As the summer is coming to a close, a new crop of fresh films is out there for your perusal. But with the world as it is, the multiplex may seem like a wary place to enter still. So now as âTenetâ and âDeath On The Nileâ make their way onto the silver screen, maybe you still want to stay home. But donât worry, the home theater has you covered.
The streaming service Netflix continues its streak of prestige work from talented, niche film makers. Newcomer Antonio Camposâs âThe Devil All The Timeâ is set to premiere this Friday. Based on the novel by Donald Ray Pollock, the plot revolves around a young man trying to protect his family from the criminal element in his rural Ohio town. A sinister preacher, a murderous couple, and a crooked sheriff are just part of this shady backwater. Sporting an impressive cast the likes of Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Riley Keough and Sebastian Stan, this is highly recommended for fans of the show âTrue Detectiveâ and the movie âThe Place Beyond the Pines.â
Also dropping there is âIâm Thinking Of Ending Things,â the latest by writer/director Charlie Kaufmann. His original work like âEternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mindâ or âSynecdoche, New Yorkâ are rather surreal journeys into the inner lives of his characters. Here, however, he is adapting the impressive creepy novel by Iain Reid about a young women who goes to meet her boyfriendâs parents on their farm. As events unfold, her mind starts to unravel when the parents start to ask strange questions and even pictures in the house shift. If you are fans of psychological horror in general, check it out.
HBO has a slate of new limited series in the near future. âThe Undoingâ is brought to us by âBig Little Liesâ screenwriter David E. Kelley and âThe Night Managerâ director Suzanne Bier. Like his last series this is based on a novel, âYou Should Have Knownâ by Jane Hanff Korelitz. Nicole Kidman plays a successful therapist whose life is upended on the eve of her first published book. Secrets involving a missing husband and a violent death make up the heart of the story, but of course not the complete truth.
âWe Are Who We Areâ will have its first episode premiere on September 14th on the network. Director Luca Guadagnino of âCall Me By Your Nameâ fame brings us a story about young teens navigating growing up while living on a military base outside Venice, Italy. The score and cinematography calls back to the same sun-drenched languid feel. Sex and partying makes up a part of the antics, but it is the two leads played Jack Dylan Glazer and Jordan Kristine Seamon bring warmth to the proceedings. Chloe Sevigny and Alice Braga as Glazerâs parents are particularly noteworthy.
âWomen Make Filmâ, the fourteen-part documentary by Mark Cousins, is set to start Tuesdays for the rest of the year on TCM. Featuring narration by Jane Fonda, Thandie Newton and Tilda Swinton among others, we are given a deep dive into female directors both known and unknown to the world at large. Playing alongside the doc, corresponding features spoken about in each part will run after each episode hosted by resident presenters Alicia Malone and University of Chicago professor Jacqueline Stewart. Regardless of preference, there is a little for everyone starting this fall. Happy viewing!
