MaryAnn’s quick take: Uniquely fresh yet also deeply lodged in the history of cinematic horror, with a powerful breakout performance from David Dastmalchian. But the triumph of Late Night with the Devil is, ironically, marred by the use of “AI” “art.” Read the review…
new from May 13—17
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The Disappearance of Shere Hite
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The End We Start From
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The Iron Claw
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Late Night with the Devil (VOD/Shudder)
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Robot Dreams (premium VOD/Curzon Home Cinema)
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The Teachers’ Lounge (premium VOD)
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (premium VOD)
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Immaculate (premium VOD)
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Riddle of Fire (Icon Film Channel)
I’m planning to watch…
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The New Boy
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Nightwatch (Shudder)
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Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever (Shudder)
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Silver Haze (premium VOD)
(films on regular VOD and/or DVD unless otherwise noted)
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recent releases
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All of Us Strangers (premium VOD/Disney+)
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Anatomy of a Fall
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Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret.
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Barbie
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Dune: Part Two (premium VOD)
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Every Body
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Frida (Prime)
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The Holdovers
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Is There Anybody Out There?
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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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Kokomo City
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Leave the World Behind (Netflix)
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Monolith
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Nimona (Netflix/free on YouTube)
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The Old Oak (DVD/VOD/Netflix)
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Past Lives (VOD/DVD/Netflix)
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Poor Things (VOD/Disney+)
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Priscilla (DVD/VOD/Mubi)
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The Royal Hotel
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Saltburn (Prime)
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Samsara (VOD/Curzon Home Cinema)
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Scrambled
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To Kill a Tiger (Netflix)
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20 Days in Mariupol
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20,000 Species of Bees (VOD/Curzon Home Cinema)
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What Happens Later
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When Evil Lurks (Cuando acecha la maldad) (VOD/Shudder)
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The Zone of Interest (premium VOD)
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Acidman
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Dumb Money
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I Am Urban
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Napoleon (premium VOD/Apple TV+)
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One Life (DVD/premium VOD)
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Out of Darkness
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The Peasants
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Scoop (Netflix)
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Seagrass
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Typist Artist Pirate King
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Argylle (premium VOD/Apple TV+)
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Irish Wish (Netflix)
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The Lesson
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Madame Web (premium VOD)
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Miller’s Girl
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Next Goal Wins
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Paint
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Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (Netflix)
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Spaceman (Netflix)
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Wonka
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Zero Contact
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