Welcome to the Gold Ticket, your VIP guide to the best of pop culture for the weekend ahead, curated by the Gold Derby team of experts.
Mr. Scorsese on Apple TV: This week's list could actually be just this item because your weekend might be spoken for if you even start Rebecca Miller's documentary series on Martin Scorsese. The show itself runs across five episodes, so there's that time you'll be sinking into the absolutely bingeable deep dive into the director's career. Then you've got all the time you'll spend revisiting his films or watching them for the first time.
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey on VOD: The latest effort from director Kogonada (the very worth-your-time Columbus and After Yang) opened wide to a public that no longer knows how to handle 1) creative swings and 2) insincerity, so understandably, moviegoers didn't leap to see it. But give A Big Bold Beautiful Journey a shot. At the very least, you'll be watching two talented and incredibly attractive actors for a couple of hours. Is that so bad?
The Perfect Neighbor on Netflix: Geeta Gandbhir won the documentary directing award at this year's Sundance for her harrowing look at racism and policing in America. Told almost exclusively with body cam footage, it's one of the toughest watches of the year and sadly one of the most essentially.
