Probably this will be in April. See NPRJennifer Salke at Amazon's Culver Studios. Films that were slated for this year's canceled South by Southwest festival will appear exclusively on Amazon Prime Video for 10 days this spring. Filmmakers who choose to participate will receive a screening fee and could opt in starting Thursday.2 days ago
Vanity Fair has a new article,
All the New 2020 Movies Streaming Early Because of Coronavirus
(This is in today's, April 13, 2020's, issue of the magazine's online "Cocktail Hour." You may have to sign in or sign up to access that page, but it's free.)
These are movies that came out before the coronavirus shutdowns in February or early March, and they were not well reviewed, nor would I recommend them, except for Emma (Metascore 71) or maybe The Way Back, which depicts a struggle with marrige and alcoholism close to its star's, Ben Affleck's actual experience (I have seen Emma but not The Way Back). Call of the Wild, Metascore 47%, hmm, Harrison Ford is fine in it, but they ruined it with the physically improbable sequences and the animatronic dog.
Titles listed, with details, on this page include:You may have to look around. Sometimes it comes up that you have to pay $19.99, but others it's $5.99. Keep looking. I'd watch Emma again. It's beautiful, and not a complete mockery of the Jane Austen novel, as its breezy TRAILER would have you think.The Hunt
Bad Boys for Life
The Gentleman
Doolittle
Birds of Prey
Sonic the Hedgehog
Call of the Wild
Onward
The Way Back
Bloodshot
I still Believe
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THE INFILTRATORS.
The latest is that The Infiltrators will have a virtual cinema release Fri., May 1, 2020, and cable on demand/digital streaming release Tues., Jun. 2.
Here's the
TRAILER.
FILM FORUM VIRTUAL THEATER RELEASES.
For those interested in meaty new cinema releases outside the mainstream, Film Forum has a lot to offer. Here is their latest press release:Film Forum Recent Releases for Home Rental. During the Theater’s Temporary Closing. Rental Fees Support Film Forum. Nearly all of these have been reviewed on Filmleaf.
THE BOOKSELLERS and WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL Will Become Available Friday, April 17
Film Forum, New York City’s leading non-profit movie house for independent premieres and classic releases, is partnering with theatrical distributors to present a Virtual Cinema while the theater is temporarily closed. In most cases, this platform is the only way to see these titles. All rental fees support Film Forum.
Starting this Friday, April 17, two entertaining documentaries will become available – D.W. Young's THE BOOKSELLERS (Greenwich Entertainment), which had just opened theatrically in NYC prior to the lockdown order, and Rob Garver's WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL (Juno Films). Premieres and re-releases currently available in Film Forum’s virtual cinema:
Kantemir Balagov’s lauded Russian post-WWII drama BEANPOLE (Kino Lorber)
Yaron Zilberman’s Israeli drama INCITEMENT (Greenwich Entertainment), based on the actual events surrounding the assassination of Yizthak Rabin
A 4K restoration of István Szabó's 1981 Oscar-winner MEPHISTO (Kino Lorber). Recommended. A rich saga.
Jan Komasa’s 2020 Best International Film Oscar nominee CORPUS CHRISTI (Film Movement). Oscar nominee. Recommended.
Ken Loach’s timely drama SORRY WE MISSED YOU (Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber). Depressing, but. . . It's Ken Loach.
Diao Yinan’s acclaimed Chinese noir THE WILD GOOSE LAKE (Film Movement) (NYFF 2019). Colorful, but not great.
Corneliu Porumboiu’s Romanian crime caper THE WHISTLERS (Magnolia Pictures) (NYFF 2019). Much admired. Did not like.
Luchino Visconti’s lush final film, L’INNOCENTE (Kino Lorber). Not his best, but beautiful. )
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Thanks Chris for your great contributions to our film culture. You are my source of information about current cinema. You do an excellent job.
Thank you for following my coverage. I hope you also consult other sources, though!
Rita Wolf, Gordon Warnecke and Daniel Day-Lewis in My Beautiful Laundrette
Peter Bradshaw rates Stephen Frears's whole filmography.
Here are some great choices for your own pandemic streaming. The Guardian's Bradshaw is an indefatigable, enthusiastic, and concise movie critic. He's 95% reliable here and his thumbnail reviews are eloquent. Stephen Frears is a director you need to know if you don't already. Films #2-8 are must-sees, absolutely.
Click HERE
My Beautiful Laundrette might be my favorite film of the 1980's. (Here's a recent tribute.) The Grifters is one of the best of the 1990's. Dangerous Liaisons is superb - so smart, so exciting. I love Prick Up Your Ears. Many of the rest are very, very good. And others are watchable. And a few are not so great. Read Bradshaw's list.
Glenn Close,John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Liaisons
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From Bela Tarr's Satantango
More Film at Lincoln Center Virtual Cinema for this week
Sátántangó—Béla Tarr’s epic masterpiece opens tomorrow, April 17
A Film at Lincoln Center exclusive virtual run!
It's 7 1/2 hours long. I have a screener if I have the stamina to write about it. It will cost you $14.99 to watch it online.. Sign up HERE.
It was shown at the NYFF last year and had a theatrical run in Oct. 2019. But I don't think you can watch it at home otherwise than this - or if you can get hold of the 3-disc French PAL DVD version, which sells for $135.
The Booksellers—D.W. Young’s acclaimed documentary opens tomorrow, April 17
This was the last new film I saw in New York before escaping, at the Quad. I didn't review it but if you love bookstores, you must see it. The virtual viewing costs $9.99. Set it up HERE.
Highlights from Rendez-Vous with French Cinema are available for FREE on Festival Scope!
Festival Scope link
I've reported on this and recently reviewed the two I had not seen, Jeanne (Bruno Dumont) and The Children of Isadora (Damien Manivel). The others are The Dazzled,, Prix Jean Vigo winner, and Burning Ghost, those two, somewhat lackluster in my view (despite the prize), I reviewed during the Rendez-Vous; see Filmleaf Festival Coverage.
(These are no longer available.)
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