FILMS
Top Picks
Thief – Hulu and Amazon 5/1
Coco – Netflix 5/29 (Academy Award winner)
I, Tonya – Hulu 5/31 (Academy Award winner)
Thief is Michael Mann’s searing debut, featuring one of the all-time great villain performances, and impressive cinematography and an astonishing score. It’s been on Netflix in the past, but it’s making its debut on Hulu and Amazon.
The other two are Oscar winners, even if the latter shouldn’t have been. Coco is one of Pixar’s best efforts of recent years, tweaking a staid formula into something moving. I, Tonya is messy but fascinating biopic about Tonya Harding and her difficult life and path to stardom. Allison Janney is all quips and chain-smoking, and while her Oscar should belong to Laurie Metcalf’s turn in Lady Bird, it’s an indelible performance all the same.
Recent Selections
Blame – Amazon 5/1
Goat – Amazon 5/1
Holy Air – Amazon 5/1
Psychopaths – Amazon 5/1
Saturday Church – Amazon 5/1
Thirst Street – Amazon 5/1
Last Flag Flying – Amazon 5/4
Faces Places – Netflix 5/5 (Academy Award nominee)
In the Fade – Hulu 5/11
Baywatch – Hulu and Amazon 5/12
Frank Serpico – Hulu 5/12
Jane – Hulu 5/12
Tonight She Comes – Hulu 5/13
How to Be a Latin Lover – Hulu and Amazon 5/15
Take Every Wave – Hulu 5/15
The Strange Ones – Hulu 5/15
Knights of the Damned – Hulu 5/16
Beatriz at Dinner – Hulu and Amazon 5/19
Small Town Crime – Netflix 5/19
American Folk – Hulu 5/21
Neat – Hulu 5/21
Half Magic – Hulu 5/23
Curvature – Hulu 5/24
Mad to Be Normal – Hulu 5/25
Just Getting Started – Amazon 5/27
The Wedding Plan – Hulu and Amazon 5/27
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story – Netflix 5/31
Please Stand By – Hulu 5/31
Originals
Sometimes – Netflix 5/1
Anon – Netflix 5/4
Forgive Us Our Debts – Netflix 5/4
Manhunt – Netflix 5/4
The Kissing Booth – Netflix 5/11
Cargo – Netflix 5/18
Catching Feelings – Netflix 5/18
Ibiza – Netflix 5/25
Sara’s Notebook – Netflix 5/26
NEW SHOWS & SPECIALS
Top Pick
Picnic at Hanging Rock – Amazon 5/25
Peter Weir already adapted the haunting novel into a terrific film in 1975. A miniseries is probably unnecessary, but this Australian co-production features Natalie Dormer, who’s just begging for a bigger, better role after she was killed off on Game of Thrones.
Originals
Busted! (Season 1) – Netflix 5/4
Dear White People (Season 2) – Netflix 5/4
End Game – Netflix 5/4
Kong: King of the Apes (Season 2) – Netflix 5/4
The Rain (Season 1) – Netflix 5/4
Diablo Guardian (Season 1) – Amazon 5/5
All Night (Season 1) – Hulu 5/11
Bill Nye Saves the World (Season 3) – Netflix 5/11
Evil Genius: The True Story of America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist – Netflix 5/11
Rocky & Bullwinkle (Season 1) – Amazon 5/11
Spirit: Riding Free (Season 5) – Netflix 5/11
The Who Was? Show (Season 1) – Netflix 5/11
Inspector Gadget (Season 4) – Netflix 5/18
You Are Wanted (Season 2) – Amazon 5/18
Dino Dana (Season 2) – Amazon 5/22
Mob Psycho 100 (Season 1) – Netflix 5/22
Terrace House: Opening New Doors (Part 2) – Netflix 5/22
Explained – Netflix 5/23
Fauda (Season 2) – Netflix 5/24
The Toys That Made Us (Season 2) – Netflix 5/25
Trollhunters (Part 3) – Netflix 5/25
Howards End – Amazon 5/29
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Season 4) – Netflix 5/30
OLD SHOWS
Queens of Comedy (Season 1) – Netflix 5/1
Simon (Season 1) – Netflix 5/1
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V (Season 2) – Netflix 5/1
Drunk History (Season 5, Part 1) – Hulu 5/5
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (Season 1) – Hulu 5/5
Star vs. the Forces of Evil (Season 3) – Hulu 5/7
Claws (Season 1) – Hulu 5/11
Orphan Black (Season 5) – Amazon 5/12
Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce (Season 4) – Netflix 5/15
Scandal (Season 7) – Netflix 5/19
12 Monkeys (Season 3) – Hulu 5/16
The Strain (Season 4) – Hulu 5/16
Senora Acero (Season 4) – Netflix 5/21
Shooter (Season 2) – Netflix 5/22
COMEDY SPECIALS
Top Picks
John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City – Netflix 5/1
Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life – Netflix 5/25
I sadly missed the former on his recent tour. Mulaney’s one of my favorite comedians and his recent turn on Saturday Night Live (where he used to write) was spectacular. I was able to catch Steve Martin and Martin Short during a show on my birthday last year, and they were every bit as hilarious as you’d expect.
Other Shows & Specials
A Little Help with Carol Burnett – Netflix 5/4
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman: Tina Fey – Netflix 5/4
Hari Kondabolu: Warn Your Relatives – Netflix 5/8
Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife – Netflix 5/13
Tig Notaro: Happy to Be Here – Netflix 5/22
Hollywood Game Night: Red Nose Day Special – Hulu 5/25
The Break with Michelle Wolf – Netflix 5/27
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman: Howard Stern – Netflix 5/31