Jason Schwartzman – Stream On Demand

‘Freaks and Geeks’ – complete and restored on Prime Video, Hulu and Paramount+

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Binge-able TV, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult TV, DVD, Emmy Award, high school, Hulu, Paramount+, Streaming TV, SVOD 05/07/2023 Sean Axmaker

This brilliant but short-lived high school comedy drama is one of the sharpest shows of its era and launched a lot talent, among them Linda Cardellini and future filmmakers James Franco, Jason Segel, Seth Rogen, and John Francis Daley.

Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman in Wes Anderson's 'Moonrise Kingdom,' starring Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, and more

‘Moonrise Kingdom’ – Wes Anderson’s endless summer on Prime Video

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, childhood, Criterion, DVD, family friendly, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD 05/02/2023 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

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.

‘Marie Antoinette’ – decadent young royals on Paramount+ and MGM+

!Featured, Academy Award, based on a true story, biographical, Blu-ray, Cannes winner, Directed by Women, drama, DVD, historical, MGM+, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, SVOD 03/21/2023 Sean Axmaker

Kirsten Dunst is the teenage Austrian princess in the court of King Louis XVI in Sofia Coppola’s portrait of the decadent, indifferent monarchy that toppled in the French Revolution.

‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ on Disney+ and Hulu

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Animation, based on a novel, Blu-ray, caper, Comedy, Disney+, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Hulu, Streaming Movies, SVOD 08/17/2022 Sean Axmaker

Wes Anderson brings his distinctive sensibility to Roald Dahl fantasy and stop motion animation in this storybook kid’s movie for grown-ups.

Wes Anderson’s ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award, BAFTA winner, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, fantasy, Max, Politics, Romance, Streaming Movies, SVOD 06/23/2022 Sean Axmaker

Ralph Fiennes and Tony Revolori star in this bittersweet comic drama, mix of adventure, murder mystery, old-world tale, storybook fable, and sinister conspiracy.

Amy Adams is Margaret Keane in 'Big Eyes.' directed by Tim Burton

‘Big Eyes’ – The Keanes and the kitsch on Netflix

!Featured, based on a true story, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Streaming Movies, SVOD 05/04/2022 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

Tim Burton’s second foray into strange but true stories of American termite art culture delves into the story of Margaret Keane’s portraits of sad-eyed waifs that became a pop culture phenomenon.

‘Listen Up Philip’ – literary wit on Peacock and MUBI

!Featured, American Independent Cinema, BritBox, drama, DVD, Free, Kanopy, MUBI, Peacock, Streaming Movies, SVOD 04/10/2022 Sean Axmaker

Jason Schwartzman and Elisabeth Moss star in Alex Ross Perry’s witty tale of artistic arrogance and entitlement.

‘CQ’ – Groovy moviemaking in the sixties on Amazon Prime

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, American Independent Cinema, Cult Movies, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, movies about movies, Streaming Movies, SVOD 11/25/2020 Sean Axmaker

There’s a real love of 1960s movie lore in CQ (2002), the feature film debut of Roman Coppola (son of Francis Ford, brother of Sofia, creative assistant to both). Jeremy Davies is the American in Paris hero, an aspiring director in the funky days of 1969. By days he edits a pop-art sci-fi spy adventure […]