IRA BEST OF THE YEAR PICKS
2024
ALL SHALL BE WELL (AL) (rental)
Chinese drama about widowed lesbian dealing with in-laws
ANORA (MG, AL) (theaters)
(Sean Baker's latest drama, this time about a NY escort who marries the son of Russian mobsters)
CAROL DODA TOPLESS AT THE CONDOR (GM) (rental)
(doc about first performer to go topless in modern San Francisco of the 1960s)
CLOSE YOUR EYES (GM) (limbo, played theaters briefly in August 2024)
(Spanish film by Victor Erice about vanishing actor)
THE CRIME IS MINE (JS) (Amazon Prime, Hoopla, rental)
(dir François Ozon crime comedy w Isabelle Huppert)
CROSSING (AD, AT) (MUBI, rental)
(Dir Levan Akin's drama about a retired teacher searching for her niece in Istanbul)
DIDI (MGM) (Peacock, rental)
(coming of age indie flick; very nicely observed)
DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD (AL, GM) (MUBI, rental)
(Romanian workplace comedy from Radu Jude of Bad Luck Banging fame)
EMILIA PÉREZ (AD)
(a new opera from Jacques Audiard)
FITTING IN (GM) (rental)
(Teen girl ready for sex gets odd medical diagnosis, explores diff ways of having a sex life)
FLOW (AT) (theater)
(Latvian animated film about cat; Oscar hopeful)
GHOSTLIGHT (GM, JW) (Acorn, rental)
(Sundance favorite, indie drama about father daughter strained relationship)
GOOD ONE (MG) (limbo)
(Teen girl goes on weekend camping trip w dad and his friend)
HIGH TIDE (HK) (theatrical, P-town, Boston and so on but quite limited)
Queer film shot in P-town and released by Strand. Plus the director and star became lovers in real life. Very old school!
HIT MAN (AD) (Netflix)
(Richard Linklater comedy about Glen Powell as a professor who pretends to be a hit man)
HOW TO HAVE SEX (AL, GM) (MUBI, rental)
(Uk drama about teen girls on holiday getting in good trouble)
I SAW THE TV GLOW (AL) (HBO Max, rental)
(coming of age drama?)
JUROR #2 (AL) (HBO Max, rental soon)
Clint's swan song starring Nicholas Hoult-Lewin
KIM'S VIDEO (AD, GM) (rental)
(doc about tracking down the library of shuttered Kim's Video)
KNEECAP (MG, GM) (rental)
(Irish comedy musical about hip hop group raising a ruckus)
LAST SUMMER (AL) (rental)
Dir Breillat drama about wife having affair w husband's son from previous marriage, as one will.
THE LAST YEAR OF DARKNESS (AL, GM) (MUBI)
(doc about Japanese youth and their love of an imperiled hipster club)
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL (AL) (Shudder, rental)
(Televangelist stages "exorcism" on Halloween and unleashes horror)
MADE IN ENGLAND: POWELL AND PRESSBURGER (AD, GR, MS) (rental)
(Doc on UK film duo)
MAN IN BLACK (GR) (limbo)
(dir Wang Bing's latest is a one-man performance piece about the Cultural Revolution)
MARS EXPRESS (GM) (rental)
(French animated film set in 2200 amidst a murder investigation)
MY OLD ASS (AD, DG, AL, MS) (Amazon Prime)
(Aubrey Plaza goes back in time somehow to warn her younger self about some dude)
THE OLD OAK (AL, GM, AR) (Kino, rental)
(Ken Loach drama about old English pub and new Syrian refugees)
THE PEASANTS (GM) (rental)
(animated drama about Polish peasants)
PLAYERS (AD) (Netflix)
(dating scene for single female sportswriter)
SCALA!!! (GM) (limbo)
(doc on movie theater at King's Cross in London, covering audience from 1978-1992)
THE SETTLERS (AL) (MUBI, rental)
(Chilean drama about brutal life of workers in early 20th century)
SING SING (GM) (theater)
(drama about prisoners embracing acting as a release/therapy; esp Clarence Maclin in supp)
A STILL SMALL VOICE (GM, GR) (MUBI)
(doc on chaplain training to serve patients and family at Mt. Sinai hospital)
STRANGE DARLING (AL) (Apple, rental)
(Violent cat and mouse thriller after one night stand)
THE SUBSTANCE (AD, AL) (Apple, MUBI)
(Demi Moore body horror comeback)
THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER (GM) (rental)
(faux documentary animated film about search for legendary jazz player, features Jeff Goldblum)
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ACORN
Faithless (Irish dramedy)
Ghostlight GM (Acorn, rental)
AMAZON PRIME
Movies:
Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War On Democracy (Prime, Peacock, rental)
Ennio (doc on Morricone) (Amazon)
Evil Does Not Exist (Amazon)
Hundreds of Beavers (Amazon, rental)
Look Back (Jap ani about massacre) (Amazon)
My Old Ass (Aubrey Plaza)
Sebastian (gay writer takes up sex work for "research") (Amazon)
TV:
Fallout S1 (Amazon Prime)
Gen V (The Boys spin-off superhero school) S1 (Amazon)
I'm A Virgo S1 (creator Boots Riley)
Jury Duty S1
The Lovers (Irish Derry Girls grown up) (Amazon)
Merry Little Batman (short, special) (Amazon)
Those About To Die (Rome epic) (Amazon)
MOVIES
After The Screaming Stops (2018) (Bros doc) (Amazon)
AMC
TV:
Dark Winds S1-2 (Tony Hillerman) (AMC)
Interview With The Vampire (S1-2) (AMC)
Monsieur Spade S1 (Clive Owen) (AMC)
Swarm (obsessive fans miniseries) (Amazon Prime)
APPLE +
Black Box Diaries (Jap sexual assault doc) (Apple+)
Christmas Eve at Miller's Point (rental on Apple)
Eno (doc on Eno) (Apple)
Femme (rental on Apple)
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (doc) (Apple+)
The Thicket (Western w Juliette Lewis memorable) (Apple, rental)
Viet and Nam (Apple)
TV:
Bad Sisters S1
Drops Of God S1 (wine industry) (Apple+)
High Desert (Patricia Arquette ex-dealer crime fighter) (Apple+)
Lessons In Chemistry (miniseries) (Apple+)
Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters S1 (Apple+)
Platonic (Seth Rogen pals) (Apple+)
Silo S1 (dystopian) (Apple+)
Slow Horses (spy S1-4) (Apple+)
BBC AMERICA
TV:
Happy Valley S1-3
BRITBOX
The Sixth Commandment (queer miniseries; Timothy Spall) (BritBox)
CRITERION
The Beast (sci-fi) (Criterion, rental)
Chicken for Linda (ani) (Criterion, rental)
Here (Belgian film) (Criterion)
Pictures of Ghosts (doc, Brazilian) (Criterion)
Totem (Mexican coming of age little girl) (Criterion, rental)
CRUNCHYROLL
DISCOVERY+
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DISNEY+
Beatles '64 (doc) (Disney+)
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
Treasure Planet (2002)
Winnie The Pooh (2011)
TV:
Atlanta (S1-4) (Disney+)
Culprits (crime miniseries a la Ocean's 11) (Disney+)
Shogun S1 (Disney+, Hulu)
FREEFORM
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FUBO
TV:
Peep Show S1-9
fX
TV:
The Bear S1 and 2
English Teacher
Reservation Dogs S1-3
Shogun S1 (fX)
HBO MAX
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (HBO Max)
Horizon (Max on Aug 23)
I Saw The TV Glow (Max in Sept)
Juror #2 (Max, rental)
Love Lies Bleeding (lesbian bodybuilding drama) (HBO Max)
Stax: Soulsville, USA (four part doc; 150m)
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story doc (HBO Max; rental)
TV:
How To With John Wilson (doc series) (HBO Max)
Industry (S1-3) (HBO Max)
Last Call (four part doc on serial killer targeting NYC gays) (HBO)
My Brilliant Friend S1-4 (HBO Max)
Naked Attraction (UK dating series S1-6) (HBO Max)
Our Flag Means Death (gay pirates S1 and 2) (HBO Max)
The Penguin (HBO Max)
The Regime S1 (Kate Winslet, dictator) (HBO Max)
Scavengers Reign S1 (sci-fi stranded planet animated) (HBO Max)
Somebody Somewhere S1-3 (HBO Max)
South Side (workplace comedy S1-3) (HBO Max)
30 Coins apocalyptic religious thing S1 (HBO Max)
True Detective: Night Country (HBO Max)
HULU
La Chimera (grave robbing, Italian) (Hulu, rental)
Femme (Hulu, rental)
Kinds of Kindness (Lanthimos triptych) (Hulu, rental)
Perfect Days (Wim Wenders Japanese cleaner) (Hulu, rental on Apple)
Robot Dreams (animated) (Hulu, Apple rental)
Spermworld (Hulu)
Sugarcane (Oscar doc on native people gov't schools) (Hulu)
Vaazhai (Hulu)
TV:
The Bear S1-2 (Hulu)
Moving (S1 Superhero from K) (Hulu)
Reservation Dogs S1-3 (Hulu)
Rivals S1 (David Tennant UK drama fun) (Hulu)
Say Nothing S1 (Irish troubles) (Hulu)
Shogun S1 (Disney+, Hulu)
A Shop For Killers (assassins out to get you) (Hulu)
Somewhere Boy S1 (Hulu)
We Were The Lucky Ones Jews/WW II miniseries (Hulu)
Bait (2019) (Hulu)
KANOPY
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KINONOW
Fireworks (gay first love, Italian, 1980s) (Kino Now and rental Jan 18)
Green Border (Agnezkia Holland) (Kino, rental)
MUBI
Bird (dir Andrea Arnold) (MUBI Dec 23)
Dahomey (doc) (MUBI)
The Delinquents (bank robbery) (MUBI, rental)
Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World (MUBI, romanian)
The People's Joker (MUBI, rental)
NETFLIX
Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix)
His Three Daughters I(Netflix, rental)
Hit Man (Netflix)
The Imaginary (Jap animated) (Netflix)
It's What's Inside (Netflix) (sci fi suitcase)
May December (Todd Haynes) (Netflix)
Mountain Queen (sherpa doc) (Netflix)
Rebel Ridge (thriller drama) (Netflix)
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (doc on gamer) (Netflix)
Spellbound (animated w Alan Menken music) (Netflix)
That Christmas (animated) (Netflix)
Ultraman: Rising (animated) (Netflix)
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Foul (Netflix)
TV:
Baby Reindeer (miniseries) (Netflix)
Beef S1
Black Doves (S1 Whishaw and Knightley spy show) (Netflix)
Blue Eye Samurai S1 (Netflix)
Cunk On Earth S1
The Diplomat S1-2 (Netflix)
John Mulaney Presents S1 (Netflix)
A Man On The Inside (S1 Ted Danson) (Netflix)
The Night Agents S1
One Day (romance miniseries) (Netflix)
Ripley S1 (Netflix)
Sex Education S1-4 (Netflix)
Top Boy (5S but only 3S on Netflix)
Girl (2018 by dir of Close) (Netflix)
Under The Shadow (2016 UK)
PARAMOUNT+
TV:
Colin From Accounts (S1) (Paramount+)
Dreaming Whilst Black (S1) (Paramount+)
Fellow Travelers (queer miniseries) (Paramount+)
PBS
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll (PBS Masters)
Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV (doc on multimedia artist) (PBS; rental)
Mr Bates Vs The Post Office (miniseries w Toby Jones) (PBS)
PEACOCK
Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War On Democracy (Prime, Peacock, rental)
Didi (MG) (Peacock, rental)
TV:
Colin From Accounts S1-2 (Peacock)
The Day of the Jackal S1 (Peacock)
Killing It S1 (workplace comedy?) (Peacock)
Killing It S1 (workplace comedy?) (Peacock)
Mrs. Davis S1 (Peacock)
PLEX
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ROKU
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SHOWTIME
STARZ
TUBI
Fireworks (gay drama) (Tubi)
YOUTUBE
TV:
The Other Two (S1-3) (YouTube TV)
THEATERS OR AVAILABLE TO RENT OR IN LIMBO
All We Imagine As Light (Mumbai drama about women) (theater)
Anora (Sean Baker drama about escort marrying son of Russian mobsters) (theater)
Babygirl (Nicole Kidman: cougar) (theater)
Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War On Democracy (Prime, Peacock, rental)
Big Boys (queer?) (rental)
The Brutalist (Adrien Brody as architect) (theater 12-19-2024)
La Chimera (rental)
A Complete Unknown (Timothée Chalamet IS Bob Dylan) (theater 12-24-2024)
Conclave (theater)
The Count of Monte Cristo (theater 12-20-2024)
Crossing (Turkish Georgian drama about woman searching for trans relative) (MUBI, rental)
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (doc on apartheid photographer) (limbo)
Evil Does Not Exist (rental)
Femme (rental on Apple)
Flow (Latvia animated) (theater)
Green Border (rental)
Hard Truths (Mike Leigh) (theater)
How To Come Alive With Norman Mailer (doc) (rental)
Io Capitano (rental)
Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell (Vietnamese dir debut) (rental)
I Saw The TV Glow (rental)
Janet Planet (Annie Baker dir) (rental)
Kidnapped (pope and boy) (rental)
Late Night With The Devil (Shudder, rental)
Look Into My Eyes (doc on psychics) (rental)
Memoir of a Snail (animated) (rental)
Memoir of a Snail (animated) (rental)
Nickel Boys (theater)
Nocturnes (doc on moths, climate crisis) (limbo?)
Omar & Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird (music doc on Mars Volta) (theater)
Omni Loop (time travel sci fi (rental)
Plastic People (doc on microplastics) (limbo)
A Real Pain (Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin) (theater)
The Room Next Door (Almodovar end of life drama) (theater 12-19-2024)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (Criterion, rental)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (theater)
Sing Sing (prison drama) (theatrical)
Skywalkers: A Love Story (doc on idiots) (Netflix)
Stay Awake (rental, 2023, opoid addiction)
Taking Venice (art world doc) (rental)
Theater of Thought (Herzog doc) (theater)
Totem (rental)
Uncropped (doc on photog James Hamilton) (rental)
Union (doc on unions) (Gathr platform)
We Grown Now (rental)
PREVIOUS YEARS TOP PICKS
IRA BEST OF THE YEAR LIST -- 2022
AFTERSUN (AD, MG, HK, AO) (theaters, rental)
(Paul Mescal drama about divorced dad on holiday w his 11 year old daughter; sad, quiet)
AFTER YANG (AL, AO) (Showtime, rental)
(Dir Kogonada, dir of Columbus, TV series Pachinko; drama about A.I. robot)
ALL THE BEAUTY AND BLOODSHED (GR) (theaters, HBO Max March 19)
(Poitros doc on artist Nan Goldin v Sackler dynasty)
APOLLO 10 1/2 (AL, AO) (Netflix)
(Dir Rick Linklater's childhood reminiscence; it's a g-dd-mn cartoon!)
APPLES (MG, AL, GM, AR, GR) (MUBI, rental)
(Greek drama)
ARMAGEDDON TIME (AD, HK) (Peacock, rental)
(James Gray coming of age tale)
THE AUTOMAT (AD, JS) (HBO Max, Kanopy, KinoNow, TCM, rental)
(doc on NYC quick and easy food institution; my mom went there in the 1950s)
THE BALCONY MOVIE (GR) (MUBI)
(Lockdown doc; chatting with people...from their balcony)
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (MG, HK, MGS) (HBO Max, theatrical, rental)
(Latest Martin McDonagh film)
BONES AND ALL (AO) (rental)
(Timothee Chálamet, Taylor Russell cannibal movie)
THE CATHEDRAL (AL) (MUBI, rental)
drama thru eyes of a boy
COW (GM, GR) (AMC+, rental)
(Andrea Arnold doc on cow)
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (RB aka Robert Bowman, AL) (Hulu, rental)
(Cronenberg)
DESCENDANT (AD) (Netflix)
(doc on origins of the city Africatown, Alabama and exploration of slave ship Clotilda)
DOWN WITH THE KING (AL, GM, AO, GR) (rental)
(rap industry pic)
EMILY THE CRIMINAL (AD, MG, GR, MGS) (Netflix)
(Aubrey Plaza student debt film)
EO (AD, HK, AO) (Criterion, rental)
(donkey movie)
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (MG, HK, GM, AR) (Showtime, rental)
(Michelle Yeoh multiverse)
FIRE OF LOVE (MG, AR) (Disney+, Hulu)
(Doc on volcanologists)
THE FIRE WITHIN (AL, GR) (History Channel, rental via Amazon and Vudu)
(Herzog on same scientists as Fire Of Love)
FRANCE (GM) (Criterion, rental)
(Bruno Dumont w Lèa Seydoux as celeb journalist)
GEORGE CARLIN'S AMERICAN DREAM (GM, GR) (HBO Max)
(doc on comedy legend)
GREAT FREEDOM (AD, MG, HK, AL, GR, JS) (MUBI, rental)
(German gay prison drama)
GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO (AD, MG, HK) (Netflix)
(Fascist setting for dark fairy tale classic)
HAPPENING (AD, MG, AL, GR, ES) (Hulu, AMC+, rental)
(French period abortion drama, pun intended)
IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE (AL, GR) (rental)
(Hong Sang-Soo latest; his 26th film)
KURT VONNEGUT: UNSTUCK IN TIME (GM) (Hulu, rental)
(Doc on writer)
LAST FLIGHT HOME (GM) (Paramount+, rental)
(doc on end of life decision)
THE LAST MOVIE STARS (MG) (HBO Max)
(doc on Paul Newman/Joanne Woodward)
LOST ILLUSIONS (AL, MGS) (MUBI, rental)
(historical romp based on Balzac novel)
LOVING HIGHSMITH (HK, AL) (Kanopy, rental)
(Doc on Patricia Highsmith)
MEMORIA (GR) (city by city road show release around the country in 2022/2023)
(Tilda Swinton in dir Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
THE MENU (AO, MGS) (HBO Max, rental)
(drama w Ralph Fiennes as chef at fancy restaurant; alternate Twilight Zone title: To Serve The 1%)
MOONAGE DAYDREAM (GM) (theatrical, rental)
(fever dream of a doc on Bowie)
MR. BACHMAN AND HIS CLASS (MG, AL) (MUBI)
(German doc on teacher and students)
NAVALNY (MG, GM, AR, JS) (HBO Max)
doc on Russian political prisoner Alexey Navalny)
NITRAM (AL, GM) (Hulu, AMC+, rental)
(Aussie flick by dir Justin Kurzel of Snowtown, Macbeth w Fassbender)
NOPE (AD, AL, AO, MS, MGS) (Peacock, rental)
(Jordan Peele flick)
PETER VON KANT (AL) (rental)
(Ozon gender flip of Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears Of Petra von Kant)
PETITE MAMAN (AD, MG, HK, AL, AO, GR) (Hulu, Kanopy, rental)
(Dir Celine Sciamma's latest)
PLAYGROUND (AL, GR) (MUBI, rental)
(French drama about little children and bullying)
PLEASURE (MG, AL, GM) (Showtime, FUBO, rental)
(Sundance film about woman entering adult film industry)
RRR (AO, MS) (theaters, Netflix)
(a Tollywood spectacle)
SHE SAID (JS) (Peacock, rental)
(film insisting the NYT doesn't always suck)
"SR." (AD) (Netflix)
(Doc on Robert Downey Sr.)
TÁR (JS) (Peacock, rental)
(toxic composer)
THE TERRITORY (HK, MG, GM) (Disney+)
(doc on indigenous people in Brazilian Amazon)
THREE MINUTES: A LENGTHENING (AD, GR) (Hulu, Kanopy, rental)
(doc on Holocaust footage)
THE TSUGUA DIARIES (GR) (MUBI, rental)
(Portuguese film about moviemaking from dir Miguel Gomez)
TURNING RED (MG) (Disney+)
(Pixar allegory for puberty with 13 year old girl turning into giant red panda when excited)
THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST (AD, MG, HK, GM, MS) (DirecTV, PBS.org, reruns on PBS)
(Ken Burns doc --what the U.S. knew and when, what it did and mostly failed to do)
VENGEANCE (Al, AO, JS) (Amazon Prime, rental)
(offbeat film frm B.J. Novak of The Office, who wrote, directed and stars)
WATCHER (AL) (AMC+, DirecTV, rental)
(Bucharest serial killer)
THE WHALE (AL) (theater)
(Darren Aronovsky w Brendan Fraser)
WOMEN TALKING (HK, AL, AO, MGS) (theaters, rental)
(Sarah Polley directed ensemble; men suck)
THE WONDER (AR) (Netflix)
(French period religious drama)
IRA BEST OF THE YEAR PICKS
2023
ACTUAL PEOPLE (GM) (Fandor, rental on Amazon)
(writer-director Kit Zauhar's story of college student stressing as graduation approaches)
AFIRE (GR) (dir Christian Petzold) (Criterion, rental)
(self-absorbed novelist aka The Michael Giltz Story)
AFTER LOVE (AL) (rental on Amazon, Apple etc)
(woman in UK discovers late husband had secret second life)
ALL OF US STRANGERS (AD, HK, JM, MGS) (Hulu)
(queer ghost story/romance/family reckoning)
AMERICAN FICTION (HK, GM, AO, MGS, JW) (Fubu, MGM+, rental)
(film of Percical Everett novel about Black writer who jokingly writes ghetto novel, becomes star)
ANATOMY OF A FALL (HK, GM, AO) (rental)
(French courtroom drama)
ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET (AD) (Starz, rental)
(Judy Blume coming of age tale)
ASTEROID CITY (HK, AL, MS, JW) (Amazon Prime, rental)
(Wes Anderson's latest bon-bon)
BARBIE (AD, JM) (HBO Max, rental)
(the greatest toy tie-in movie since....)
THE BEASTS (GM) (rental)
(French eco-thriller)
BEING MARY TYLER MOORE (AD) (HBO Max)
(doc on everyone's favorite TV newsroom manager)
BEYOND UTOPIA (JM) (rental)
(doc on SK pastor helping North Koreansw escape to freedom)
THE BOY AND THE HERON (MG, AO) (theaters)
(Miyazaki's swan song?)
BRUISER (GM) (Hulu)
(coming of age for bullied kid)
CHILE '76 (GM) (rental)
(mother caught up in intrigue when priest asks her to shelter a young man)
(mother caught up in intrigue when priest asks her to shelter a young man)
CLOSE (MG, HK, AL, AO, GR, JS) (FUBO, Paramount+, Showtime, rental)
(Belgian film about friendship between young boys)
DREAMIN' WILD (RB, GM) (rental)
(indie flick w Casey Affleck as would-be rocker whose album is hailed many years later)
DREAM SCENARIO (RB, AL, GM) (theatrical)
(Nicolas Cage satire)
EARTH MAMA (AL) (FUBO, Paramount+, Showtime, rental)
(single mom in Bay Area, debut film by writer-director Savanah Leaf)
THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS (GM) (Criterion, rental)
(Italian drama of friends building a cottage)
FALLEN LEAVES (GM, GR, JS) (MUBI, rental)
(Aki Kaurismäki)
FINGERNAILS (GM) (Apple+)
(Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed are a perfect match -- science proves it! But....)
THE FIRST SLAM DUNK (JM) (limbo)
(Japanese anime about basketball team)
GODZILLA MINUS ONE (MG, GM) (limbo)
(a serious drama about post-WW II Japan, plus...Godzilla!)
THE HOLDOVERS (RB, HK, GM, JM, AO, MS, JW) (Peacock, rental)
(Alexander Payne, 70s-ish drama)
HOLY SPIDER (AD, HK, GM, AO, GR) (Netflix, rental)
(Iranian drama about journalist tracking serial killer who targets sex workers)
DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA aka FABRIC OF THE HUMAN BODY (AL, GM) (MUBI)
(French doc in hospitals, focusing on human flesh as a fascinating world)
INCREDIBLE BUT TRUE (GM) (MUBI, rental)
(French comedy about moving into new home w basement tunnel that kind of reverses aging. Kind of)
IO CAPITANO (JM) (theaters Feb 23)
(two boys on treacherous journey for new life from Dakar to Europe)
THE IRON CLAW (GM) (theaters)
(Zac Efron IS Gorgeous George)
JOYLAND (HK, AL, GR) (Criterion, rental)
(Pakistani family hopes for a baby boy while youngest son gets all Magic Mike)
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (AO, MS)
(Martin Scorsese and friends)
LIVING (AL, JS) (Netflix, rental)
(Ikiru with a British accent)
LYNCH/OZ (JS) (Criterion, rental)
(doc on David Lynch and his obsession with The Wizard Of Oz)
MAY DECEMBER (HK, AO, MGS, JW) (Netflix)
(Todd Haynes flick w Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman)
MENUS-PLAISIERS -- LES TROISGROS (GR) ($12 rental from Eventive)
(Frederick Wiseman's latest; fly on the wall at a restaurant)
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE -- DEAD RECKONING PART 1 (AO)
(Tom C saves the action film)
MONSTER (HK, AL, GM, JM) (rental)
(new Kore-eda about mother and possibly troubled child)
MOON GARDEN (GM) (Shudder, rental)
(little girl in coma has trippy adventures)
MUTT (HK, AL, GR, JS) (Netflix, rental)
(Debut film about day in life of trans person)
NAM JUNE PAIK: MOON IS THE OLDEST TV (AD, GR) (PBS on demand, rental)
(documentary on ground-breaking multimedia artist)
OF AN AGE (AL) (Amazon Prime, rental)
(Aussie gay romance between Serb immigrant and friend's brother)
ONE FINE MORNING (AL) (rental)
(dir Mia Hansen-Løve; French film about woman caring for father, finds love)
OPPENHEIMER (AD, HK, JS, MGS) (Peacock)
(Christopher Nolan's latest)
ORLANDO: MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY (GR, MGS) (Criterion, rental)
(documentary using Virginia Woolf's Orlando to explore trans lives)
PACIFICTION (GR) (MUBI, rental)
(new Albert Serra noirish thriller set in Haiti)
PALM TREES AND POWER LINES (AL, GM) (rental)
(17 year old girl involved with man twice her age)
PASSAGES (HK, AL) (MUBI, rental)
(gay couple hit rough patch when one begins affair with a woman)
PAST LIVES (AD, MG, HK, JM, AO, GR, JS, MGS) (rental)
(woman reunites with childhood love)
PERFECT DAYS (JM) (theaters)
(Wim Wenders Japanese toilet zen movie)
THE PIGEON TUNNEL (HK, AL) (Apple TV+)
(Errol Morris interviews John Le Carré)
PILGRIMS (MG, HK, AL, GR) (rental on Amazon and Apple)
(Quiet Lithuanian drama about the aftermath of violence)
POOR THINGS (MG, AR, MGS) (theater)
(Feminist Frankenstein circa Stone and Lanthimos)
THE QUIET GIRL (AD, MG, HK, AL, GR) (Hulu, rental)
(Irish drama set in 1981 with little girl sent to live amidst foster family)
REPTILE (GM) (Netflix)
(Crime drama starring Benicio del Toro and Justin Timberlake)
RETURN TO SEOUL (GM) (Amazon Prime, rental)
(young French woman takes first trip to South Korea, where she was adopted from as baby)
REWIND & PLAY (MUBI, rental)
(Doc on Thelonius Monk)
ROCK HUDSON: ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWED (HK, AL) (HBO) Max)
(doc on Rock Hudson's career and somewhat closeted gay life)
ROTTING IN THE SUN (AD, HK, AL, MS) (Criterion, rental via Apple+)
(filmmaker visiting gay nudist beach collaborates w influencer)
SAINT OMER (AD) (Hulu, rental)
(French courtroom drama centering on two women and abandoned child)
SHOWING UP (HK, AL, AO, GR) (FUBO, Paramount+, Showtime, rental)
(Kelly Reichardt, Michelle Williams; ceramicist prepares for show)
SISU (GM, JW) (Starz; rental)
Violent action film from Finland. It's WW II and a miner strikes gold, only to have the Nazis try and steal it. They're messing with the wrong miner!
SKINAMARINK (GM) (Hulu, Shudder, rental)
(classy horror, kids in danger when dad disappears, along with doors and windows of home)
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (MG, HK, GM, AO) (Netflix)
(second film in animated trilogy about Black-Puerto Rican Miles Morales as teen Spidey)
A STILL SMALL VOICE (GM, GR) (limbo)
(doc on chaplain training to serve patients and family at Mt. Sinai hospital
TALK TO ME (MG, AL, GM) (rental)
(Aussie horror film about teens fooling w cursed object; very smart debut, well done)
THE TEACHER'S LOUNGE (GM, GR) (available digitally for $20-25; soon rental)
(German drama about teacher determined to get to truth about petty theft in classroom)
A THOUSAND AND ONE (RB, HK, GM; AL for lead perf) (Amazon Prime, rental)
(mom rescues son from foster care and goes on the run)
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL (AD, AL, GM) (rental on Amazon)
(Ukraine doc)
UNREST (GR) (Criterion, rental on Amazon)
(Swiss film set in 1800s w worker joining anarchist watchmakers)
WINTER BOY (AL) (MUBI)
(French film about teen distraught over his father's death; dir Christoph Honoré)
YOU HURT MY FEELINGS (AL) (Paramount+/Showtime; rental)
(latest Nicole Holofcener, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfuss Affair)
IRA VIEWING GUIDE BY STREAMER -- STUFF YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING WHAT TO WATCH NEXT. I.E. A STREAMER-BY-STREAMER GUIDE TO IRA-FRIENDLY FARE
AMAZON PRIME
2023
Asteroid City (Wes Anderson's latest bon-bon) (AL, MGS) (Amazon Prime, rental)
Broken Blossoms (1919)
Cassandro (Gael Garcia Bernal queer wrestling) (Amazon Prime)
Full Time (Paris drama woman w transit strike before job interview) (Amazon Prime, rental)
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (Jake Gyllenhaal war flick) (theaters)
L'Immensitá (Penelope Cruz trans) (Amazon Prime, rental)
Of An Age (Aussie gay romance between Serb and friend's brother) (Amazon Prime; rental)
Return To Seoul (Amazon Prime)
Saltburn (Amazon Prime)
2022
Argentina, 1985 (Oscar hopeful about lawyers battling military dictatorship in 1980s)
Catherine Called Birdy (Amazon)
Dog (Chaninng Tatum) (Amazon)
Good Nght Oppy (Mars rover doc) (Amazon)
The Sound of 007 (Bond music doc) (Amazon)
Til Kingdom Come (doc on Kentucky evangelicals loving Israel) (spoiler alert -- Jews still aren't saved)
Annika S1 (Amazon Prime/PBS)
The English S1 (Emily Blunt Western miniseries)
Friday Night Dinner (2011 sitcom) (Amazon Prime)
The Kids In The Hall (Amazon Prime)
Undone (S1 and S2)
2021
Attica (Amazon Prime, Showtime)
The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain (Amazon)
Joji (Amazon)
Mayor Pete (doc) (Amazon)
My Name Is Pauli Murray (Amazon)
Val (Val Kilmer doc) (Amazon)
TV:
Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas (Amazon) (1976)
Invincible S1 animated (Amazon)
The Underground Railroad S1 (Amazon)
2020
Banana (Amazon)
Beats (Amazon Prime, MUBI)
Blow The Man Down (Amazon) mys
Boys (Amazon)
Cucumber (Amazon)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Netflix)
Pride (Amazon)
Route One/USA (Amazon/Ovid)
Saint Frances (Starz/Amazon)
The Surrogate (Starz/Amazon, rental)
Sylvie's Love jazz romance (Amazon)
AMC
2023
BlackBerry (AMC+, rental)
Monica (trans woman goes home to visit ailing mom Patricia Clarkson) (AMC, rental)
R.M.N. (racial tension in Transylvanian town; dir Cristian Mungiu) (AMC, Hulu, rental)
Skinamarink (Home Alone and scared shitless) (AMC, Hulu, Shudder, rental)
2022
Happening (AMC+, Hulu and rental)
Hold Your Fire (hostage negotiation doc) (AMC+ and rental)
Watcher (serial killer in Bucharest) (AMC+, rental)
Better Call Saul (AMC+)
That Dirty Black Bag S1 (AMC+)
This Is Going To Hurt S1 (AMC+)
2021
TV:
The North Water S1 (AMC)
APPLE +
2023
Fingernails (Apple+)
Boom! Boom! The World Vs. Boris Becker (doc) (Apple+)
Flora and Son (John Carney) (Apple+)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple+)
The League (rental on Apple+)
The Pigeon Tunnel (doc on John Le Carré by Errol Morris) (Apple+)
Umberto Eco: A Library Of The World (Apple+)
2022
The Big Con (Apple TV+)
Cha Cha Real Smooth (Apple+)
The Girl and the Spider (for rent on Apple+)
In Front Of Your Face (for rent on Apple+)
Louis Armstrong's Black and Blues (Apple+)
Pachinko S1 (Apple+)
Severance S1 (Apple+)
Shining Girls S1 (Apple+)
Slow Horses S1 (Apple+)
2021
Roadrunner (rental only)
The Truffle Hunters ($1 rental)
TV:
For All Mankind (Apple + series)
Girlfriends (1978 movie $4 rental)
Mythic Quest S2 (Apple+)
71: The Year That Music Changed Everything (eight part doc) (Apple+)
Ted Lasso (Apple+ series)
2020
Beastie Boys Story (Apple+)
Greyhound (WW II film, Tom Hanks) (Apple+)
On The Rocks (Bill Murray, Sofia Coppola) (Apple+)
BRITBOX
2022
Sherwood (S1 crime drama)
CRITERION
2023
Afire (GR) (dir Christian Petzold) (Criterion, rental)
The Blue Caftan (Moroccan drama closeted tailor) (Criterion, rental)
The Eight Mountains (GM) (Criterion, rental)
Godland (Criterion, rental)
Joyland (Pakistani film about male dancer and trans woman) (Criterion)
Orlando, My Political Biography (Criterion, rental)
Rotting In The Sun (filmmaker and influencer collaborate) (AD, AL) (Criteron, rental Apple+)
Tori and Lokita (Belgian drama about refugee kids posing as siblings) (Criterion, rental)
2022
France (Bruno Dumont)
Hive
Neptune Frost Afro-futurist musical (Criterion, Kanopy)
A Night Of Knowing Nothing (Criterion)
Pyaasa (1957 Indian classic)
NOTABLE FILMS 2021-PAST
Bacurau (Criterion/Kanopy; rental elsewhere)
Cane River (1982 lost film) (Kanopy, Criterion)
Compensation (1999, never released theatrically)
Pink Narcissus (Criterion)
Searching For Mr. Rugoff (GM, JS) (NYC film exhibition doc) (Criterion, rental)
This Is Not A Burial, It's A Resurrection (also rental)
A Touch of Zen (Criterion, rental)
Vitalina Varela (Criterion)
You Will Die At Twenty (Criterion)
Zombie Child (French flick, Criterion)
CRUNCHYROLLL ON AMAZON
2023
Suzume (Crunchyroll on Amazon)
DISCOVERY+
2022
Last Exit: Space (by Werner Herzog's son) (Discovery +)
DISNEY+
2023
2022
Chip 'N' Dale: Rescue Rangers
Bluey S3
Moon Knight S1
2021
Becoming Cousteau (Disney+)
The Rescue (Thai cave doc) (Disney+)
TV:
Loki S1 (Disney+)
The Muppet Show (Disney+) Feb 19
[S1E5 (Rita Moreno) S2E8 (Steve Martin) S3E7 (Alice Cooper) S4E24 (Diana Ross) S5E15 (Carol Burnett) ]
WandaVision S1
2020
Soul (Disney +)
EVENTIVE
The Beasts (GM) Link here for rental:
https://watch.eventive.org/rendezvousfrenchfilmfestival/play/64da8260a8acaa008bf40408
FREEFORM
2021
TV:
Cruel Summer S1 (Freeform)
FUBO
2023
Bottoms (lesbian fight club) (Fubo, MGM+, rental)
Close (MG, AL) (Belgium heart breaker little boys) (Fubo, Paramount+, Showtime)
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (Fubo, Paramount+)
Earth Mama (single mom Bay Area, dir debut) (AL) (FUBO, Paramount+, Showtime, rental)
Showing Up (Kelly Reichardt, Michelle Williams) (FUBO, Paramount+, Showtime, rental)
The Starling Girl (teen girl affair married man) (FUBO, Paramount+, Showtime, rental)
2022
After Yang (FUBO and Showtime)
Hit The Road (dir son of Panahi) (FUBO, Kanpoy, Showtime, rental)
Montana Story (Fubo, Showtime and rental)
2021
Attica (Fubo and Showtime)
Everything's Gonna Be Okay (LGBT series)
fX
2023
Atlanta Series (fX)
The Bear S1 and S2 (fx)
Reservation Dogs S1 and S2 (fX)
HBO MAX
2023
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (HBO Max)
Barbie (AD) (HBO Max, rental)
Being Mary Tyler Moore (AD) (HBO Max)
Little Richard: I Am Everything (HBO Max, rental)
Reality (trial of whistleblower/traitor) (HBO Max)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (doc) (HK) (HBO Max)
South To Black Power (doc) (HBO Max)
Warrior (period action film) (HBO Max)
2022
All That Breathes
The Batman (HBO Max)
George Carlin's American Dream (HBO Max)
Kimi (Soderbergh w Zoe Kravitz) (HBO Max)
The Last Movie Stars (6 part doc on Newman and Woodward) (HBO Max)
Limbo (HBO Max Alonso Duralde)
Menudo: Forever Young (HBO Max)
Navalny (doc) (HBO Max)
Rothaniel (Jerrod Carmichael comedy special)
38 At The Garden (Jeremy Lin doc)
TV:
Batman: The Animated Series (HBO Max)
Euphoria S1 and 2 (HBO Max)
Hacks S1 and 2 (HBO Max series)
The Industry (HBO)
Julia S1 (HBO Max)
The Last Movie Stars (6 part doc on Newman and Woodward) (HBO Max)
Minx (comedy about female erotica mag in 1970s)
My Brilliant Friend S1-3 (HBO Max)
The Rehearsal S1 (HBO Max)
The Sex Lives of College Girls (S1-3)
We Are Who We Are (HBO miniseries kids on base; Luca Guadanigno)
We Own This City (from many behind The Wire)
2021
Listening To Kenny G (HBO Max)
Nightmare Alley (HBO Max, Hulu)
No Sudden Move (Soderbergh) HBO Max
Tina (doc on Turner) (HBO)
TV:
Betty (HBO Max series)
A Black Lady Sketch Show S1 (HBO Max)
Exterminate All The Brutes 4 part doc (HBO Max)
The Investigation S1 (HBO, Swedish)
It's A Sin (HBO Max miniseries)
Love Life S1 (HBO, guy from The Good Place)
Mare Of Easttown S1 (HBO Max series)
The Other Two S2 (HBO, Justin Bieber-like guy and his mom)
South Side comedy (HBO Max)
Station Eleven (HBO)
Succession (S1-3) (HBO)
The Other Two S1-2 (HBO)
Veneno S1 (HBO Max)
The White Lotus (HBO Max)
2020
American Utopia (HBO Max)
Emma (HBO Max)
Let Them All Talk (HBO Max)
On The Record (HBO Max)
We Are Who We Are (HBO Max)
Wonder Woman 1984 (HBO Max)
HULU
2023
Blue Jean (Thatcher era lesbian drama) (Hulu, rental)
Broker (Kore-eda)
Enys Men (2023)
How To Blow Up A Pipeline (eco-thriller) (Hulu, rental)
The Lady Bird Diaires (Doc) (Hulu)
The League (Negro League doc) (Hulu, rental)
No One Will Save You (sci-fi silent) (Hulu)
Pinball: The Man Who Saved The Game (Hulu, rental)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields doc (Hulu)
The Quiet Girl (Irish drama w reticent little girl in 1981) (Hulu, rental)
R.M.N. (racial tension in Transylvanian town; dir Cristian Mungiu) (AMC, Hulu, rental)
Rye Lane (London rom-com) (Hulu)
Saint Omer (AD) (French courtroom drama) (Hulu, rental)
Skinamarink (Home Alone and scared shitless) (AMC, Hulu, Shudder, rental)
2022
Beba (Hulu and rental)
Benediction (Terence Davies) (Hulu)
Changing The Game (doc on high school trans athletes) (Hulu)
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande (Hulu)
Happening (Hulu, AMC+, rental)
Nitram (Hulu, AMC+, rental)
Petite Maman (Hulu)
Stars at Noon (Claire Denis) (Hulu)
The Bear S1 and 2 (Hulu)
Reservation Dogs S1 and 2 (Hulu)
Welcome To Flatch S1 and S2 (Paul Feig) (Hulu)
2021
All Light, Everywhere doc on bias (Hulu, rental)
Bergman Island (Hulu)
The First Wave (covid doc) (Hulu)
Homeroom (doc) (Hulu)
I'm Your Man (Hulu)
The Killing Of Two Lovers (Hulu, rental)
New Order (HULU, rental)
Nightmare Alley (HBO Max, Hulu)
Pig (Hulu)
Saint Maud (Hulu, Paramount+)
Swan Song (Hulu)
The Truffle Hunters (Hulu)
Undine (Hulu, rental)
TV:
Freaks & Geeks S1 (Hulu)
In My Skin S1 and 2 (Hulu)
Only Murders in The Building S1 (Hulu)
2020
After Parkland (DOC) (Hulu)
Beach Rats (Hulu)
Everything's Going To Be Okay (Hulu)
Farewell Amor (Hulu)
Please Like Me (Hulu)
Premature (Hulu)
The Secrets We Keep (Hulu)
Tesla (Hulu)
KANOPY
2022
Ali & Ava (Kanopy, rental)
Hello, Bookstore doc (Kanopy, Roku, rental)
Hit The Road (dir son of Panahi) (FUBO, Kanpoy, Showtime, rental)
Hive
I Was At Home, But....
Neptune Frost (Criterion, Kanopy)
2021
2020
Bacurau (Criterion/Kanopy; rental elsewhere)
Cane River (1982 lost film) (Kanopy, Criterion)
Tom at the Farm (Kanopy)
KINONOW
2023
Four Daughters (Tunisian doc) (Kino now, rental)
Last and First Men (Johann Johannsson film) (Shudder, DirectTV, rental at KinoNow)
Radical Wolfe (Tom Wolfe doc) (KinoNow)
The Spanish Dancer (silent gem from 1923)
2022
The Automat (doc)
Darryl Jones: In The Blood (doc on Rolling Stones bassist)
Hello, Bookstore (doc) (KinoNow)
Hold Me Tight (dir Mathieu Almaric)
Love, Charlie (doc on chef's rise and fall)
Murina (Croatian, endorsed and prod by Scorsese)
Til Kingdom Come (doc on Kentucky evangelicals loving Israel) (spoiler alert -- Jews still aren't saved)
MUBI
2023
Alcarrás (peach farmers in Catalonia) (MUBI)
Burial (doc) (MUBI)
The Delinquents (bank heist inside job) (MUBI)
Fallen Leaves (Aki Kaurismaki) (MUBI)
A Human Position (Norwegian drama) (MUBI)
Incredible But True (MUBI)
Mutzenbacher (doc) (MUBI)
Other People's Children (French woman drawn maternally to bf's daughter) (MUBI, rental)
Pacifiction (dir Albert Serra; Cahiers #1 film of 2022) (MUBI)
Passages (queer) (AL) (MUBI)
Please Baby Please (Andrea Riseborough queer musical comedy) (MUBI)
Rodeo (French chick into dirt-bike scene) (MUBI, rental)
Self-Portrait (surveillance doc) (MUBI)
Softie (French coming of age for 10 year old) (MUBI)
A Tiger In Paradise (music doc on Jose Gonzalez) (MUBI)
Winter Boy (French drama w teen distraught over his dad's death) (MUBI)
2022
The Balcony Movie (lockdown doc chatting w people from balcony) (MUBI)
The Box (Venezuela Oscar submission) (MUBI)
Free Chol Soo Lee ((K doc on trial injustice) (MUBI)
Intregalde (Rom drama) (MUBI)
Lingui: The Sacred Bonds (MUBI, rental) played Cannes
Lost Illusions (French costume drama, award winner) (MUBI)
Moneyboys (Taiwanese rent boy drama) (MUBI)
Taming The Garden (doc) (MUBI)
This Much I Know To Be True (Nick Cave doc) (MUBI)
Wet Sand (Georgian drama) (MUBI)
Time To Love (1965 Turkish film, restoration) (MUBI)
Zama (2017) (MUBI)
2021
Azor (MUBI)
Beginnings (Georgian Oscar entry) (MUBI)
Days (MUBI)
Labyrinth Of Cinema (MUBI)
Luzzu (MUBI)
A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence (MUBI)
State Funeral (MUBI, rental via Apple)
Sweet Thing (MUBI, Hoopla, rental)
2020
Beats (Amazon Prime, MUBI)
Beyond Clueless (2014 doc on film Clueless) (MUBI)
Citadel (short by John Smith) MUBI
Dead Pigs (Feb 12; dir of Birds Of Prey) (MUBI)
Meanwhile On Earth (doc on funeral homes)
Overseas (Filipino nannies doc) (MUBI)
Spring Night Summer Night (1967)
White On White (MUBI)
NETFLIX
2023
American Symphony (doc on Jon Batiste and wife) (Netflix)
The Deepest Breath (doc on underwater sport) (Netflix)
Fair Play (Wall Street; Alden Ehrenreich) (Netflix)
Holy Spider (Iranian drama) (Netflix)
Living (Ikiru w a British accent) (Netflix, rental)
Mars One (Brazilian family drama) (Netflix)
May December (Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, Todd Haynes) (Netflix)
Mixed By Erry (Italian biopic about bootlegging music guy)
Mutt (gay drama) (HK) (Netflix, rental)
Nimona (animated) (Netflix)
Society Of The Snow (Netflix)
Spider-Man: Across The Spiderverse (MG) (Netflix)
They Cloned Tyrone (Blaxploitation sci-fi flick) (Netflix)
The Wonderful World Of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson 37m) (Netflix)
2022
Athena (French drama from dir of Les Miserables)
Descendant (doc on recovery of slave ship in Mobile AL) (Netflix)
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing (doc) (Netflix)
Gangubai Kathiawadi (Netflix)
Hustle (Adam Sandler sports) (Netflix)
Is That Black Enough For You? (doc on black cinema) (Netflix)
Killing Them Softly (Dominik from 2012)
RRR (Netflix)
"Sr." (Downey doc) (Netflix)
The Swimmers (Netflix)
13: The Musical
White Hot: The Rise & Fall Of Abercrombie & Fitch
The Wonder (French religious period drama) (Netflix)
Residue (from 2020)
Break Point (tennis doc) (Netflix)
Cunk On Earth S1
Heartstopper S1
Trial by Fire S1
2021
The Alpinist (Netflix)
A Cop Movie (Mexican doc/mock) (Netflix)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption and Conspiracy (Netflix)
The Disciple (Netflix)
Pray Away (Netflix doc)
Procession (church abuse doc) (Netflix)
7 Prisoners (Netflix)
The Sparks Brothers (Netflix, rental)
TV:
Al Rawabi School For Girls S1 Jordan high school drama (Netflix)
Hometown Cha Cha Cha S1 rom-com from K (Netflix)
Lupin S1 AND S2 (Netflix)
Maid (miniseries) (Netflix)
Pretend It's A City S1 (Netflix)
Squid Game S1 (Netflix)
We The People S1 a la Schoolhouse Rock (Netflix)
2020
Bounding (Netflix)
Circus of Books (porn shop doc) (Netflix)
Grand Army S1 (Netflix)
Handsome Devil (Netflix)
I Care A Lot (Netflix)
I'm Thinking Of Ending Things (Netflix)
Nobody Knows I'm Here (Jorge Garcia) (Netflix)
A Sun (Taiwan) (Netflix)
The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Yes God Yes (Netflix)
Your Name Engraved Herein (Netflix)
PARAMOUNT+
2023:
Close (MG, AL) (Belgium heart breaker little boys) (Fubo, Paramount+, Showtime)
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (Fubo, Paramount+)
Earth Mama (single mom Bay Area, dir debut) (AL) (FUBO, Paramount+, Showtime, rental)
Showing Up (Kelly Reichardt, Michelle Williams) (FUBO, Paramount+, Showtime, rental)
The Starling Girl (teen girl affair married man) (FUBO, Paramount+, Showtime, rental)
2022
Confess, Fletch (Paramount+)
Honor Society (High school caper) (Paramount+)
Last Flight Home (doc on end of life decision) (GM) (Paramount+)
Love, Tom (doc on Nashville songwriter) (Paramount+)
Three Months (Troye Sivan) (Paramount+)
Wasteland (sewage doc) (Paramount+)
The Mayor of Kingstown S1 (Paramount+)
2021
Ascension (China doc) (Paramount+)
Bring Your Own Brigade (Paramount+)
Saint Maud (Hulu, Paramount+)
PEACOCK
2023
Oppenheimer (Peacock as of Feb 16)
Polite Society (coming of age action comedy) (Peacock)
A Thousand And One (mom kidnaps son out of foster care) (Peacock)
TV:
Poker Face S1 (Columbo-like mys series)
2022
Armageddon Time
Brian and Charles (inventor) (Peacock)
The Northman (Peacock, rental)
She Said (Peacock, sale, theater)
Vengeance (Peacock, rental)
2021
We Are Lady Parts S1 (Peacock)
PLEX
2022
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road doc (Plex, rental)
ROKU
2022
Hello, Bookstore doc (Kanopy, Roku, rental)
Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
SHOWTIME
2023:
Close (MG, AL) (Belgium heart breaker little boys) (Fubo, Paramount+, Showtime)
Earth Mama (single mom Bay Area, dir debut) (AL) (FUBO, Paramount+, Showtime, rental)
Showing Up (Kelly Reichardt, Michelle Williams) (FUBO, Paramount+, Showtime, rental)
The Starling Girl (teen girl affair married man) (FUBO, Paramount+, Showtime, rental)
2022
Hit The Road ((dir son of Panahi) (FUBO, Kanpoy, Showtime, rental)
Montana Story (Fubo, Showtime and rental)
We Need To Talk About Cosby (Showtime)
Yellowjackets S1
2021
Cusp (summer for teen girl military brats doc) (Showtime)
2020
Relic (horror) (Showtime, rental)
Shithouse (Showtime, rental for $7)
La Verite/The Truth (Showtime, rental)
STARZ
2023:
The Blackening (horror spoof) (Starz, rental)
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre (Guy Ritchie) (Starz; rental)
Sisu (grim Finnish action film crushing Nazis) (Starz, rental)
2021
Nine Days (Starz, also rental on Apple for $6)
YOUTUBE
2021
Life In A Day 2020 (crowd-sourced doc about day in life)
THE FILM DETECTIVE (FREE APP)
Arthur Wontner -- numerous Sherlock Holmes movies
THEATERS OR AVAILABLE TO RENT OR IN LIMBO
2023
After Love (English drama about widow who discovers husband had second family) (rental)
All Dirt Roads Taste Of Salt (rental)
All Of Us Strangers (limbo)
Amerikatsi (rental)
Beau Is Afraid (rental)
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (animated anthology of Murakami stories) (rental)
Chicken For Linda! (animated, at Cannes) (limbo)
Chile '76 (woman stands up to gov't) (rental)
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend Of Midnight Cowboy doc (rental)
Four Daughters (rental)
Io Capitano (Feb 23 theatrical )
Leonor Will Never Die (Filipino comedy drama) (rental)
One Fine Morning (dir Mia Hansen-Løve; woman caring for dad who finds romance) (rental)
Palm Trees and Power Lines (indie drama about teen girl and much older man) (rental)
Perfect Days (Wim Wenders) (theater)
Robot Dreams (animated dog w robot) (limbo)
Shayda -- (theaters)
Talk To Me (Aussie horror flick) (rental)
Tōtem (Mexican kid preparing dad's birthday) (limbo)
20 Days In Mariupol (rental on Amazon et al)
2022
Bodies Bodies Bodies (written by Wolves playwright) horror flick
Corsage (Austrian bio of royal) (rental)
The Duke (rental)
The Eternal Daughter (online purchase)
The Inspection (rental)
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (doc on SNCC in Alabama) (rental)
Miracol/Miracle (Romanian film) (rental)
My Donkey, My Lover & I (rental)
Onoda: 10,000 Nights In The Jungle (limbo)
El Otro Tom (rental)
Riotsville, USA (doc on military response to racial unrest) (rental)
The Story of Film: A New Generation (doc) (rental)
Tantura (Israeli doc on war crimes of 19948) (rental)
You Won't Be Alone (Macedonia, woman accused of being witch) (rental)
2021
All Light, Everywhere (surveillance doc) (Hulu; rental)
The Alpinist (Netflix)
Ascension (Paramount+)
Attica (Amazon Prime, Showtime)
Benedetta (Verhoeven nun flick) (Hulu, rental)
The Card Counter (rental)
Days (MUBI)
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye (for Jessica Chastain esp) (HBO Max, rental)
14 Peaks (doc)
John and the Hole (rental at Amazon Google YouTube etc)
The Killing Of Two Lovers (Hulu, rental)
Labyrinth Of Cinema (MUBI)
The Most Beautiful Boy In The World (rental)
Nightmare Alley (HBO Max, Hulu)
Nine Days (Starz, also rental on Apple for $6)
No Sudden Move (HBO Max)
7 Prisoners (Netflix)
The Souvenir Part II (rent on Spectrum; purchase elsewhere)
The Strong Ones (Chilean queer) (rental)
The Tender Bar (Amazon)
Undine (Hulu, rental)
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (by director of Drive My Car) (rental)
Rentals: this means a movie is widely available to rent for $4 or so via Apple, Amazon, etc.
2021
Identifying Features (rental)
I'm Your Man (rental)
I Was A Simple Man (rental)
Little Girl (trans doc) (rental)
The Lost Leonardo (art doc) (rental)
Mass (rental)
Minyan queer may dec (rental)
No Ordinary Man (Billy Tipton trans doc) (rental)
Old Henry (rental)
Philly D.A. 8 part pbs doc (Topic streamer)
2020
American Utopia (HBO Max)
Assassins (rental doc)
Beats (MUBI, Amazon)
The Painted Bird (Hulu)
The Platform (Netflix)
Route One/USA (Amazon/Ovid)
Two Of Us (rental)
La Verite/The Truth ((FUBO, Showtime, DirecTV, rental on YouTube for $4, Amazon for $7)
Vitalina Varela (Criterion)
Young Ahmed (Dardenne film) (Criterion, Kanopy, rental)
CHRISTMAS MOVIES
Klaus (animated) (Netflix)
The Match Factory Girl (Criterion)
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (horror-ish) (Hulu, Peacock)
Tokyo Godfathers (animated) (rental)
MOVIES 2019 TO SEE
All Is Well (Netflix)
Anthropocene: The Human century (Kanopy)
Arctic
Asako I and II
Ash Is Purest White
The Beach Bum
The Brink (Hulu) (Steve Bannon film)
The Burial of Kojo
The Chambermaid (Starz/Amazon)
The Competition (French doc on entry to film school)
Diane (Hulu)
The Edge Of Democracy (Brazil docu) (Netflix)
Everybody Knows (Ashgar Farhadi) (Netflix)
Fast Color
The Gospel Of Eureka
High Flying Bird (Netflix)
The Hottest August (Roku channel, Amazon fee)
I Lost My Body (Netflix)
Jay Myself (doc)
The Kingdom (Netflix K period zombie)
Klaus (Netflix)
The Laundromat (Netflix)
The Lighthouse
Light Of My Life
Little Woods
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Missing Link (Netflix)
One Child Nation (Amazon)
One Cut Of The Dead (Jap zombie) (Amazon, maybe)
Permanent Green Light (Dennis Cooper) (Kanopy)
Rojo
Rolling Thunder Revue (Netflix)
Shadow (wuxia by Zhang Yimou) (Netflix)
Slut In A Good Way (Amazon)
Sorry Angel (French gay; Honore) (rental Amazon Apple)
Sunset (dir Nemez) (Starz/Amazon)
Thunder Soul (2010 doc)
Too Late To Die Young (Criterion Kanopy)
Transit (Amazon)
Two Plains and a Fancy (Amazon, Kanopy)
Under The Silver Lake (Amazon)
The Wild Pear Tree (Nuri Bilge Ceylon)
Woman at War (Hulu)
MOVIES 2018 STILL TO SEE
Araby
The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs
Ben Is Back
Bisbee '17 (doc)
Bodied
The Cakemaker
Crime and Punishment (doc)
Custody
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot
El Angel
Everybody Knows
The Green Fog (Guy Maddin)
The Guilty
Happy As Lazzaro
The Insult
Jane Fonda in Five Acts (doc)
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 (John Ridley)
Nico, 1988
Reversing Roe (Netflix doc)
A Simple Favor
Skate Kitchen
Sollers Point
Stan and Ollie
The Third Murder (Kore-eda film)
Thoroughbreds
Vazante
Western
You Were Never Really Here
Zama
2017
Lost In Paris (rental, by people behind L'iceberg)
1980s etc MOVIES TO WATCH/REWATCH for IRAS
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Criterion)
Cutter's Way (Pluto w ads)
The Elephant Man (Amazon rent)
The Last Metro (Truffaut) (Criterion/Kanopy)
Lola (Fassbinder) (Criterion)
Marjoe (Amazon? Vudu Roku? )
Mon Oncle d'Amerique (Criterion)
The Night Of Shooting Stars (Amazon rent)
A Passage To India (Amazon rent)
Raising Arizona (Starz/Amazon)
S.O.B. (Amazon rent)
Taxi Zum Klo (Pantaflix rent)
They All Laughed
The Vanishing (Criterion)
Videodrome (Amazon rent)
The Whole Shootin' Match (70s) Amazon
RECENT-ISH TV SHOWS NEED TO SEE
Adventure Time (Hulu)
American Crime (three seasons, ABC) (Netflix)
The Americans (Amazon)
American Vandal (Netflix)
America To Me (Starz doc)
AP Bio (Hulu)
Archer (Hulu)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Amazon?)
Babylon Berlin (Netflix)
Better Call Saul (Netflix)
Betty (HBO) skating boarding chicks
Big Mouth (Netflix animated)
Blackadder (Amazon and Hulu)
Black Mirror (Netflix)
Blue Planet II (BBC America)
Bodyguard (Netflix)
Bojack Horseman (Netflix)
The Bridge (Hulu)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC)
Betty (HBO) skating boarding chicks
Big Mouth (Netflix animated)
Blackadder (Amazon and Hulu)
Black Mirror (Netflix)
Blue Planet II (BBC America)
Bodyguard (Netflix)
Bojack Horseman (Netflix)
The Bridge (Hulu)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC)
The Bureau (French TV thriller, five seasons) (Amazon)
Casa de los Flores aka House of Flowers (Netflix)
La Casa De Papel aka Money Heist (Netflix)
Crashing UK w Phoebe Waller-Bridges (Netflix)
Dark (German Stranger Things on Netflix)
Das Boot (Hulu)
Dickinson (Apple)
Drew Michael (HBO standup, no audience)
Elite (Netflix high school drama, Spain)
The Half of It (Netflix teen Cyrano Asian)
Los Espookys (HBO)
Euphoria (HBO)
Fargo (Hulu)
Fauda (Israeli-Palestinian) (Netflix)
F1: Drive To Survive (Netflix)
Forever (Amazon)
GLOW (Netflix)
Crashing UK w Phoebe Waller-Bridges (Netflix)
Dark (German Stranger Things on Netflix)
Das Boot (Hulu)
Dickinson (Apple)
Drew Michael (HBO standup, no audience)
Elite (Netflix high school drama, Spain)
The Half of It (Netflix teen Cyrano Asian)
Los Espookys (HBO)
Euphoria (HBO)
Fargo (Hulu)
Fauda (Israeli-Palestinian) (Netflix)
F1: Drive To Survive (Netflix)
Forever (Amazon)
GLOW (Netflix)
The Great (Hulu w Nicolas Hoult Russian period)
Hannah Gadsby Douglas (watch Nannette first) (Netflix)
Happy Valley (Netflix)
Homecoming (Amazon)
The House of Flowers (La Casa de las Flores, Mexico) (Netflix)
I Know This Much is True (HBO)
Happy Valley (Netflix)
Homecoming (Amazon)
The House of Flowers (La Casa de las Flores, Mexico) (Netflix)
I Know This Much is True (HBO)
I May Destroy you (HBO)
Insecure (HBO)
I Think You Should Leave (Netflix)
Kidding (Showtime)
Kid Gorgeous at Radio City: John Mulaney stand up (Netflix)
The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
The Leftovers (HBO)
Letterkennny (Hulu)
The Little Drummer Girl (Amazon?)
Lodge 49 (Hulu)
Mira, Royal Detective (Disney Channel)
Money Heist aka La Casa De Papel (Netflix)
Moone Boy (Irish Wonder Years)(Hulu)
Mr Inbetween (Amazon)
Insecure (HBO)
I Think You Should Leave (Netflix)
Kidding (Showtime)
Kid Gorgeous at Radio City: John Mulaney stand up (Netflix)
The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
The Leftovers (HBO)
Letterkennny (Hulu)
The Little Drummer Girl (Amazon?)
Lodge 49 (Hulu)
Mira, Royal Detective (Disney Channel)
Money Heist aka La Casa De Papel (Netflix)
Moone Boy (Irish Wonder Years)(Hulu)
Mr Inbetween (Amazon)
Mrs America (Hulu w Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schaffly)
Mum (Britbox, Amazon)
My Brilliant Friend (HBO)
Nanette: Hannah Gadsby standup (Netflix)
Nathan For You (Comedy Central)
Mum (Britbox, Amazon)
My Brilliant Friend (HBO)
Nanette: Hannah Gadsby standup (Netflix)
Nathan For You (Comedy Central)
Never Have I Ever (mindy Kaling high school comedy) (Netflix)
The Other Two (gay, Comedy Central)
Our Boys (HBO)
The Other Two (gay, Comedy Central)
Our Boys (HBO)
Outer Banks (Netflix, Aussie teens Pogues, dawson's creek)
Patriot (spy guitar) (Amazon)
Pen15 (Hulu)
Perpetual Grace LTD (creators of Patriot) (Epix)
Please Like Me (Irish gay, mother attempted suicide etc) Hulu
Ramy (Muslim American) (Hulu)
Random Acts Of Flyness (HBO)
Rectify (Sundance)
Patriot (spy guitar) (Amazon)
Pen15 (Hulu)
Perpetual Grace LTD (creators of Patriot) (Epix)
Please Like Me (Irish gay, mother attempted suicide etc) Hulu
Ramy (Muslim American) (Hulu)
Random Acts Of Flyness (HBO)
Rectify (Sundance)
Red Oaks (Amazon, country club tennis 80s)
Rick And Morty (Cartoon Network/Adult Swim) (Hulu)
Russian Doll (Netflix)
Salt Fat Acid Heat (Netflix cooking show)
Sex Education (Netflix, Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson)
Shangri-La Rick Rubin doc (Showtime)
Sherman's Showcase (Hulu)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Six By Sondheim (HBO)
Sorry For Your Loss (Facebook Watch)
Steven Universe (Cartoon Network)
The Story Of Minglan (Chinese drama on YouTube)
Succession (HBO)
Tamborine: Chris Rock special (Netflix)
The Terror (AMC)
This Close (Sundance)
This Is England (Amazon)
Tig Notaro: Happy to be Here standup (Netflix)
The Trip (rentable)
Rick And Morty (Cartoon Network/Adult Swim) (Hulu)
Russian Doll (Netflix)
Salt Fat Acid Heat (Netflix cooking show)
Sex Education (Netflix, Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson)
Shangri-La Rick Rubin doc (Showtime)
Sherman's Showcase (Hulu)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Six By Sondheim (HBO)
Sorry For Your Loss (Facebook Watch)
Steven Universe (Cartoon Network)
The Story Of Minglan (Chinese drama on YouTube)
Succession (HBO)
Tamborine: Chris Rock special (Netflix)
The Terror (AMC)
This Close (Sundance)
This Is England (Amazon)
Tig Notaro: Happy to be Here standup (Netflix)
The Trip (rentable)
Truth Seekers (Amazon, Simon Pegg)
Unbelievable (Netflix)
The Untamed (Netflix)
Veep (HBO)
The Vicar of Dibley (BritBox Amazon)
The Vietnam War (Amazon)
Warrior (Cinemax)
Watchmen (HBO)
What We Do In The Shadows (Hulu)
When They See Us (Netflix Ava DuVernay)
Wild Wild Country (Netflix doc)
Years and Years (HBO)
VINTAGE SHOWS I NEED TO SEE FOR THE FIRST TIME
OR RE-WATCH (BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO LONG)
Alan Partridge
An American Family (1973 PBS documentary)
Anne Of Green Gables (1985)
The Avengers
Baseball (Ken Burns)
Blackadder
Brassed Off
Broken Trail (2006 TV movie)
Buffalo Bill
Civilization
Cosmos
Danger UXB
The Day After
Eleanor and Franklin
Elizabeth R
Gulliver's Travels (1996 miniseries)
Jazz (Ken Burns)
The Kids In The Hall (1988 sketch)
The Jewel In The Crown
Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts
Mr. Show
The Paper Chase
Party Down
Planet Earth
Reilly: Ace Of Spies
The Rockford Files/Maverick
S.C.T.V. (1976 sketch)
Unbelievable (Netflix)
The Untamed (Netflix)
Veep (HBO)
The Vicar of Dibley (BritBox Amazon)
The Vietnam War (Amazon)
Warrior (Cinemax)
Watchmen (HBO)
What We Do In The Shadows (Hulu)
When They See Us (Netflix Ava DuVernay)
Wild Wild Country (Netflix doc)
Years and Years (HBO)
VINTAGE SHOWS I NEED TO SEE FOR THE FIRST TIME
OR RE-WATCH (BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO LONG)
Alan Partridge
An American Family (1973 PBS documentary)
Anne Of Green Gables (1985)
The Avengers
Baseball (Ken Burns)
Blackadder
Brassed Off
Broken Trail (2006 TV movie)
Buffalo Bill
Civilization
Cosmos
Danger UXB
The Day After
Eleanor and Franklin
Elizabeth R
Gulliver's Travels (1996 miniseries)
Jazz (Ken Burns)
The Kids In The Hall (1988 sketch)
The Jewel In The Crown
Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts
Mr. Show
The Paper Chase
Party Down
Planet Earth
Reilly: Ace Of Spies
The Rockford Files/Maverick
S.C.T.V. (1976 sketch)
Sherlock Holmes (starring Ronald Howard from 1954, on Roku)
Shogun
Sons Of Anarchy
St. Elsewhere (1982 drama)
Tattingers (1988 light drama)
Victory At Sea
The Waltons (1971 drama)
The World At War
World on a Wire (Fassbender TV four hours, Criterion)
Shogun
Sons Of Anarchy
St. Elsewhere (1982 drama)
Tattingers (1988 light drama)
Victory At Sea
The Waltons (1971 drama)
The World At War
World on a Wire (Fassbender TV four hours, Criterion)
BEST OF ALL-TIME TO WATCH (OR REWATCH) LIST
Cluny Brown (Criterion)
Imitation Of Life (rental)
Marnie (Criterion)
Aguirre, Wrath Of God (rental, Apple Amazon)
All That Jazz
L'avventura (HBO Max, Criterion)
Bāhubali: The Beginning (2015) (Netflix)
Beau Travail (Criterion)
The Big Lebowski (rental Apple Amazon)
A Brighter Summer Day (Criterion)
Chungking Express (Criterion)
Cluny Brown (Criterion)
Come and See (Klimov)
Cutter's Way (rental Apple Amazon)
A Day In The Country aka Partie de campagne (HBO Max, Criterion)
Design For Living (TCM)
Germany Year Zero (HBO Max, Criterion)
The Hitch-Hiker (Amazon, Kanopy)
In Bruges (rental Apple Amazon)
Intentions Of Murder (Criterion)
Journey To Italy (HBO Max, Criterion, Kanopy)
Lagaan: Once Upon A Time in India (Netflix)
Lipstick (Apple rental)
Lola Montes (HBO Max, Criterion)
The Long Goodbye (Altman)
La Maman et al Putain
The Marquise of O (Apple rental)
Mary and Max (Criterion)
Mirror (Tarkovsky, 1974) (Criterion)
The Night Porter (HBO Max, Criterion)
Los Olvidados
Only Angels Have Wings (rental Apple Amazon)
Persona (HBO Max, Criterion)
Shaun Of The Dead (rental Apple Amazon)
Solaris (Tarkovsky)
Stalker (Tarkovsky)
Story Of Women (Criterion)
Such A Pretty Little Beach
3 Women (Altman)
Touki Bouki (HBO Max, Criterion)
Vagabond)
Wanda (Criterion)
A Woman Under The Influence
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