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14 great movies to stream during coronavirus quarantine

Self-isolation is in some ways the movie lover's idealized state: How often have we longed for more time to hunker in the bunker, with all the time in the world to brush up on our Fassbinder or Ozu, or rewatch that beloved trilogy? (Am I talking about Peter Jackson, Richard Linklater or Abbas Kiarostami? Yes, yes and yes.)

That time may be more theoretical than actual for many of us confining ourselves at home for the next several weeks; life in a pandemic, after all, does not mean a shortage of work to do, meals to cook and for some, children to look after. But I hope this personal list of recommendations and suggestions - all of which can be found on at least one

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