MaryAnn’s quick take: An upending of the period costume drama that’s cheerfully indecent, gloriously naughty, and full of female rage at the expectations women operate under. Wicked Little Letters is funny as hell and bursting with impudent energy. Read the review…
new from May 14–17
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Dune: Part Two (DVD/premium VOD)
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Late Night with the Devil (VOD/Shudder/AMC+)
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Sasquatch Sunset (premium VOD)
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Shayda
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Wicked Little Letters (premium VOD)
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Challengers (premium VOD)
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (premium VOD)
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I’m planning to watch…
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The American Society of Magical Negroes (DVD/premium VOD)
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Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (Mubi)
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Nightwatch (Shudder/AMC+)
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Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever (Shudder/AMC+)
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Pitch People
(films on regular VOD and/or DVD unless otherwise noted)
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recent releases
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All of Us Strangers
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American Fiction
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Anatomy of a Fall (VOD/Hulu)
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Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret.
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Barbie (VOD/DVD/Max)
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The Book of Clarence
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The Disappearance of Shere Hite
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Every Body
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Fitting In
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Frida (Prime)
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The Holdovers
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The Iron Claw
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John Wick: Chapter 4
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Killers of the Flower Moon (premium VOD/Apple TV+)
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The Kitchen (Netflix)
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Kung Fu Panda 4 (premium VOD)
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Leave the World Behind (Netflix)
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Love Lies Bleeding (premium VOD)
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May December (Netflix)
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Memory
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Monolith
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Monster
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Nimona (Netflix/free on YouTube)
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Origin
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Past Lives
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Poor Things (DVD/VOD/Hulu)
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Priscilla
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The Royal Hotel
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Saltburn (Prime)
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Scrambled
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Sometimes I Think About Dying
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The Teachers’ Lounge
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To Kill a Tiger (Netflix)
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When Evil Lurks (Cuando acecha la maldad) (DVD/VOD/Shudder)
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The Zone of Interest
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Bleeding Love
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The Boys in the Boat
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Dumb Money
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First Time Caller
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Freud’s Last Session
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Immaculate (premium VOD)
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Napoleon (premium VOD/Apple TV+)
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One Life (premium VOD)
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Out of Darkness
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The Peasants
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A Perfect Day for Caribou
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Riddle of Fire
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Scoop (Netflix)
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Seagrass
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Snack Shack (premium VOD)
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Argylle (premium VOD/Apple TV+)
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Breathe (premium VOD)
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Ferrari
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Foe (Prime)
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Irish Wish (Netflix)
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Miller’s Girl
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Next Goal Wins
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Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (Netflix)
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Spaceman (Netflix)
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Wonka (DVD/VOD/Max)
decipher
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worth paying multiplex prices for
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worth a look, but wait for streaming or DVD, unless your favorite actor is in it
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give it a miss
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my reaction under consideration
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my reaction under gag order for now
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not yet seen by me