by Nathaniel R
If you're new to the site this is how we share new streaming offerings for the month. We select a handful or two of titles and just randomly hit a place on the scroll bar to see what the film looks like - no cheating. Ready? Let's play...
VO: And since I heard that having a girlfriend makes you happy I tried hard to love her like I love Sam.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) on Netflix
Sweet movie. Remember Logan Lerman? We had such a good interview with him for this movie. Sad that he's trapped on a tv series with bad reviews at the moment (Hunters).
VO: When I lost the LA game, I told myself it was no big deal.
Molly's Game (2017) on Netflix
Remember this Aaron Sorkin drama? She was good in but Sorkin shouldn't direct his own material. In my memory banks this one sometimes blurs together with Miss Sloane (close proximity in release and Chastain playing a badass in both) but the latter is so much better for the way it embraces its own slightly over-the-top DRAMA and doesn't take itself too (perhaps because it's fictional?)
-When are you gonna have it finished?
-I say probably it will be done when it's done.
Xanadu (1980) on HBO
Why was the male lead written so annoying? Jobs have deadlines. Figure it out! You're getting paid... but I was so obsessed with this painting of Olivia as a little kid and always wished it were the actual album cover of Xanadu. But that would have been too meta for 1980.
-Are we awake?
-We are not sure. Are we... black?
-Yes wee are.
-Then we're awake. But we're very puzzled.
Blazing Saddles (1974) on Hulu
This movie sure does get a lot of streaming deals. Would that all 70s movies had such luck.
After that in Warsaw, I had a lover who was very very good to me.
Sophie's Choice (1982) on HBO
God, that face. One of the most transporting closeups in cinema. This is directly after the scene, I think.
Got a half-buck?
Hud (1963) on Hulu
The best movie of 1963. Periodt. Should've won Paul Newman his first Oscar.
[chewing]
The Platform (2020) on Netflix
Saw this at Toronto last September and it is very compelling if a bit blunt about its political messaging. Now, given how the world is spiralling and we've got leaders in charge acting like the economy is more important than actual human lives, this will probably play a bit differently, or even more laser-focused on the evils of greed and capitalism. But be warned: brutal movie.
ALSO STREAMING IN RIGHT NOW...
- Europa Europa (1990)
- Fly Away Home (1996)
- The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
- My Winnepeg (2007)
- The Night Porter (1974)
- On the Waterfront (1954)
- Toshiro Mifune Turns 100 (27 films)
- German Expressionism (10 films)
- Starring Catherine Deneuve (16 films)
later this month - a selection
- Columbia Noir (25 films - April 8th)
- Raging Bull (April 3rd)
- Captains Courageous (April 4th)
- Pixote (April 6th)
- Starring Gary Cooper (19 films - April 12th)
- Starring Jean Arthur (16 films - April 26th)
newly streaming for March
- Cant Hardly Wait
- The Girl with all the Gifts
- Just Friends
- Kim's Convenience (Season 4)
- Lethal Weapon (4 films)
- Minority Report
- Molly's Game
- Mortal Kombat
- Mud
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- The Platform (2020)
- The Roommate
- Soul Plane
- Taxi Driver
later this month (selection)
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer (April 4th)
- The Florida Project (April 6th)
- The Artist (April 25th)
- Circus of Books (April 22nd)
newly streaming for April
- Ant Bully
- Bangkok Dangerous
- Bend it Like Beckham
- Blazing Saddles
- Book of Eli
- The Boost
- The Chumscrubber
- Diary of a Hitman
- Dr Seuss Horton Hears a Who
- Dr T and the Women
- The Eternal
- Free Birds
- Full Monty
- Fun in Acapulco
- Gator
- Get Smart
- Gods and Monsters
- Gorky Park
- Hud
- Kill Bill (both movies)
- League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
- Let Me In
- The Mexican
- Misery
- Moll Flanders
- Phone Booth
- Repentance
- Risky Business
- Romancing the Stone (both movies)
- The Sender
- Shirley Valentine
- Spider-Man
- Zombieland
later in the month (a selection)
- Parasite (April 8th)
- Little Joe (April 9th)
- Abominable (April 24th)
newly streaming for April - a selection only since they often shared titles with Hulu (so many of those are also here)
- A View to a Kill
- Birds of Paradise
- The Bodyguard
- The Boost
- Broken Blossoms
- Daniel Boone
- Dollface
- Drums in the Deep South
- I am Legend
- Mark of Zorro
- Making the Cut (S1)
- Son of Monte Cristo
later in the month - a selection
- Invisible Life (April 3rd)
- Les Miserables (April 10th)
- The Lighthouse (April 16th)
newly streaming for April
- Alpha and Omega
- American Pie (all thre movies)
- Becoming Jane
- Blinded by the Light
- Clockstoppers
- Daylight
- Die Hard (first three movies)
- Dragged Across Concrete
- Drop Dead Fred
- Family Stone
- The Flintstones (both movies)
- Galveston
- Glee: The 3D Concert Movie
- The Great Gilly Hopkins
- The Judge
- The Kids Are All Right
- Loving
- The Lovely Bones
- Monte Carlo
- The Nice Guys
- The Predator
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Something Wild
- Sophie's Choice
- Team America - World Police
- Ulee's Gold
- War Dogs
- Water for Elephants
- Xanadu
later in month -a selection
- It Chapter Two (4/11)
- Run (series premiere 4/12)
- Stuber (4/18)
- Bad Education (4/25)