Kira Kovalenko’s intense and bleak UNCLENCHING THE FISTS from Cannes, Toronto, and New York festivals is on MUBI. Milana Aguzarova plays Ada, who wants to escape her abusive father and small town while trying to cope with the traumas of the past. Hard to believe it’s her first role.
Wild Life
Two months after its SXSW premiere, new conservation-themed documentary WILD LIFE from Free Solo and The Rescue directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin is on Disney+ and Hulu.
Influencer
Thailand-set social media horror INFLUENCER, which had premiered at last year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival is on Shudder and AMC+.
Anthony Mann-James Stewart
Three Anthony Mann-James Stewart films that are not available on VOD are on Criterion Channel. They are THE FAR COUNTRY, BEND OF THE RIVER, and THUNDER BAY.
The Potemkinists
Radu Jude’s short film THE POTEMKINISTS, which had premiered in Cannes, is on MUBI.
100 Years of Warner Bros.
4-part documentary 100 YEARS OF WARNER BROS. narrated by Morgan Freeman premiered at Cannes Film Festival yesterday. The first two parts titled The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of and Clint, Kubrick, and Kryptonite are on Max today. The next two parts will follow on June 1.
Let The River Flow
Young teacher Ester struggles with whether to fit in with her colleagues or embrace her identity and stand up to injustices against her people in LET THE RIVER FLOW. The well-crafted period drama involving the indigenous Sami people of Norway is streaming this week via Seattle International Film Festival.
Ernest & Celestine: A Trip To Gibberitia
ERNEST & CELESTINE: A TRIP TO GIBBERITIA is a worthy sequel to the original, animated with the same watercolor-effect. The two friends again find themselves in trouble with the law, this time standing up against a fascist regime that banned music. It has a lot of sweet silliness and a fantastic soundtrack. GKIDS will release […]
The Clearing
8-episode Australian mystery series THE CLEARING with Teresa Palmer, Miranda Otto, and Guy Pearce is on Hulu and the reviews are promising.
Platonic
PLATONIC on Apple TV+ reunites Neighbors co-stars and director Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, and Nicholas Stoller. Husband and wife duo Stoller and Francesca Delbanco created the comedy series and it is currently 100% fresh on RT.