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…
Category: Criterion Channel
‘Margaret’ – a powerful American drama on Criterion Channel
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.
Last chance: ‘The Bird with the Crystal Plumage’ – Dario Argento begins on Criterion Channel
The directorial debut of Dario Argento sets the tone and style for his baroque horror films and the genre he helped define: giallo.
Jean Harlow is a ‘Bombshell’ on Criterion Channel
Lee Tracy costars as a manipulative press agent in this snappy screwball satire of Hollywood fame and publicity. Victor Fleming directs.
What to stream: ‘Y: The Last Man’ on Hulu, ‘Scenes from a Marriage’ revisited and ‘Cry Macho’ on HBO Max, Dan Brown on Peacock
Plus ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ and ‘The Mad Women’s Ball’ on Amazon, ‘Nightbooks’ on Netflix, ‘Center Stage’ on Criterion Channel, and more…
‘Cluny Brown’ on Criterion Channel
Ernst Lubitsch brings “the Lubitsch touch” to this light but witty romantic comedy starring Charles Boyer and Jennifer Jones.
‘Ace in the Hole’ – newspaper noir on Amazon Prime and Criterion Channel
Billy Wilder is the American cinema’s most famous cynic, but nothing in his career is as scathing as this noir-tinged newspaper drama, an indictment of the American media circus.
Spike Lee’s ‘Do The Right Thing’ on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Criterion Channel
Spike Lee’s vibrant, vital, thoroughly accomplished third feature is a provocative and intelligent exploration of race and racism that opens with a call to action and ends with a ferocious cry in the face of injustice.
What to stream: ‘News of the World’ on HBO Max, the women of ‘Kate’ and ‘On the Verge’ on Netflix, a new ‘Doogie’ on Disney+
Plus ‘Come From Away’ on Apple TV+, ‘LuLaRich’ on Amazon, ‘The Father’ on Starz, ‘Malignant’ on HBO Max, the final season of ‘Lucifer’ on Netflix, and more…
‘Breathless’ – Jean-Luc Godard’s new wave classic on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, and Kanopy
Jean-Paul Belmondo plays a charming rogue of a street thug in this cinematic blast across the bow of the French filmmaking and international cinema.