Staff Picks: Inauguration Edition 2021
It’s almost the end of the first month of 2021, and just over a week since the U.S. saw a new president take office. In light of the occasion, some of us highlighted our favorite political films below!

In Playa del Niño, a territory worn by the passage of time, two worlds intersect in the search for freedom. The world of Julio, a young man determined to kill the tides of his life, and Noeh, a fisherman drowning in the circumstances that surround him. Reality and fiction converge to give life to a story hidden in the landscapes of Cancun.
It’s almost the end of the first month of 2021, and just over a week since the U.S. saw a new president take office. In light of the occasion, some of us highlighted our favorite political films below!
Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion is a fan-favorite, as are some of the more science fiction angled movies like 28 Days Later or World War Z. I recently watched the 1995 Wolfgang Peterson-directed movie, Outbreak for the first time, which is currently available on Netflix.
To say Hollywood has had a troubled past is the understatement of the century. In Ryan Murphy’s (American Horror Story) new Netflix series, Hollywood, that past is confronted and even rewritten.
A film that focuses on an algorithm for a dating app that will bring viewers in for a surprise.
'Kajillionaire' is a touching and eccentric story about family, crime, and the search for belonging.
Villeneuve’s Dune is a masterpiece for its crafting process, but references to David Lynch's picture are sometimes too obvious.