Set in 1889, Eugenie (Juliette Binoche) is a cook in the kitchen of the celebrated gourmet Dodin (Benoît Magimel), until their mutual admiration turns into a romantic relationship and an paralleled culinary partnership. When Eugenie insists on her freedom over marriage, Dodin tries something he has never done before. Written and directed by Trần Anh
A Jewish family’s quest to find each other again after World War II ultimately separates them in this adaptation of the Georgia Hunter novel inspired by the story of her relatives. Joey King and Logan Lerman head the cast of an eight-episode series. From the Boston Globe’s Matthew Gilbert: “…it joins a growing inventory of
A grounded and often gripping British prison drama from Britbox, Time returns after three years with a second season and pivots to an anthology about three women inmates, one a single mom, one a heroin addict, and the third a “hard core lifer.” Starring Emmy nominee Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us, Game of Thrones),
After their start-up crashes and burns, a team of Thai entrepreneurs are under pressure to repay their loan. They stumble upon the idea to upgrade and rebrand a Buddhist temple to drum up funds as newly reinvented monks in this tense crime drama with English subtitles.
Flashback to the 80s with this time capsule concert film – restored and re-released in honor of the Talking Heads 40th anniversary. It captures up close — and in all its shoulder padded glory — a much younger David Byrne, a man who’s still going. From the Seattle Times’ Moira Macdonald: “Watching it leaves you
While living in a caravan park, an isolated man gets a visit from a desperate young woman seeking shelter from a violent storm, which begins to feel something more in this surprising, twisty, and critically-praised horror movie. From Paste’s Matt Donato: “Bell and Allen employ big ambitions in a confined area, treating stranger-danger paranoias with
Regina King stars as Shirley Chisholm—the first Black woman elected to Congress—in a biopic that centers on Chisholm’s trailblazing presidential run in 1972, which paved the path for several others — despite what she would endure. From Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave), who also directs, the cast includes the late Lance Reddick,
A clever new laugh-out-loud high school comedy about two eccentric BFFs who discover their locker is a portal to a “Fight Club”-esque multiverse — which turns out to be an alt reality of their school full of amped up versions of their classmates. An escape within a comedic escape.
Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a former UFC fighter running from a dark past in the Florida Keys when he gets hired as a bouncer at a bar overrun by violent thugs. The remake of the 1980s Patrick Swayze film hasn’t won over critics, but it’s aiming for the guys-night-in crowd and especially the Gen-Xers and
The much-anticipated new sci-fi mystery series from the Game of Thrones creators follows mankind’s first contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, connecting the 1960s Chinese Cultural Revolution with the deaths of present day scientists. Adapted from the Hugo-award winning book trilogy from Cixin Liu by David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Alexander Woo, the casting includes GOT alums