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UPDATE, February, 5, 2021: Malcolm & Marie is available to stream via Netflix from Friday, February 5.

Where everything from Blue Valentine and the Before trilogy to Marriage Story have previously gone, Malcolm & Marie follows: into the fiery heat and knotty struggles of a complicated relationship. Like the heartbreaking Blue Valentine, it charts ecstatic highs and agonising lows. As Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and Before Midnight did, it relies upon dialogue swapped frequently, passionately and with chemistry. And stepping in Marriage Story‘s territory, it follows a director and an actor as their career choices highlight issues they’ve plastered over with sex, smiles and their usual routine for far too long. Still, while assembled…