It’s looking like it will be a quieter week in terms of new movies to stream, but if you’ve already caught up on some of the major awards contenders, you’ll now have the opportunity to check out some smaller films. You can check out the list below to find out which movies are hitting streaming this week.
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‘Flow’ Review: A Cat’s-Eye View of The End of The World
In this masterful animated film, a cat, a capybara, a lemur, and a Labrador Retriever get in a boat and try to survive a flooded world.
2024 was an incredible year foranimated filmsfromThe Wild RobottoInside Out 2andWallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. However, arguably the most acclaimed movie of the bunch is a little movie from Latvia about a little black cat trying to find his way home.
Flowis a dialogue-free animated adventure following a black cat, whose home is ruined by a flood. to find safety and a new home, the feline hops aboard a boat populated by other animals including a capybara, a lemur, and a yellow lab.
The movie is directed byGints Zilbalodisand has already earned itself plenty of awards, winning Best Animated Film at the Golden Globes, the National Board of Review, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the European Film Awards.
Flow (2024) follows a solitary animal named Cat who must find refuge and collaborate with other species on a boat after a great flood devastates their home. As they sail through mystical, overflowed landscapes, the group navigates challenges and dangers while adapting to a transformed world.
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‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’
Currently, on the shortlist to be potentially nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature,Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etatdocuments musiciansAbbey LincolnandMax Roachcrashing the UN Security Council in early 1961, protesting the murder of the Congo’s prime minister,Patrice Lumumba. The feature also documents Soviet leaderNikita Khrushchevbanging his shoe on his desk to protest against America’s color bar, as well as the US government sending jazz iconLouis Armstrongto the Congo as a way to distract the public from Africa’s first post-colonial coup.Johan Grimonprez(Shadow World) directs the film.
Soundtrack to a Coup d’État
Soundtrack to a Coup d’État examines pivotal 1960 events where Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach disrupt the United Nations, Nikita Khrushchev protests against America’s racial policies, and jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong is deployed to the Congo as the U.S. responds to its first African post-colonial coup.
‘The End’ Review: Tilda Swinton and George MacKay Face Annihilation in Joshua Oppenheimer’s Musical
The end may only be the beginning.
Academy Award-nominated documentarianJoshua Oppenheimer(The Look of Silence) makes his narrative debut withthe post-apocalyptic musicalThe End.
Set 20 years after the apocalypse, the film follows the wealthy family who caused the end of the world and has spent their time living underground in a luxurious bunker. The son of the family yearns to see the outside world and potentially finds the chance when a young woman shows up at their bunker’s entrance.
The movie stars Academy Award winnerTilda Swinton(Michael Clayton),George MacKay(1917),Moses Ingram(Obi-Wan Kenobi),Bronagh Gallagher(Pulp Fiction),Tim McInnerny(Game of Thrones),Lennie James(The Walking Dead), and Academy Award nomineeMichael Shannon(The Shape of Water).
The End follows a wealthy family living in seclusion within a salt mine, whose isolated existence is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious stranger, leading to unforeseen consequences.
Academy Award-winning documentarianAsif Kapadia(Amy) combines narrative and documentary filmmaking for a disturbing look into the potential future in2073.
Inspired byChris Marker’s 1962 featurette,La Jetée, the film depicts a depressed version of San Francisco that has become dominated by law enforcement, and has stripped the American people of democracy and their own personal freedoms.
The narrative section of the film stars Academy Award nomineeSamantha Morton(Minority Report),Naomi Ackie(Blink Twice), andHector Hewer(The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself).
2073 is a 2024 British documentary film inspired by Chris Marker’s 1962 featurette La Jetée. It is set in a dystopian future and follows a time traveler who risks everything to alter the course of history and save humanity.
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‘Black Box Diaries’
‘Black Box Diaries’ Review: Shiori Itō’s Powerful Documentary Is a Compelling Must-See
The film chronicles a woman’s fight for justice and to have her truth heard.
Another documentary on the Academy Award’s shortlist for Best Documentary Feature isBlack Box Diaries. The movie follows journalist and directorShiori Itōas she investigates her own sexual assault to prosecute her powerful offender. With the odds stacked against her, the case gained traction in Japan as it exposed the inherent flaws in their judicial and societal systems.
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‘Get Away’
‘Get Away’ Review: Nick Frost’s Family Vacation Nightmare Is More Than Meets the Eye | Fantastic Fest 2024
Frost, who stars and wrote the film, takes his family on a violent and humorous trip.
Nick Frost(Shaun of the Dead) returns to the realm of horror comedies withGet Away.
Frost plays Richard, a family man who takes his wife and two teenage kids on a holiday to a seemingly innocent island off the coast of Sweden. Almost immediately, something feels off about the island’s inhabitants, and it’s not long before they learn that a serial killer is on the loose.
Steffen Haars(Krazy House) directs the film, which also starsAisling Bea(Living With Yourself),Sebastian Croft(Heartstopper), andMaisie Ayres(Criminal Record).
A family’s vacation to a remote island turns into a nightmare when they discover a serial killer is targeting them. Combining dark humor with chilling suspense, the show explores the family’s desperate struggle for survival as they attempt to outwit their relentless pursuer.
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‘The Thicket’
Game of ThronesstarPeter Dinklage’s decade-in-the-making passion project,The Thicket, is finally here.
Based on the novel of the same name byJoe R. Lansdale, the Western follows bounty hunter Reginald Jones, who is hired to track down the notorious killer known as Cutthroat Bill. Reginald puts together a team of unlikely heroes and embarks on their mission to find the killer in a deadly place known as the Thicket.
Elliott Lester(Aftermath) directed the movie, which also stars Academy Award nomineeJuliette Lewis(Yellowjackets),Esmé Creed-Miles(Hanna),Levon Hawke(Blink Twice),Andrew Schulz(Flagrant),MetallicafrontmanJames Hetfield,Leslie Grace(In the Heights), andGbenga Akinnagbe(The Wire).
The Thicket
The Thicket is a 2024 American Western film based on Joe R. Lansdale’s 2013 novel. The story follows a young man named Jack, portrayed by Levon Hawke, who embarks on a dangerous quest to rescue his kidnapped sister, Lula, from the ruthless killer Cut Throat Bill.
