Landline

Landline (2017) is a sharp, warm family comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM. Director Gillian Robespierre sets the story in mid-nineties Manhattan — a world of answering machines and Saturday errands — where teenager Ali accidentally uncovers proof that her father is having an affair.

The discovery unravels the whole household. Older sister Dana, played by Jenny Slate, is quietly imploding in her own relationship, their mother Pat (Edie Falco) has been swallowing frustration for years, and dad Alan — John Turturro in quietly sad form — turns out to be less a villain than a man who got lost in his own head. Abby Quinn plays Ali with genuine teenage nerve. Robespierre shoots the period without nostalgia trips: the nineties here are just background noise while the family figures out how to stay honest with each other. Stream Landline (2017) online on iFILM.