SVOD – Stream On Demand

What to stream: ‘Foundation’ on Apple TV+, ‘Midnight Mass’ on Netflix, the new network TV seasons on Hulu and Peacock

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Plus ‘F9: The Fast Saga’ on VOD, ‘Goliath’ ends on Amazon, ‘Star Wars: Visions’ anthology on Disney+, a new season of ‘Doom Patrol’ on HBO Max and more…

Tommy Lee Jones in ‘The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada’ on Amazon Prime

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The directorial of Tommy Lee Jones is an odyssey of a contemporary western both rough and poetic, laconic and passionate.

‘Margaret’ – a powerful American drama on Criterion Channel

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Anna Paquin stars in Kenneth Lonergan’s powerful, provocative, ambitious drama set in the shadow of September 11, 2001, a marvelously messy film about the messiness of emotions and people and relationships.

‘Community: Complete Series’ on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu

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Dan Harmon’s comedy of life in community college is a smart, savvy, snappy comedy on the same comic wavelength as ’30 Rock,’ aimed at young adult sensibilities but with a mix of social satire, creatively exaggerated stereotypes, and lots of very clever pop culture parodies.

Will Smith is an ‘Enemy of the State’ on Peacock

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Tony Scott directs the slick conspiracy cyberthriller but Gene Hackman owns it as the veteran NSA agent gone underground who takes on the new blood with old school skills.

‘Woodstock: The Director’s Cut’ – three days of peace and music on HBO Max

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More than just a concert film, this is a chronicle of both the music of a generation and the community that formed around it for a weekend in 1969.

The original ‘The Nutty Professor’ – Dr. Jekyll and Jerry Lewis on Amazon Prime and Paramount+

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This bizarro take on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reimagines the good doctor as a nerdy college chemistry professor with a lounge lizard alter ego.

Last chance: Wong Kar-Wai’s ‘The Grandmaster’ on Netflix

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Tony Leung stars as martial arts master Ip Man in this lush, romantic take on the martial arts action genre.

Jean Harlow is a ‘Bombshell’ on Criterion Channel

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Lee Tracy costars as a manipulative press agent in this snappy screwball satire of Hollywood fame and publicity. Victor Fleming directs.

‘Enchanted April’ – an Italian escape on Amazon Prime

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Four women break out of their confined lives and roles when they rent a Italian villa in this romantic drama of reawakening. Josie Lawrence, Miranda Richardson, Polly Walker, and Joan Plowright costar with the beautiful Mediterranean landscape.