A fresh foray for ‘The Boys in the Band’
“The Boys in the Band:” The groundbreaking Broadway smash about gaymen’s lives returns to the screen for the first time in 50 years, with a new adaptation by Joe Mantello and a cast that includes Jim Parsons, Matt Bomer and more. Streaming via Netflix.
Also Showing:
• “2067:” Forty-seven years from now climate change has forced all on Earth to live using synthetic oxygen — which of course goes wrong and causes a global pandemic. A timely sci-fi film that premieres today via digital and On Demand.
• “The Call:” Horror film veterans Lin Shaye and Tobin Bell are among four friends stuck in the home of a murderous couple, needing to make one phone call — that, of course, is not as simple as it sounds. Premiering today at select theaters and drive-ins.
• Cinetopia: The Ann Arbor-Detroit festival hosts a Virtual Screening room, regularly adding new titles, via cintetopiafestival.org/virtual-screenings/.
• “Death of Me:” Luke Hemsworth and Maggi Q are a couple vacationing off the coast of Thailand caught in a mysterious, and horrifying, web of murder, mystery and black magic. Premiering today via digital and On Demand.
• DFT@ Home: The Detroit Film Theatre offers an updating menu of streaming features and documentaries via dia.org.
• “The Glorias:” Julianne
Moore, Alicia Vikander, Lulu Wilson and Ryan Keira Armstrong all play versions of activist Gloria Steinem in director Julie Taymor’s biopic, based on Steinem’s own memoir. Available exclusively via Prime Video.
• “The Great American Lie:” A documentary about the roots of systemic gender inequalities premieres today via digital and On Demand.
• “Kingdom of Silence:” The documentary about the late Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s life and work premieres at 9 p.m. today on Showtime.
• “Vampires vs. the Bronx:” Osmany Rodriguez co-wrote and directed this horror story about a gang of teenagers protecting their neighborhood from an invasion of notcturnal bloodsuckers. Premiering today on Netflix.