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I'm trying to build a watchlist for movie nights with my partner. I'm a movie buff and am quite up to date with cult movies and highly rated independent, "artsy" titles and documentaries, and have my personal watchlist, but when it's time to watch a movie together we always waste an hour trying to find something that may be appealing to both. My partner is less into "film buff" titles and doesn't want to feel sad or anxious from seeing a movie in her free time, but she still appreciates a well-narrated story, credible characters and setting (she's a journalist and writer).

I'd like some recommendations for movies that are enjoyable and make you feel like you spent a nice, not-boring night, but that are also good quality and enriching, so that you don't feel like you wasted two hours watching something really shallow or totally predictable.

I think we already watched or at least know about more famous titles that won awards and were praised by the critique, so here I'm looking for titles that are a bit more niche – like, let's say, in recent years we really liked "Bugonia", "JoJo Rabbit" and "Don't Look Up", but I'm not looking for this kind of big titles here. I hope to discover something I haven't heard of or may have overlooked.

Some examples of movies we really enjoyed watching together and would fall in the category I'm trying to describe are, for reference:

- "Hit the Road" by Panah Panahi
- "The Holdovers" by Alexander Payne
- "Oh Boy" by Jan Hole Gerster
- "Are you there God? I'm Margaret" by Kelly Fremon Craig
- "Fremont" by Babak Jalali
- "Little Forest" by Hwang Seong-ru
- "Beasts of the Southern Wild" by Benh Zeitlin

We're open to any country as you see.

Thanks in advance!

I just reinstalled TE4 after giving it a try last year for a few weeks. I'm having the same frustrations. When I play Beginner or the next level (now I forget the name) and pick a player in the first 100, I win every match 6-0 6-0. I'm now trying Pro level, max sub-level, with a #6 ranked player with every skill between 60 and 98 and I keep on losing 6-0 6-0 any qualifying match with players with half the skills. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I did the tutorials, I play tennis in real life and I think I have a good strategy and positioning, I'm trying everything, not using risky special shots when I'm not in a good position in time, I sometimes resist for long shots, but then the other player just starts placing fast shots on the line one side and then the other and I lose. I may get better in time but I can't see how this could improve and it's not normal to lose every match with a #6 player right?

I'm wondering if there's something on the career level I'm not getting.

For example I see the Experience level is only at 10-20. Does this affect the performance? Should I use Experience points to enhance my different skills or should I let the Experience bar get higher to get better results? Is the career mode meant for you to make the player grow, so even a #6 is not at their best at the start?

None of this is explained in the game and I feel quite lost.

Can someone explain to me what's the best way to go at the beginning without it being too easy like on Beginner and the next level where I was winning with zero struggle, but also not losing every match, and in general how Experience points work and how careers work?

Thank you!

I like to alternate "bigger" games with indie ones because I love to discover all the different art styles and quirky ideas that so many creators have to offer. However, lately I've been disappointed by a few titles that were well reviewed on average. I'm going to list my favorite indie games so far, and some of those that I found underwhelming, hoping you can help me navigate titles better in the future.

Loved:

- A Short Hike. Super engaging dialogues, cute characters, nice message but not delivered in a cheesy way, wholesome setting, flawless gameplay even if simple.

- Night in the Woods. Unique design, relatable multi-layered character, great balance of humor and darker narrative.

- Mutazione. Loved the design, from the color palette to the punk art style, all in a vibrant tropical setting. Simple, short, but made me feel immersed in a world that has been masterfully crafted and now kind of exists some parallel reality in my mind.

- Wandersong. The character is just too cute, and the graphics and gameplay are lovely. It's maybe super simple but it's too endearing not to love it for me.

Liked, but maybe not loved:

- Slay the Princess. I appreciated the peculiar gameplay and story development, but didn't find it life-changing like many reviewers, I found it a bit repetitive after some time and I couldn't ignore some good dose of male gaze in the princess's artwork in many frames.

- Abzu. Found it relaxing and enjoyed the graphics, but I was glad it was that short because without dialogues and a real story I felt a bit disconnected from it.

Found underwhelming:

- The First Tree. I just couldn't stand the story with the voiceover and just found it boring despite it having a deep and sensitive topic. The gameplay was so buggy, I felt like I've been robbed of my money even if it was just a few euros. Its average reviews have now dropped on Steam, but I got tricked by them back when I got it.

- Before Your Eyes. Again, similar problem, the story wants to be deep and touching but I just found it incredibly boring. The gameplay could have been interesting, but blinking doesn't actually affect the story flow much as the scenes seem to be created to be cut after a few seconds anyway. I really liked the art style though.

Already own, haven't played yet:

- Wide Ocean Big Jacket. I really like the artwork and the title, I hope it's not going to be a "oh no!" moment like the last 2 titles mentioned above.

- Toem. I actually started this and found it cute and relaxing but I felt a bit stupid, I couldn't find all the things I had to look for, I forgot what the scout guy asked me to photograph and he doesn't repeat it, and being a kind of game I wanted to play to relax and decompress I didn't feel like looking up things online. I may pick it up again though.

- Untitled Goose Game. Read so many great things about it, I hope it will stand the hype.

As you can see I probably like an original, handmade-looking design, endearing characters, and a story that has some nice introspective levels but not a cheesy delivery. I love funny dialogues, witty word choices, sarcasm and in general games that clearly stem from a very creative and unique mind. I'm open to all genres and outside of this specific area of "quirky, arty, small indie games" this post is about, just as a reference, other longer/more narrative games that I really loved are Disco Elysium, The Last of Us, Okami, We Love Katamari.

Thank you for any rec! :)

Hi everyone, I'm an avid TV series fan but somehow I had never gotten into Gervais' work until recently, despite having watched some sketches and several interviews and having the gist of his style and personality.

I just finished watching After Life and I quite liked Season 1, despite some flaws (mainly the caricatural side characters and the unrealistic situations and dialogues) but grew to really dislike Season 2 and 3. I was actually appalled by the low level of writing. Everything was so repetitive and the issues with the side characters grew more and more and it was almost uncomfortable to watch – not for the sarcasm, the dark humor, or the cringe situations, but for the bad writing. Of the dialogues, of the characters, of the main character's arc.

I've had Derek in my backlog for years and now I'm not sure if I should give it a try or are these things typical of all of Gervais' work? Will Derek disappoint me just as much?

Am I missing something or is he overhyped? I find him quite brilliant in his interviews, I share many of his values, and in general I really enjoy British dark humor and find the slang endearing (I'm Italian so it's not my native language), but I could barely believe After Life was a show written by a mature and supposedly experienced writer and that it's from recent years. It felt so old and... I don't know, just bad.

I'm sorry for all the fans, I don't mean to be negative on purpose and this is no meant to be rage bait of any kind, I'm just genuinely curious to understand if maybe I started from the worst of his work or if he is simply just not for me and I should consider myself done with his work.

BTW I haven't watched the Office UK yet, apart from the first 2 episodes.

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Any fans of Not for Broadcast here? I remember finding out about this game on Reddit but I don't remember if it was here or on another sub. I started it yesterday and it's blowing my mind!

The gameplay is so unique – you are the director of a news channel and need to choose what to air from 4 screens, also jumping from a speaker to the other, while juggling increasing challenges to ensure the audience keeps on watching. All of this happens in a hot political context and you need to make private and personal choices linked to a new totalitarian party and this affects what happens next (I'm still in the first days of the game so I'm not sure about what awaits me).

The thing that I'm loving so much and hadn't read about is that it's full of comedy bits in full British humor mode. Interviews, live reports and ads get increasingly silly and surreal. After a work day, you can access a room where you can replay everything that went on air plus the bits where hosts and guests talked off-air and you missed while focusing on the main audio and it's hilarious. It's like watching a whole comedy mockumentary show within the game.

If any of this sounds appealing to you I really recommend getting it! There are 5 levels of difficulty so you can also choose to enjoy the story without too much stress while you're on air. I'm trying the normal level right now ("Broadcast") and I'm loving the challenge.

I worked for more than a decade in translation and mostly in subtitle translation. I published subtitles across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Paramount+, and also worked for some theatre and DVD releases. I'm also a proofreader/editor.

I'm Italian and work in the English to Italian language pair, so mostly US content, but also third-language content that is translated via English (lots of K-dramas!).

Ask me anything!

Nella primavera del 2024 ho perso a distanza di poche settimane due dei miei clienti più importanti (sono freelance). Ero un po' persa e non avevo mai pensato neanche lontanamente di poter pianificare le mie finanze o tantomeno investire. Nelle troppe ore libere che mi sono trovata ad avere improvvisamente, tra un dumbscrolling e l'altro, ha iniziato a comparirmi questo subreddit in home. Ho scoperto da vari post il corso YouTube di Coletti, ho iniziato a seguire le varie discussioni e a informarmi anche sui subreddit americani e vari blog di finanza. Sono finita in un loop di studio di 3 mesi (alternato a più ore di quante sono pronta a dichiarare a giocare a Stardew Valley) e a inizio giugno ho fatto il mio primo investimento con i risparmi che avevo accumulato fino ad allora. Sono sempre riuscita, un po' anche per necessità per via della natura altalenante del lavoro freelance, a tenere da parte una piccola somma di sicurezza che mi ha permesso sia di prendermi qualche mese di pausa senza troppe ansie, sia di iniziare a sperimentare con gli investimenti.

Per la prima volta nella vita, alla veneranda età di 39 anni, ho davvero pianificato le mie finanze in modo sistematico, tenendo un po' di soldi di liquidità per coprire i primi mesi mentre cercavo nuovi clienti, mettendo il fondo emergenza nel conto deposito (sono entrata al pelo ancora nella finestra con interessi buoni che ho bloccato per alcuni anni sui conti svincolabili di CA Autobank), prendendo qualche obbligazione per avere al sicuro una somma per sostituire auto e computer, e tutto il resto (poco, ma comunque abbastanza per cominciare) l'ho messo in ETF.

Dopo tanto leggere, ho deciso di farmi un mio piano che mi facesse stare serena, soprattutto con l'incertezza del lavoro e degli introiti dei mesi successivi. Mi sono ispirata al modello Golden Butterfly con una percentuale d'oro (molti qui lo sconsigliavano al tempo, sono felice di aver comunque seguito quel modello, visto che è il singolo asset che mi ha dato più interessi in questi 2 anni!) e ho fatto un portafoglio di ETF abbastanza equilibrato e differenziato, ma anche ottimista. Non so se è una cosa che si fa comunemente, ma avendo sia obbligazioni che ETF nello stesso conto Directa, ho anche impostato un PAC che attinge direttamente dalle cedole delle obbligazioni che vanno sul conto, per ottimizzare gli interessi delle obbligazioni (anche perché sempre per quel momento critico non avevo modo di attivare anche un PAC con i miei introiti). Non entro nel merito degli ETF scelti, perché so che ci sono posizioni molto nette e spesso disaccordi e quello che importa per me è che sia stata una una scelta che mi fa sentire serena anche in relazione alla mia situazione.

Faccio fatica a calcolare esattamente la percentuale di ricavi del mio portafoglio perché ho investito altre due somme in due momenti intermedi e mi sembra che Directa non abbia grandi funzionalità per tracciare l'andamento, ma ho stimato di aver ottenuto, nell'arco di quasi 2 anni, circa il 20% dal portafoglio totale (incluse le obbligazioni) e circa il 40% dall'azionario ETF+ETC oro. Sono molto felice. L'obiettivo era principalmente avere effettivamente un interesse maggiore rispetto ai vari fondi gestiti dalle banche e iniziare a impostare un investimento a lungo termine in vista della pensione, ottenendo più dei vari FPA.

Pensare che avrei potuto iniziare 15 anni fa, invece di tenere i miei risparmi sul conto corrente per metà della mia carriera... Ma a volte nella vita ci vogliono quel momento e quello spunto che ti accendono l'interesse per una cosa nuova a cui non avevi mai pensato prima.

Fortunatamente, già entro la fine dell'estate avevo un nuovo cliente e a gennaio dell'anno successivo altri due, quindi da quel momento ho ricominciato a non dover attingere in alcun modo ai risparmi per le spese imminenti e il fondo emergenza è rimasto intatto.

Questo post vuole essere solo un ringraziamento a chi spende tempo per pubblicare risorse su questo sub e magari uno sprone per qualche altra giovane donna a iniziare a panificare e investire anche senza avere chissà che nozioni iniziali di finanza o un capitale astronomico per cominciare.