels them to become allies in sleuthing.

 

Kota Factory Season 2
Where to watch? Netflix
Language? Hindi

Kota's beloved teacher Jeetu Bhaiya and his following of IIT aspirants return to focus on season two's bittersweet learnings.

 

Midnight Mass
Where to watch? Netflix
Language? English

Mike Flanagan's limited horror series treads on the dark side of theology following the arrival of a charismatic young priest in a deadbeat fishing town by way of miracles and mysteries.

 

Birds of Paradise
Where to watch? Amazon Prime Video
Language? English

Based on A K Small's Bright Burning Stars, the drama looks at the rivalry and relationship between two ballet dancers at a Paris school as they compete in a cutthroat manner to win a prestigious contract.

 

Star Wars: Visions
Where to watch? Disney Hotstar
Language? Japanese, English (with subtitles)

A collection of animated shorts set in the Star Wars universe, the anthology pays rich tribute to anime aesthetics as well as the galaxy far, far away.

 

Foundation
Where to watch? Apple TV+
Language? English

Isaac Asimov's iconic, award-winning books come to life in the sci-fi series revolving around a band of exiles engaged in rebuilding civilisation in the wake of a crumbling galactic empire.

 

Sunny
Where to watch? Amazon Prime Video
Language? Malayalam (with subtitles)

In this psychological drama set in post-COVID world, Jayasurya plays a severely depressed alcoholic undergoing existential crisis during pandemic imposed quarantine.

 

The Killing of Two Lovers
Where to watch? Amazon Prime Video
Language? English

A tense, taut thriller, The Killing of Two Lovers gets uncomfortably close inside the violence of the mind through the premise of a toxic marriage between a man on the brink of separation unable to deal with his wife moving on and the family falling apart.

 

The Wonder Years
Where to watch? Disney Hotstar
Language? English

A reboot of the Fred Savage coming-of-age classic. Only this time it's a black family at the centre of its storytelling with Don Cheadle providing its star voiceover.

 

Thalaivii
Where to watch? Netflix
Language? Tamil, Hindi (with subtitles)

Kangana Ranaut gets under the skin of actress turned politician J Jayalalithaa portraying her acting career, romantic liaison and political climb in this fully filmi biopic.

SUKANYA VERMA / Rediff.com

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