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GEORGE LOPEZ: WE’LL DO IT FOR HALF (2020) Stream on Netflix. The actor and comedian George Lopez jumps right into race and politics in his first Netflix stand-up special. In an early bit, he jokes that Latinos should be able to choose who gets to live in the United States, arguing that deportation could be an easy way to get rid of pesky relatives. It’s no surprise that Lopez would veer toward tricky territory: The title of the special refers to a joke he made on Instagram involving a rumored bounty on President Trump. (The comment caught the attention of the Secret Service, yet Lopez clearly isn’t afraid to remind viewers of the controversy.) The rest of the show is rife with jabs at — and praises for — Latino culture. Expect some dark humor and many, many expletives.
RED ROAD (2007) Stream on Criterion. This psychological thriller follows Jackie (Kate Dickie), a lonely CCTV security operator in Scotland who mainly connects with others by watching them behind a monitor. Her work leads her into dark waters, though, after she spots a former convict named Clyde (Tony Curran) in the security footage and begins to stalk him. The movie teases the details — it’s unclear what Jackie’s motive is as she nudges her way into Clyde’s life — but we slowly learn that the two have a troubling connection. The movie is the feature-length debut of the filmmaker Andrea Arnold (“American Honey”). In his review for The New York Times, A.O. Scott wrote that “the queasy mixture of sympathy and curiosity that ‘Red Road’ evokes is evidence of a talented, risk-taking filmmaker discovering her power.”
HOMEMADE Stream on Netflix. Many filmmakers who had to halt their productions because of the coronavirus are patiently waiting to get back to work. Some, though, have been creative even under lockdown: “Homemade” is a collection of short films by stars like Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kristen Stewart and Paolo Sorrentino who used whatever equipment they had at home to create stories about life during quarantine.
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WELCOME TO CHECHNYA (2020) 10 p.m. on HBO; stream on HBO platforms. Close out Pride Month with this haunting documentary about the persecution of L.G.B.T.Q. people in Russia’s southern Chechnya region. Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the republic, has denied the existence of gay people in his region, let alone his campaign to violently crack down on them. So the director David France (“The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson”) posed as a tourist to gain access to his subjects. Here, he weaves in harrowing cellphone and security-camera footage of attacks on unsuspecting people and follows a group of young activists who work in secrecy to smuggle L.G.B.T.Q. Chechens out of the region and into safe houses elsewhere in the country. The movie also features the stories of gay men and women who have fled the country, hiding their identities with innovative face-altering technology.
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