This week on The Movie Gourmet – my irreplaceable father-in-law died this week, so I’m honoring him with a photo from his favorite BritBox crime show, Vera.
CURRENT MOVIES
- Thelma: too proud to be taken. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- Perfect Days: intentional contentment. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango, Hulu (included).
- How to Come Alive: addicted to his own turmoil. In theaters.
- Didi: learning to get out of his own way. In theaters.
- Between the Temples: prodded out of his funk. In theaters.
- Hit Man: who knew self-invention could be so fun? Netflix.
- I Saw the TV Glow: brimming with originality. Back in some theaters and Amazon, AppleTV; Fandango.
- The Bikeriders: they ride, drink and fight, and yet we care. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango, Peacock (included).
- Ghostlight: a family saves itself, in iambic pentameter. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango (included).
- Challengers: three people and their desire. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- La Chimera: six genres for the price of one. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- Daddio: intimacy between strangers. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- Sorry/Not Sorry: revelatory, and posing the smartest questions. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- The Grab: important, engrossing and sobering. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube.
- Relative: a loving, but insistent investigation. Amazon (included with prime), AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube.
- Wicked Little Letters: a sparkling Jessie Buckley and an interesting take on repression. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Netflix.
- How to Have Sex: searing and authentic. MUBI.
- Civil War: a most cautionary tale. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
WATCH AT HOME
The most eclectic watch-at-home recommendations you’ll find ANYWHERE:
- I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore: a schlub goes postal. Netflix.
- Headhunters: from smoothly confident scoundrel to human piñata. Amazon, AppleTV, Vudu, YouTube, redbox.
- Very Semi-Serious: glorious The New Yorker cartoons. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube.
- John Adams: the most overlooked giant of our Founding Fathers. MAX included), Amazon, AppleTV.
- Black Bear: ever surprising. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube.
- Ruby Sparks: be careful what you ask for. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube.
- Blind Spot: Hitler’s Secretary: ordinary humans enabling monstrous acts. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube.
- Much Ado About Nothing (2013): it’s not homework, it’s a screwball comedy. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube.
- Midnight Family: an all-night race for pesos. YouTube.