WILDLIFE (2018) 5:45 p.m. on Showtime. Set in a stylishly imagined Great Falls, Mont., in the 1960s, this directorial debut from Paul Dano revolves around a family: Jeanette (Carey Mulligan), Jerry (Jake Gyllenhaal), and their teenage son, Joe (Ed Oxenbould). After Jerry loses his job, he decides for reasons left partly unknown to take a job as a firefighter in the nearby mountains. His absence becomes the story’s backdrop, as Joe and Jeanette deal the change in their own ways. “Dano’s direction is meticulous in every respect,” he added, “which enables him to keep the characters at a remove that is both cleareyed and compassionate.”THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER (2015) 7:30 p.m. on Nickelodeon.

Source: New York Times June 21, 2019 04:52 UTC