Your summer project: watching these movies
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It’s become an adage of the modern age to say that the more streaming options there are, the harder it is to decide what to watch. Our critic David Sims has a solution: “As a way to avoid decision paralysis, I always have at least one movie-viewing project going, a way to check boxes and spur myself toward new things to explore—be it running through an influential director’s filmography, checking out the cinema of a particular country or era, or going one by one through a long-running series,” he wrote recently.

In today’s newsletter, spend time with our critics’ suggestions for how to organize your movie-watching, find what’s right for your mood, and expand your mind.

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