This coronavirus edition of movies to shelter with includes documentaries such as the 4.5-hour “City Hall” by Cambridge’s Frederick Wiseman and the stirring “Unapologetic,” but also Cronenbergian crime and horror.

Spontaneous street parties broke out Saturday in Cambridge, as well as around the country and internationally, upon official reports that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris had enough safe electoral college votes to take the White House in January.

Even now, with so much of this federal election outcome in doubt and reflective of a deeply split nation, it was a good election for a strange reason.

Democratic challenger for president Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris won 91.5 percent of the vote in Cambridge balloting Tuesday. A smaller electorate appeared to help President Donald Trump edge up ever so slightly among Cambridge voters from four years ago, to 6.5 percent.

This coronavirus edition of movies to shelter with highlights the Boston Jewish Film Festival, starting Wednesday – just after Election Day, which you can prep for with “John Lewis: Good Trouble” or “Totally Under Control” or avoid thinking about with “Zardoz,” “My Octopus Teacher” and more.

The effort to bring ranked-choice voting statewide was in comfortable territory Saturday with a rally in Porter Square, in a city that has been using it since 1940.

Though the past several City Council election seasons have seen sharp debates over candidates taking donations from developers, an attempt at campaign finance reform was stopped Monday on its way to committee – because it was overly focused on those same developers.

Mitt Romney took a principled stand in voting to impeach President Donald Trump, but now will throw away its meaning to rush a Supreme Court justice into office.

Mitt Romney took a principled stand in voting to impeach President Donald Trump, but now will throw away its meaning to rush a Supreme Court justice into office.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Ed Markey beat challenger U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III in Tuesday’s primary, giving the political dynasty its first Congressional loss in Massachusetts. Incumbents ruled, though newcomers won open seats in Cambridge (Steve Owens) and Somerville (Erika Uyterhoeven).