New movies on demand
A mother of a teenager eases the girl’s broken heart with a story of a star-crossed romance from her childhood in the 1980s, in this musical remake of the 1983 teen sex comedy classic, with Jessica Rothe, Alicia Silverstone, Chloe Bennet, Peyton List, Mae Whitman. Available starting Friday.
An English teen (Beanie Feldstein) reinvents herself as a music-savvy hipster to land a job as a rock critic and support her struggling family in this comedy based on a bestselling novel. Emma Thompson, Michael Sheen, Gemma Arterton, Lucy Punch and Chris O’Dowd co-star. Available starting Friday.
A young man sets out to reconstruct his childhood by going through his father’s mountain of home videos, and, in the process, unearths a horror story of abuse in this sobering, puzzle-like documentary. Available starting Friday (and airing on PBS Tuesday).
“Rewind”:
“Hope Gap”:
A woman (Annette Bening) in a small seaside town tries to find her own voice after her husband (Bill Nighy) leaves her after 29 years of marriage. Josh O’Connor co-stars in this new drama written and directed by “Shadowlands” screenwriter William Nicholson. Available starting Friday.
An English child abandoned in Ethiopia is forced to flee when civil war breaks out, and joins forces with an Ethiopian refugee to help reunite people with their families. Dakota Fanning and Wunmi Mosaku star. Available starting Friday.
In France just before the revolution, a group of noblemen expelled from court for their excesses seek support from a German duke with similar proclivities. Albert Serra’s period drama, which took home a special jury prize at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, stars German screen veteran Helmut Berger. Available starting Friday.
In this comic horror movie, which debuted at last year’s SXSW Film Festival, a sex film triggers more than
“Sweetness in the Belly”:
“Liberté”:
“Porno”:
lust in a 1992 adult movie theater. Available starting Friday.
A heartbroken woman breaks into her ex’s house, and enters into a complicated relationship with a younger woman. Available starting Friday.
“Clementine”:
“Capone”:
Tom Hardy plays the bigger-than-life gangster late in life, out of federal prison and battling old enemies and, possibly, dementia. Available starting Tuesday.
documentary follow to The Missing Picture (Oscar nom) Rithy Panh talking with survivors while searching for his family’s remains. Available starting Tuesday.
what you’ll find via the site
(mkefilm.org/sofacinema):
This new documentary explores the development of Biosphere 2, an ambitious project in the late 1980s to re-create the Earth as a laboratory under a giant dome in Arizona.
Hungarian film master Béla Tarr’s 1994 epic, set in an abandoned farm machinery plant, is streaming in a newly restored print — all seven hours of it. No, really, seven hours — perfect for homebound consumption, and the ultimate introduction to one of modern cinema’s most distinctive stylists.
This new documentary by Barak Goodman and Chris
Durrance about the grassroots battle against organized gerrymandering efforts across the United States (including Wisconsin) is still available via Sofa Cinema.
“Graves Without a Name”:
“Spaceship Earth”:
“Sátántangó”:
“Slay the Dragon”:
“Straight Up”:
An obsessive-compulsive gay twentysomething who’s questioning his gayness connects with a struggling, insecure actress in this indie comedy-drama, which is still available via the movie portal this week. New movies on streaming
A young man’s world, and sense of self, are turned upside down when his mother is killed in a terrorist bombing at an art museum. Ansel Elgort, Jeffrey Wright, Nicole Kidman and Finn Wolfhard star in this adaptation of Donna Tartt’s bestselling novel. Debuting on Amazon Prime Friday.
In this Italian drama, a pregnant mother with cancer leaves behind gifts behind for her unborn daughter, one for each of the first 18 years of her life. Debuting on Netflix Friday.
“Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics”: Celebrities share their experiences with mind-altering substances in this comic documentary, told via animation, reenactments and more. Debuting on Netflix Monday.
A guy (David Spade) thinks he’s inviting an incredible woman he just met named Missy to join him on his company’s retreat, but it turns out he instead texted a train wreck from his past (Lauren Lapkus) with the same name. Sarah Chalke, Molly Sims and Nick Swardson co-star. Debuting on Netflix Wednesday.
To celebrate the centennial of the legendary graphic artist, the Criterion Channel on Sunday will line up 20 movies that featured Bass’ groundbreaking title sequences, from his breakout film, Otto Preminger’s “The Man With the Gold Arm,” to Martin Scorsese’s “The Age of Innocence.” Even when the movies aren’t great, the titles are dazzling.
“The Goldfinch”:
“18 Regali” (“18 Presents”):
“The Wrong Missy”:
Saul Bass: