Today’s pick stars Anton Yelchin, an actor I’ve become obsessed with after watching last year’s documentary Love, Antosha. Narrated by Nic Cage, it tells his life story starting with escaping the Soviet Union as a toddler, growing up as a film fanatic and promising filmmaker, and ending with his tragic death in 2016 at age 27.
His brilliance is perhaps most visible in Like Crazy, a no-frills romance that was sadly one of his very few lead roles.
Like Crazy
New this week on Amazon Prime
Based on its director’s 8-year long-distance relationship, Like Crazy is a small budget movie that is almost the perfect modern-day romance: it’s easy without being unrealistic.
A British girl falls in love with an American while on an exchange semester. Caught in the moment, she overstays her visa so that they have more time together, only to start facing the backlash of an unforgiving immigration system.
Alternatives you might like
Blue Valentine on Netflix is another frustrating romance starring Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling.
Lawrence Anyways on Amazon Prime is a Canadian small-budget film about 10 years in a relationship where one of the partners goes through with a sex change.
Talk soon,
Bilal
Have you watched Anton Yelchin in Rudderless? One of my favorite movies.