FILMS
Top Picks
Bad Education (2020) – Prime Video 9/1
El Conde – Netflix 9/15
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – Netflix 9/27
Released by HBO a month after everything shut down, Cory Finley’s Bad Education won the Emmy for Best TV Movie but has been otherwise forgotten. This black comedy about a real-life embezzlement scandal at a ritzy school district on Long Island is quite scathing in its indictment of snowballing greed, but still empathetic for the humans caught up in the chaos.
Netflix ramps up its awards season offerings this month. Up first is El Conde, the latest from Pablo Larraín. The Chilean filmmaker takes on his country’s most infamous leader (Pinochet), but with a typically surreal and darkly humorous eye. In his version, the dictator still roams the country as a vampire. The film will compete for the top prize at this year’s Venice International Film Festival. Also premiering there is the latest from Wes Anderson, who adapts the short story by Roald Dahl into a short film. This should be a match made in whimsical heaven.
Other Recommendations
3:10 to Yuma (2007) – Peacock 9/1
10 Cloverfield Lane – Paramount+ 9/1
10 Things I Hate About You – Prime Video 9/1
2001: A Space Odyssey – Prime Video 9/1
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein – Prime Video 9/1
A.I. Artificial Intelligence – Paramount+ 9/1
All About My Mother – Prime Video 9/1
American History X – Paramount+ with Showtime 9/1
Angel Heart – Paramount+ 9/1
Annihilation – Paramount+ 9/1
Army of Darkness – Prime Video 9/1
Arrival – Netflix and Paramount+ 9/1
Be Kind Rewind – Max 9/1
Bend It Like Beckham – Hulu 9/1
The Big Lebowski – Paramount+ with Showtime 9/1
The Birdcage – Prime Video 9/1
The Birds – Peacock 9/1
Blade – Max 9/1
Blade II – Max 9/1
The Blair Witch Project – Paramount+ 9/1
Blazing Saddles – Paramount+ with Showtime 9/1
Bourne series – Prime Video 9/1
Bowling for Columbine – Prime Video 9/1
Boyz N the Hood – Max 9/1
The Brady Bunch Movie – Paramount+ 9/1
Candyman (1992) – Peacock 9/1
Carrie (1976) – Max 9/1
Cat People (1942) – Max 9/1
Chicken Run – Peacock 9/1
Children of Men – Prime Video 9/1
Crazy Stupid Love – Max 9/1
The Deer Hunter – Netflix 9/1
Déjà Vu – Prime Video 9/1
Desperado – Peacock and Prime Video 9/1
Drag Me to Hell – Prime Video 9/1
Easy A – Peacock 9/1
An Education – Hulu 9/1
The Exorcist – Max 9/1
Face/Off – Prime Video 9/1
Fast Times at Ridgemont High – Netflix 9/1
Four Weddings and a Funeral – Prime Video 9/1
Frida – Paramount+ 9/1
Friday – Max 9/1
Friday Night Lights – Peacock 9/1
Get Out – Peacock 9/1
Hail, Caesar! – Hulu 9/1
Hamlet (2000) – Paramount+ with Showtime 9/1
Heartburn – Max 9/1
Hugo – Paramount+ and Prime Video 9/1
The Hunt for Red October – Paramount+ with Showtime 9/1
Jarhead – Prime Video 9/1
Jaws – Netflix 9/1
John Wick – Peacock 9/1
John Wick: Chapter 2 – Peacock 9/1
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Peacock 9/1
Juice – Max 9/1
A Knight’s Tale – Hulu 9/1
The LEGO Movie – Hulu 9/1
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) – Max 9/1
Long Shot – Paramount+ 9/1
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) – Prime Video 9/1
The Mask of Zorro – Peacock and Prime Video 9/1
Matilda – Netflix 9/1
The Matrix series – Peacock 9/1
Meet the Parents – Hulu 9/1
Melancholia – Hulu 9/1
Mother! – Paramount+ 9/1
The Mummy (1999) – Peacock 9/1
My Big Fat Greek Wedding – Peacock 9/1
Notting Hill – Peacock 9/1
Observe and Report – Prime Video 9/1
October Sky – Prime Video 9/1
Of Mice and Men (1992) – Prime Video 9/1
The Other Guys – Peacock 9/1
Philomena – Max 9/1
Primal Fear – Paramount+ 9/1
Psycho (1960) – Peacock 9/1
Public Enemies – Netflix 9/1
Raising Arizona – Hulu 9/1
Red River – Prime Video 9/1
Road to Perdition – Paramount+ 9/1
Rocky – Prime Video 9/1
Roxanne – Prime Video 9/1
The Rundown – Peacock 9/1
Sabrina (1954) – Max 9/1
Salt – Peacock 9/1
Saw – Peacock 9/1
Schindler’s List – Paramount+ with Showtime 9/1
Se7en – Hulu 9/1
Shadow of a Doubt – Peacock 9/1
Slither – Peacock 9/1
Source Code – Max 9/1
Spanglish – Prime Video 9/1
Spy – Max 9/1
Stand and Deliver – Paramount+ with Showtime 9/1
Stand by Me – Netflix 9/1
Sugar – Prime Video 9/1
Super 8 – Paramount+ 9/1
Superbad – Netflix 9/1
The Talented Mr. Ripley – Paramount+ 9/1
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight – Peacock 9/1
Tales from the Hood – Peacock 9/1
Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Paramount+ 9/1
Thief – Paramount+ with Showtime 9/1
The Thing (1982) – Peacock 9/1
To Catch a Thief – Prime Video 9/1
True Lies – Hulu 9/1
United 93 – Peacock 9/1
Up in the Air – Netflix 9/1
Us – Peacock 9/1
Videodrome – Peacock 9/1
The Virgin Suicides – Paramount+ with Showtime
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Netflix 9/1
Wild Things – Prime Video 9/1
The Menu – Hulu 9/3
The Banshees of Inisherin – Hulu 9/4
Anchorman – Netflix 9/5
Mad Max: Fury Road – Hulu 9/9
The Wolf of Wall Street – Netflix 9/12
Fast & Furious 6 – Peacock 9/15
Fast X – Peacock 9/15
Love, Simon – Hulu 9/15
World’s Greatest Dad – Hulu 9/15
The LEGO Batman Movie – Peacock 9/15
The Accountant – Hulu 9/28
Girls Trip – Peacock 9/30
NEW SHOWS & SPECIALS
Top Pick
Tiny Toons Looniversity (Season 1) – Max 9/8
The Animaniacs reboot on Hulu was a pleasant surprise, recapturing the magic of the original show. I don’t know if this can do the same for one of my other favorite shows as a kid, but I’m holding out hope.
Other Recommendations
Scout’s Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America – Netflix 9/6
Michelle Wolf: It’s Great to Be Here – Netflix 9/12
The Other Black Girl – Hulu 9/13
OLD SHOWS
Top Pick
Band of Brothers / The Pacific – Netflix 9/15
As part of their new deal with Netflix, more HBO shows are coming to the most popular streaming platform. This month, it’s their two universally acclaimed World War II miniseries. Band of Brothers – while co-opted by every church men’s group – is the harrowing story of the Easy Company from training through battle in Europe. The Pacific has even less time for bonding, focusing on three Marines in the titular region and the physical and mental strain they endure.
Other Recommendations
Killing Eve (Complete Series) – Max 9/1
Spin City (Complete Series) – Prime Video 9/1
Reno 911! (Season 7) – Paramount+ 9/6
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Seasons 1-2) – Paramount+ 9/19