All titles premiere on the first of the month, unless otherwise noted.
FILM
Top Pick
Past Lives – Paramount+ with Showtime 2/2
The Best Picture nominee has gotten rave reviews for more than a year now, but still has been seen by far too few. Celine Song’s directorial debut was one of my top 10 films of 2023, and an achingly poignant love story.
New Releases
Kings from Queens: The Run-DMC Story – Peacock
Bosco – Peacock 2/2
Dario Argento Panico – AMC+ 2/2
Kokomo City – Paramount+ with Showtime 2/2
The Tiger’s Apprentice – Paramount+ 2/2
Strays – Prime Video 2/6
Surrounded – Prime Video 2/6
The Marvels – Disney+ 2/7
Cat Person – Hulu 2/9
Skeletons in the Closet – AMC+ 2/9
Suncoast – Hulu 2/9
Upgraded – Prime Video 2/9
Bottoms – Prime Video 2/13
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise – Hulu 2/15
Next Goal Wins – Hulu 2/15
Dark Harvest – Prime Video 2/16
Oppenheimer – Paramount+ 2/16
The Pod Generation – Hulu 2/16
This Is Me… Now: A Love Story – Prime Video 2/16
Giannis: The Marvelous Journey – Prime Video 2/19
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Prime Video 2/21
Monica – Hulu 2/25
Essential Viewing
12 Angry Men – Prime Video
12 Years a Slave – Hulu and Paramount+
500 Days of Summer – Hulu
Anchorman – Peacock
Annie Hall – Prime Video
Bridget Jones’s Diary – Paramount+
Brooklyn – Max
The Cabin in the Woods – Hulu
Call Me by Your Name – Hulu
Chicago – Paramount+
Citizen Kane – Max
Clockers – Peacock
A Clockwork Orange – Max
Crooklyn – Peacock
The Dark Knight – Peacock
The Descent – Hulu
Don’t Look Now – Paramount+ with Showtime
Dunkirk – Peacock
The Elephant Man – Prime Video
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Criterion Channel
Full Metal Jacket – Max
Get Out – Prime Video
A Ghost Story – Max
Ghost World – Prime Video
Glory – Peacock
Harold and Maude – Paramount+
Hoop Dreams – Paramount+
Hot Fuzz – Prime Video
I Am Not Your Negro – Peacock and Prime Video
If Beale Street Could Talk – Peacock
Inception – Peacock
Infernal Affairs – Criterion Channel
The Iron Giant – Paramount+
The LEGO Movie – Max
Lincoln – Paramount+
Magnolia – Paramount+
A Matter of Life and Death – Criterion Channel
Mo’ Better Blues – Peacock
Moneyball – Netflix
No Country for Old Men – Paramount+
Once – Peacock
Police Story | Police Story 2 – Criterion Channel
Pride & Prejudice (2005) – Peacock
Roman Holiday – Paramount+
Sabrina (1954) – Paramount+
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – Prime Video
Se7en – Max
Solaris (1972) – Criterion Channel
Sunset Boulevard – Paramount+
Up in the Air – Max
When We Were Kings – Paramount+
Wings of Desire – Criterion Channel
Zodiac – Paramount+
Zoolander – Peacock
Predator (1987) – Hulu 2/4
Romeo + Juliet (1996) – Hulu 2/8
The Abyss (1989) – Hulu 2/9
Nomadland – Hulu 2/19
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Netflix 2/23
Django Unchained – Starz 2/27
Spotlight Collection
Dario Argento Collection – AMC+ 2/2
In conjunction with the new retrospective documentary Dario Argento Panico (which premieres the same day), Shudder is expanding their library of the Italian horror master’s films. From true gialli like The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Deep Red and Opera to more surreal scares in Phenomena and Inferno, there’s plenty to enjoy here.
Hidden Gems
50/50 – Starz
The Good Girl – Paramount+ with Showtime
In the Cut – Prime Video
The Meddler – Starz
Miss Sharon Jones! – Max
Night Catches Us – Hulu
Red Rocket – Prime Video
Save Yourselves! – Max
Tigerland – Paramount+
The Visit – Max
The Weather Man – Paramount+
Young Adult – Prime Video
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Netflix 2/24
Nostalgia Pick
Jumanji – Hulu
TELEVISION
Top Picks
Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 12) – Max 2/4
God Save Texas – Max 2/27
The long-threatened final season of Curb is here. There’s no telling what shenanigans Larry David will get up to, but it will be hard to top last season’s incident at a Holocaust memorial.
As a Texan, I’m intrigued by God Save Texas, which borrows its title from a Lawrence Wright book, but lets three filmmakers examine causes important to them, including the prison-industrial complex, the oil industry and the culture of the state’s large Mexican population.
New Releases
Feud: Capote vs. the Swans – Hulu
Genius: MLK/X – Disney+ and Hulu 2/2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith – Prime Video 2/2
Behind the Music (Season 2) – Paramount+ 2/7
Halo (Season 2) – Paramount+ 2/8
Tokyo Vice (Season 2) – Max 2/8
The New Look – AppleTV+ 2/14
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 11) – Max 2/18
Life + Beth (Season 2) – Hulu 2/16
Avatar: The Last Airbender – Netflix 2/22
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy – Prime Video 2/23
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live – AMC+ 2/25
Shogun – Hulu 2/27
Iwájú – Disney+ 2/28
Binge-Worthy Shows
Monk (Complete Series) – Netflix 2/5
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Seasons 1-4) – Netflix 2/26
Other Recommendations
Super Bowl LVIII (Live Event) – Paramount+ 2/11
Taylor Tomlinson: Have It All – Netflix 2/13
Jenny Slate: Seasoned Professional – Prime Video 2/23
30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (Live Event) – Netflix 2/24
Nostalgia Pick
My Wife and Kids (Complete Series) – Netflix 2/5