Two excellent, but very different, streaming movies expiring very soon.

[cbayer]

Which Way Home
2007NR82 minutes

In 2006, Rebecca Cammisa received a Fulbright Scholar Grant to travel to Mexico to document the plight of the children left behind when their families travel to the United States to find work. This Oscar-nominated film is the result of her journey. Cammisa and her crew follow a trio of children who set out on their own from their Latin American abodes on a dangerous trek through Mexico en route to the U.S. border and -- they hope -- their families' embrace.

Director:
Rebecca Cammisa
Genres:
Documentaries, Social & Cultural Documentaries
Language:
Spanish (Neutral)
This movie is:
Cerebral, Emotional, Dark
Availability:
Streaming





Metropolitan
1990PG-1399 minutes

Writer-director Whit Stillman's witty comedy of manners (which won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature) pokes gentle fun at a group of upper-class Manhattan preppies who gather regularly to play bridge and engage in intellectual discussion. Led by acerbic cynic Nick (Christopher Eigeman), the coterie adopts "proletariat" Tom Townsend (Edward Clements), who has reservations about his new socialite friends and what they represent.

Cast:
Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Christopher Eigeman, Taylor Nichols, Allison Parisi, Dylan Hundley, Isabel Gillies, Bryan Leder, Will Kempe, Ellia Thompson
Director:
Whit Stillman
Genres:
Comedies, Dramas, Independent Movies, Independent Dramas, Independent Comedies
This movie is:
Cerebral, Understated, Witty
Availability:
Streaming until 2/12/12

[jannyk]

1. Oh thanks. Metropolitan is in my queue.

I've seen it before but years ago and wanted to watch it again. Thanks to you I will.

[cbayer]

2. I missed it when it first came out, but really enjoyed it.

I lived in NYC around the time it covers and had gone to a "preppie" college on full scholarship just prior to that, so it was doubly interesting to me.

And the script is wonderful.

Enjoy!

[Merlot]

3. I saw Metropolitan when it came out and loved it

thanks for the heads up on this one. I'll watch it again before it's gone to see if it's as good as I remember...or if I've outgrown it.

[Merlot]

4. And Metropolitan is now officially gone

Re-watched it last night and it was as good as the first time

The same question went through my mind this time when watching it when it first came out - do young people from well to do families really act this old? The clothes, the drinks, the dialogue, they all seemed like they were just dying to be middle-aged. Was that just a movie convention or is it based on any reality?

[cbayer]

5. I think they spend a lot of their childhoods playing grownup,

and just continue to play grown up as adults.

Glad you got a chance to see it before it disappeared.