The Room Next Door (2024)

This moving story stars Tilda Swinton as Martha and Julianne Moore as Ingrid, two writers who knew each other long ago but had drifted apart when Martha, looking for someone to help her euthanize herself, contacts Ingrid. It's not as sad as it sounds and the actresses are terrific. John Turturro and Alessandro Nivola also appear, but it's the women's story.

Spaniard Pedro Almodóvar directs his first English language movie and adapted the screenplay from the 2020 novel What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez.

Composer Alberto Iglesias' lovely score can be streamed on Apple Music and Eduard Grau's photography of the beautiful sets and locations is stunning.

Swinton was last blogged for Asteroid City, Moore for May December, Turturro for Licorice Pizza, Nivola for The Brutalist, Almadóvar and Iglesias for Parallel Mothers, and Grau for Passing.

Rotten Tomatoes' critics and audiences are staying in the house with averages of 81 and 76%, respectively. Jack and I rented it from Apple TV/iTunes on April 12, but it's now also available on Netflix.