FILM
Top Pick
The Zone of Interest – Max 4/5
The absolute best of movie of 2023, bar none. It just won two well-deserved Oscars (Best International Feature and Best Sound) and is a must-see for everyone. But it’s a challenging film, so put your phone away, turn out the lights and prepare to see evil.
New Releases
Anselm – Criterion
Mambar Pierrette – Criterion
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines – Prime 4/2
The Treasure of Foggy Mountain – Prime 4/2
Wish – Disney+ 4/3
Lord of Misrule – Hulu 4/4
*Música – Prime 4/4
*Baghead – AMC+ 4/5
*Girls State – AppleTV+ 4/5
*How to Date Billy Walsh – Prime 4/5
She Came to Me – Hulu 4/5
Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar – Max 4/6
The Exorcist: Believer – Prime 4/9
The Channel – Hulu 4/12
*The Greatest Hits – Hulu 4/12
*Mayhem! – AMC+ 4/12
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story – Hulu 4/18
*Late Night with the Devil – AMC+ 4/19
Migration – Peacock 4/19
*Rebel Moon, Part Two: The Scargiver – Netflix 4/19
Saw X – Starz 4/19
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 1 – Max 4/22
Barber – Hulu 4/25
Boy in the Walls – Hulu 4/25
*Infested – AMC+ 4/26
The Holdovers – Prime 4/29
Essential Viewing
The Adventures of Tintin – Prime
After Hours – Criterion
American Graffiti – Netflix
An American Werewolf in London – Starz
The Aviator (2004) – Prime
The Big Lebowski – Hulu
Black Swan – Max
Born on the Fourth of July – Netflix
Bridesmaids – Peacock
Captain Phillips – Hulu
Carlito’s Way – Peacock
Chinatown – Prime
Cloud Atlas – Paramount+
Dazed and Confused – Peacock
The Fifth Element – Hulu
Four Weddings and a Funeral – Peacock
Galaxy Quest – Paramount+ with Showtime
The Godfather – Peacock
The Godfather Part II – Peacock
Heat (1995) – Criterion
The Host (2006) – Hulu
Infernal Affairs – Max
Inherent Vice – Paramount+
Inside Job – Prime
Inside Man (2006) – Netflix
Jacob’s Ladder (1990) – Paramount+ with Showtime
The King of Comedy – Paramount+
The Last Temptation of Christ – Prime
Lost in Translation – Max
Magnolia – Paramount+
The Matrix – Netflix
Mission: Impossible – Peacock
Mission: Impossible III – Peacock
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – Peacock
The New World – Max
Notting Hill – Peacock
Ocean’s Eleven – Hulu
Once upon a Time in China – Max
Out of Sight – Prime
Planes, Trains and Automobiles – Paramount+
Rosemary’s Baby – Prime
Saturday Night Fever – Paramount+ and Prime
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – Max
A Serious Man – Max
Snatch – Prime
The Social Network – Max
Spider-Man – Peacock
Spider-Man 2 – Peacock
Team America: World Police – Paramount+
Titanic – Prime
To Catch a Thief – Prime
To Die For – Starz
Tombstone – Peacock
Tropic Thunder – Peacock
The Watermelon Woman – Max
Little Women (2019) – Hulu 4/22
Spotlight Collection
One Night – Criterion
I love movies that take place during one crazy night, and Criterion has rounded up some of the best of these across all genres. Their lineup includes Before Sunrise, Collateral, My Dinner with Andre, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as well as the original Night of the Living Dead and Assault on Precinct 13.
Hidden Gems
Inland Empire – Max
Juliet, Naked – Max
The Kingdom (2007) – Starz
Life of Crime – Peacock
Love & Sex – Starz
Paul – Peacock
Ricki and the Flash – Starz
Ricochet – Starz
Source Code – Max
The Station Agent – Paramount+ and Prime
Take Shelter – Hulu
Testament of Youth – Starz
The Truth About Charlie – Prime
Yes, God, Yes – Hulu 4/22
Isn’t It Romantic – Hulu 4/28
Nostalgia Picks
Billy Madison – Peacock
Happy Gilmore – Netflix and Peacock
The Land Before Time – Netflix
Liar Liar – Peacock
*original title
TELEVISION
Top Picks
Ripley – Netflix 4/4
The Sympathizer – Max 4/14
The Veil – Hulu 4/30
The race for Limited/Anthology Series at the Emmys is starting to heat up, as networks and streamers toss up their awards hopefuls in the last two months of eligibility. All of these titles look like top-notch entertainment: genre plays executed at the highest possible level. (No pun intended, though I expect lots of killing across all three shows.)
New Releases
Jeff Dunham: I’m with Cupid – Paramount+
The Magic Prank Show – Netflix
Loot (Season 2) – AppleTV+ 4/3
American Horror Story: Delicate (Part 2) – Hulu 4/4
Star Trek: Discovery (Season 5) – Paramount+ 4/4
Mary & George – Starz 4/5
Sugar – AppleTV+ 4/5
Alex Edelman: Just for Us – Max 4/6
Bluey (Season 3) – Disney+ 4/7
Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion – Max 4/9
Fallout – Prime 4/11
Massacre of the Mormons – Max 4/11
Franklin – AppleTV+ 4/12
Good Times – Netflix 4/12
An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th – Max 4/16
Our Living World – Netflix 4/17
Conan O’Brien Must Go – Max 4/18
The Upshaws (Part 5) – Netflix 4/18
Welcome to Wrexham (Season 3) – Hulu 4/19
Predator vs Prey – AMC+ 4/20
The Jinx Part Two – Max 4/21
Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen – Netflix 4/22
The Big Door Prize (Season 2) – AppleTV+ 4/24
Dead Boy Detectives – Netflix 4/25
THEM: The Scare – Prime 4/25
Knuckles – Paramount+ 4/26
Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story – Hulu 4/26
We’re Here (Season 4) – Max 4/26
Broken Horses – Hulu 4/27
Binge-Worthy Shows
Community (Complete Series) – Peacock
House (Complete Series) – Prime
Sex and the City (Complete Series) – Netflix
Luther (Complete Series) – Netflix 4/8
Other Recommendations
Demetri Martin: Deconstructed – Netflix 4/2
Neal Brennan: Crazy Good – Netflix 4/9
Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer – Netflix 4/16
Reno 911! (Season 8) – Paramount+ 4/17
Nostalgia Pick
The Fairly Odd Parents (Seasons 4-5) – Netflix 4/15