Slums of Beverly Hills

Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) is a comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM, written and directed by Tamara Jenkins. Set in 1976, it follows thirteen-year-old Vivian, whose father — a lovable, cash-strapped drifter played by Alan Arkin — keeps moving the family from one cheap apartment to the next just to stay inside the Beverly Hills school district.

Natasha Lyonne plays Vivian with a raw, deadpan energy that anchors the film. Then her cousin Rita shows up, played by Marisa Tomei, bringing her own chaos and a crash course in growing up faster than anyone planned. Jenkins made this as her debut feature and kept it bracingly unsentimental — the laughs come from recognition, not comfort. Stream Slums of Beverly Hills on iFILM.