Blue Sky

Blue Sky (1994) is a drama from director Tony Richardson, available to watch online on iFILM. Army engineer Hank Marshall (Tommy Lee Jones) monitors radiation at 1950s nuclear test sites, while his restless wife Carly (Jessica Lange) stirs up trouble at every base they're posted to.

Hank keeps speaking out against atmospheric testing, which makes him a problem for superiors who'd rather have his silence and a tidy report. After civilians are caught in a blast and he won't back down, the Army has him committed to a psychiatric ward — using a signature they coax from a confused Carly. Once she grasps what she's done, she takes on the whole machine to get him out.

This was Tony Richardson's final film, shot in 1990 and released only after his death. Jessica Lange is the reason to watch — wild, vulnerable, impossible to look away from — and the role landed her the Best Actress Oscar. The real subject isn't the nuclear cover-up but a marriage that can't survive together or apart. Stream Blue Sky (1994) online on iFILM.