Nicholas Winding Refn’s social commentary-as-heady horror film isn’t big on subtlety but his allegory for the hunger for youth and beauty is fascinating and gorgeous.
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‘Drive’ – Ryan Gosling’s getaway on Peacock
Sleek pulp crime cool meets arthouse style thriller in Drive (2011, R) starring Ryan Gosling as a taciturn getaway driver. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (a veteran of gritty, brutal Danish underworld dramas) with a silky smoothness and a stylized cool that recalls Le Samourai and Walter Hill’s The Driver, and an eighties vibe and […]
What to stream: Agatha Christie’s ‘Crooked House’ on Amazon, ‘Roxanne Roxanne’ on Netflix, more ‘Santa Clarita’
Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, Showtime Anytime, FilmStruck, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … The handsome British mystery Crooked House (2017, PG-13), based on the Agatha Christie novel, features Glenn Close, Gillian Anderson, and Christina Hendricks as prime suspects in the murder of a business […]