Next month, Netflix has a wide variety of films — modern to classic, animated to live action, Oscar winners to romantic comedies — and we’ve picked seven that you should watch once they’re made available on the streaming service. Enjoy.
1. “Under the Sun” (available November 11)
Directed by Vitaly Manski, the documentary follows a year in the life of a family in Pyongyang, North Korea as their eight-year-old daughter, Zin-mi, prepares to join the Korean Children’s Union on the Day of the Shining Star.
2. “The Ivory Game” (available November 14)
Directed by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, the documentary sheds a light on the seedy underbelly of elephant poaching in Africa and black market ivory trading in China.
Read More: ‘The Ivory Game,’ Produced By Leonardo DiCaprio, Is a Shocking Look at an Underground Marketplace — Telluride Review
3. “Just Friends” (available November 14)
On a lighter note, who...
1. “Under the Sun” (available November 11)
Directed by Vitaly Manski, the documentary follows a year in the life of a family in Pyongyang, North Korea as their eight-year-old daughter, Zin-mi, prepares to join the Korean Children’s Union on the Day of the Shining Star.
2. “The Ivory Game” (available November 14)
Directed by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, the documentary sheds a light on the seedy underbelly of elephant poaching in Africa and black market ivory trading in China.
Read More: ‘The Ivory Game,’ Produced By Leonardo DiCaprio, Is a Shocking Look at an Underground Marketplace — Telluride Review
3. “Just Friends” (available November 14)
On a lighter note, who...
- 10/20/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
In the first part of analysis of the role of race in three of this year’s most celebrated films, Steven W Thrasher focuses on Richard Linklater’s tale of a certain type of American boyhood
I keep thinking about him, about how he is represented on film in one boy and two men: about the sweet face of a young white boy, Mason Evans Jr, daydreaming against green grass and into the sky; about the rear silhouette of Martin Luther King’s afro, facing off against a sea of white cops; about the profile of an armed white sniper, Navy Seal Chris Kyle, wrapped in the American flag.
As film-makers walk down the red carpet this awards season, I keep wondering: what makes a man, or a boy, in the American imagination? How is he constructed, in relation to patriarchy and race? Consider the portrayal of manhood and masculinity in three male-centered American biopics,...
I keep thinking about him, about how he is represented on film in one boy and two men: about the sweet face of a young white boy, Mason Evans Jr, daydreaming against green grass and into the sky; about the rear silhouette of Martin Luther King’s afro, facing off against a sea of white cops; about the profile of an armed white sniper, Navy Seal Chris Kyle, wrapped in the American flag.
As film-makers walk down the red carpet this awards season, I keep wondering: what makes a man, or a boy, in the American imagination? How is he constructed, in relation to patriarchy and race? Consider the portrayal of manhood and masculinity in three male-centered American biopics,...
- 2/19/2015
- by Steven W Thrasher
- The Guardian - Film News
At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's streaming on Netflix, we've got you covered.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
"Guardians of the Galaxy"
Chris Pratt stars as Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, an outlaw who stumbles upon a special orb that it seems everyone in the galaxy is after. He inadvertently teams up with a few other alien misfits (Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Vin Diesel as Groot, and Bradley Cooper as Rocket) to save the world from some super bad dudes. The Blu-ray looks great, and it's full of cool little details, like the graphics that pop up when you pause the movie, as well as the regular old featurettes, commentaries, and so on. And, if you think the cast has amazing chemistry in the movie, just wait until you watch them go Unscripted.
"Frank"
Michael Fassbender...
New on DVD and Blu-ray
"Guardians of the Galaxy"
Chris Pratt stars as Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, an outlaw who stumbles upon a special orb that it seems everyone in the galaxy is after. He inadvertently teams up with a few other alien misfits (Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Vin Diesel as Groot, and Bradley Cooper as Rocket) to save the world from some super bad dudes. The Blu-ray looks great, and it's full of cool little details, like the graphics that pop up when you pause the movie, as well as the regular old featurettes, commentaries, and so on. And, if you think the cast has amazing chemistry in the movie, just wait until you watch them go Unscripted.
"Frank"
Michael Fassbender...
- 12/8/2014
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
Boyhood
Written and directed by Richard Linklater
USA, 2014
Artistic intent is an often-debated mode of dissecting a finished product. What the artist went into the project intending to render presumably dictates the manner in which we, as audience members and general consumers of art, perceive. With film, it’s also common conception that, once the piece is finished and released into the world, 50% of its production now lies in the hands of the audience. The thought is that a movie doesn’t fully exist without someone to watch and perceive it. Both concepts are true, while neither holds predominant sway over the reception of art. What we go into an experience knowing, or not knowing, can drastically alter our perception of any given event. But while in the moment of interpretation, we are subject to a series of perceptions that exist independently of pre-defined knowledge.
Richard Linklater’s Boyhood is...
Written and directed by Richard Linklater
USA, 2014
Artistic intent is an often-debated mode of dissecting a finished product. What the artist went into the project intending to render presumably dictates the manner in which we, as audience members and general consumers of art, perceive. With film, it’s also common conception that, once the piece is finished and released into the world, 50% of its production now lies in the hands of the audience. The thought is that a movie doesn’t fully exist without someone to watch and perceive it. Both concepts are true, while neither holds predominant sway over the reception of art. What we go into an experience knowing, or not knowing, can drastically alter our perception of any given event. But while in the moment of interpretation, we are subject to a series of perceptions that exist independently of pre-defined knowledge.
Richard Linklater’s Boyhood is...
- 7/24/2014
- by Ariel Fisher
- SoundOnSight
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