MALCOLM & MARIE
Those sweet ‘M’s make Malcolm & Marie sound like a cosy romcom. In reality, Sam Levinson’s film is something you might consider even more off-putting - a film about Hollywood people having a moaning match in a Malibu mansion. But this Netflix comedy-drama is something really daring - a no-holds-barred one-set two-hander about a couple tearing each other to emotional shreds. It stars John David Washington and Zendaya as a couple who’ve just come back to their luxurious house where they’re staying, after the successful premiere of his new movie. He’s cock-a-hoop, dancing around in narcissistic euphoria; but she’s unhappy about something, and once that frayed loose end of discontent is tugged on, the whole fabric of their relationship unravels spectacularly.
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