Winona Ryder – Stream On Demand

Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day-Lewis star in Martin Scorsese's adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel

Leaving soon: Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Age of Innocence’ on Hulu

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Scorsese explores 19th century New York high society with grace, nuance, and piercing intellect in his adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel, one of his greatest and most underrated films.

Ben Stiller struts the catwalk as ‘Zoolander’ on Prime Video and Paramount+

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Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell costar in this goofy spoof of male models and the fashion industry.

Peter Sarsgaard is Stanley Milgram in Michael Almereyda's 'Experimenter'

‘Experimenter’ with Peter Sarsgaard on MUBI and free on Kanopy

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Sarsgaard plays Yale psychology professor Stanley Milgram in Michael Almereyda’s inventive drama about his life and legendary experiments that shocked the world.

‘Edward Scissorhands’ – Tim Burton’s suburban fairy tale on Disney+ and Prime Video

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Johnny Depp is sweetly haunting as the innocent outcast in Burton’s magical and melancholy fairy tale for the modern world.

Tim Burton’s ‘Frankenweenie’ – It’s alive on Disney+

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This sweet, adolescent twist on the classic ‘Frankenstein’ story captures a childhood fascination with monster movies and the macabre with creative designs and delightful stop motion animation.

Last chance: Natalie Portman is the ‘Black Swan’ on Hulu

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‘The Red Shoes’ meets ‘Repulsion’ in Darren Aronofsky’s ‘jittery psychological portrait of neurosis and obsession in the ballet world.

Oscar Isaac and Carla Quevedo in the HBO series Show Me a Hero from David Simon

‘Show Me a Hero’ on HBO Go and HBO Now

!Featured, Streaming TV 08/17/2015 Sean Axmaker

HBO has just given streamers another reason to subscribe to HBO Now. Show Me a Hero, a six-hour miniseries developed by David Simon (The Wire) and William F. Zorzi from the non-fiction book by Lisa Belkin and directed by Paul Haggis (with a subtlety and nuance I didn’t know he had in him), stars Oscar […]