![]() ![]() May 5: Ay: Spotting the Difference (2023) The Order of Things (2022).Every New Movie and Show on Netflix This Week With a captivating storyline and a strong ensemble cast, Bordertown is a chilling and atmospheric series that will satisfy the cravings of any true crime aficionado. Known for his photographic memory and analytical mind, Sorjonen is a brilliant yet troubled detective. The film also boasts a new LCD Soundsystem song and is the last Baumbach-Gerwig collaboration before next summer’s “Barbie,” which seem like two perfectly good reasons to watch.A Finnish crime drama created by Miikko Oikkonen, Bordertown follows Detective Inspector Kari Sorjonen, played by Ville Virtanen, as he investigates gruesome crimes along the Finnish-Russian border. Driver stars as a professor of Hitler Studies whose life is turned upside down when a toxic chemical leak forces his family to evacuate their home, and threatens to shake societal norms until they crumble. Noah Baumbach makes his largest film to date, adapting Don DeLillo’s allegedly unfilmable apocalyptic novel “White Noise” with a cast led by Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig. Whether you missed its one-week theatrical run or you just want to rewatch to catch all of the details, you can’t go wrong watching this one over Christmas. The sequel is wackier and more unhinged than its predecessor, and Daniel Craig has so much fun playing the Cajun detective that it’s hard to imagine anyone not enjoying the ride. “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Streaming December 23)īenoit Blanc returns to solve an even crazier case in Rian Johnson’s latest whodunnit, jetting off to a private island where nothing is as it seems to participate in a murder mystery game held by an eccentric billionaire (Edward Norton).Soderbergh intended for “Side Effects” to be his final film as a director (though that’s technically true for most of his 21st century output), but the film is an excellent reminder of why we’re so happy he unretired. “Side Effects” is like an album track for the director - even if it’s not remembered as one of his best works, the fact that such a good film could sit in the middle of his filmography is proof of his greatness. Steven Soderbergh directs Channing Tatum and Rooney Mara in a taught, twisty, competently made thriller about the horrors of the pharmaceutical industry. Image Credit: Open Road Films/courtesy Everett Collection Alejandro González Iñárritu’s sprawling, symbol-heavy exploration of Mexican identity and his own life as a filmmaker is Mexico’s official Oscar submission for 2022, and it’s a must-watch for both Oscar ballot completionists and lovers of pure auteur filmmaking. Love it or hate it, “Bardo (Or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths)” is one of the most-talked-about movies of the year. The movie never takes its foot off the gas for even a second, delivering a twisty, adrenaline-charged story that makes it easy to understand why it led to bigger things for its director. Hugh Jackman stars as a father whose daughter is kidnapped, and Jake Gyllenhaal plays a detective assigned to help him find her. One of the first films that brought Denis Villeneuve mainstream attention in America, “Prisoners” is a nearly perfect addition to the thriller genre. Image Credit: ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection In his IndieWire review, Rafael Motamayor hailed the film as “the most beautifully-made stop-motion animation in years, a powerful and life-affirming father-and-son story about acceptance and love in the face of pain, misery, and fascism, and the filmmaker’s love of monsters in what is easily his best film in a decade.” Guillermo del Toro’s long-gestating passion project reimagines the story of Pinocchio as an adult-driven story set in 1930s Italy, and the result has been hailed as a triumph of animation. Image Credit: ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Streaming December 9). ![]() attempts to crystalize Downey’s creative legacy through examinations of his films, the people he influenced, and his relationship with his more famous son. This new documentary from director Chris Smith and executive producer Robert Downey Jr. died in 2021, but his influence on filmmaking and surreal comedy is as alive as ever (the recent “Atlanta” episode “The Goof Who Stood in the Door” directly borrowed the plot of his film “Putney Swope”).
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