There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it’s hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge’s Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services, and recommending a single perfect thing to watch this weekend.
Meru, a 2015 documentary co-directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and her husband Jimmy Chin, about the two attempts Chin and his colleagues Conrad Anker and Renan Ozturk made at scaling the daunting “Shark’s Fin” wall at India’s Meru Peak. In 2008 and then again in 2011, the trio worked together to overcome bitter cold, strong winds,...
