Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)

This well done, understated drama about teenage girls crossing state lines for a legal abortion has wins and nominations from Sundance and other film festivals. It stars Sidney Flanigan as Autumn––the pregnant one––and Talia Ryder as her cousin and best friend Skylar. Théodore Pellerin plays the guy they meet at the bus station and singer Sharon Van Etten has a cameo as Autumn's mother.

Director/writer Eliza Hittman has two features under her belt and Flanigan makes her film debut, while Ryder makes her feature film debut. Pellerin is best known to us for playing Cody in all ten episodes of On Becoming a God in Central Florida.

The dreamy soundtrack by Julia Holter is streaming from soundcloud as I type.

Cinematographer Hélène Louvart adds to the understatement with her muted tones. She was last blogged for Pina.

Rotten Tomatoes' critics' average is 99%, rating it "always," while its audiences come in at "rarely" or 20. Jack and I thought it was good.

Reelgood says you can stream this on HBO or HBO Max, as we did the end of July, or rent from a few other places.