Buster Keaton and ballot boxes, streaming this week

jma election1See larger image The eyes have it If this year's real-life presidential election hijinx have you wanting more, you've come to the right place. Two new movies streaming this week offer satirical, sometimes suspensful, takes on the down-and-dirty world of political campaigning. For the less cynical, there are three documentaries that do outstanding jobs of connecting us with real-life people—whether it’s a hospital staff in Oakland, CA, a mariachi who leaves San Francisco to return to Mexico, or a New York ballplayer whose pitching style makes him an outcast. Add to that a movie that highlights the inimitable gifts of Buster Keaton, a story about a martial arts master in post-WWII Hong Kong, a film by the renowned director Terrence Malick, and two movies featuring the work of famed cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, and you're looking at one hell of a weekend.