Wes Anderson’s tale of young love and teenage adventure is funny, playful, and full of nostalgic blasts and period trappings, but most of all it is loving.
Category: HBO Max
Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Kill Bill: Volumes 1 and 2’ on HBO Max
Uma Thurman stars as “The Bride” in this pulp tale told over two movies that mix seventies martial arts revenge dramas and American B-movie action thrillers with Tarantino’s distinctive style.
Last chance: ‘Gun Crazy’ – a film noir classic on HBO Max
This 1950 film noir classic is a masterpiece of style and a blast of cinematic ecstasy on a budget barely bigger than a B movie.
What to stream: ‘Dune’ on HBO Max, ‘Found’ on Netflix, ‘Invasion’ on Apple TV+
Plus ‘the Girl in the Woods’ on Peacock, ‘Gaia’ and ‘Dream Horse’ on Hulu, ‘Night Teeth’ and ‘Inside Job’ on Netflix, and new seasons of ‘Succession’ and ‘Locke & Key’…
The original ‘The Evil Dead’ on HBO Max
The debut film from Sam Raimi is a bravura bit of cinematic inventiveness and one of the most entertaining American horror films of its time.
‘Stoker’ – not your usual family drama on HBO Max
The English-language debut of South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook is a vampire movie without a vampire. At least not in the mythic sense of the term.
J.J. Abrams channels Steven Spielberg for ‘Super 8’ on HBO Max
A monster movie adventure powered by creative kids, a love of movies, and a foundation of mystery and wonder from school kids old enough to make their own zombie movie on super 8 film and young enough to get so excited by it.
‘Argo’ – a stranger than fiction rescue tale on HBO Max
Ben Affleck directs and stars in this based-on-a-true-story drama of the rescue of American hostages in Iran that won the Oscar for best picture
David Cronenberg’s ‘Rabid’ – a viral plague on HBO Max
David Cronenberg continues his exploration of disease, metamorphosis, and mutation in this ingenious low budget horror film that reimagines disease as an evolutionary hiccup.
What to stream: ‘Dopesick’ on Hulu, ‘Guilty Party’ on Paramount+, ‘Halloween Kills’ on Peacock
Plus ‘The Velvet Underground’ on Hulu, ‘The Trip’ on Netflix, ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ series on Amazon, ‘Free Guy’ and ‘The Green Knight’ on VOD and more…