This week’s new streaming releases include Boys State — an entertaining, if chilling look at our dark national politics reflected, Lord of …
Boys State probes the dark heart of teen politics
Boys State (2020 | USA | 109 minutes | Amanda McBaine & Jesse Moss) Each year since 1935, American Legion posts from …
You’ll Get Yocks, Rock, and Shocks out of Uncle Peckerhead
Uncle Peckerhead (2020 | USA | 96 minutes | Matthew John Lawrence) With his sophomore feature film Uncle Peckerhead, writer/director Matthew John Lawrence …
On Stream: Thin Skin premieres online in Bentonville
In another timeline, Thin Skin, Charles Mudede’s film adaptation of Ahamefule Oluo’s off-Broadway production Now I’m Fine (and This American Life segment, …
Roundtable: Streaming Summer
A summer without blockbusters? Josh: First, let’s raise a cold one for Christopher Nolan’s mysterious Tenet. Its ever-delayed release dates have been …
On Screen: Beyoncé vs. Virtual Local Cinema
Sure, Taylor Swift dropped a surprise pared-down indie-rock album last week (Folklore), that hype’s likely to be easily eclipsed by this weekend’s …
Radioactive spotlights the extraordinary life of Marie Curie
Radioactive (2020 | United Kingdom | 109 minutes | Marjane Satrapi) The celebrated Polish-born French scientist Marie Skłodowska Curie, upended our fundamental …
Dirt Music Brings Two Desperate Souls Together To Find Hope
Dirt Music (2020 | USA | 104 minutes | Gregor Jordan) A recent tragedy brings Lu Fox (Garrett Hedlund), an ex musician …
Palm Springs and The Old Guard reflect on when time loses all meaning.
Last weekend, two would-be blockbusters arrived on competing streaming services as an inadvertently timely unlikely double feature. In very different ways both …
First Cow beautifully celebrates the Northwest, Friendship, and Food Trends
First Cow (2019 | USA | 121 minutes | Kelly Reichardt) First Cow opens in modern times with a William Blake quote …