The Best Movies to Stream This Week --[Reported by Umva mag]

Looking to settle in with a good movie? Me too. That's why I've pored over release schedules to bring you the best original and new-to-streaming movies you can watch on Netflix, Prime, Max, Hulu, and other streaming platforms.

His Three Daughters

In this drama, three estranged sisters return to their family home because their father is dying. Gathered at their father’s deathbed, the three sisters confront old resentment and try to forge new understandings as they wrestle with the meaning of death and family. With performances from powerhouse actresses Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll, Poker Face), Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene, Kodachrome), and Carrie Coon (The Leftovers, The Nest), His Three Daughters looks promising.

Where to stream: Netflix

Challengers (2024)

In Challengers, Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor play Art and Patrick, a pair of elite tennis players competing for the affections of Tashi, played by Zendaya. When top-ranked tennis player Art's career begins to falter, his wife/coach Tashi comes up with an innovative motivational strategy: Set up a match between him and Patrick, her ex-boyfriend and Art's ex-best friend. This sets up the kind of sexy triangle that earns critical raves.

Where to stream: Prime

I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

Director Jane Schoenbrun (We're All Going to the World's Fair) continues her examination of the dread and terror that hide behind the pixels in the digital world with I Saw the TV Glow, a psychological horror film about a sinister late-night television show called The Pink Opaque. Produced by A24, I Saw the TV Glow is one of those "elevated" horror movies, so if you're a horror fan with more than two brain cells to rub together, give it a shot.

Where to stream: Max

Giallo!

The Criterion Channel is celebrating Halloween early with a blood-soaked treat for horror fans: a collection of some of the best Giallo movies ever made. This sub-genre of horror had its best days in the 1960s and 70s when Italian directors like Mario Bava and Dario Argento reimagined horror films as exercises in cinematic maximalism. The combination of psychedelic visuals and over-amped soundtracks with lurid plots full of stalking and murder (but often absent of logic) resulted in truly unique movies. In keeping with the too-much-isn't-enough ethos of the genre, Criterion is streaming 13 Giallo classics in September:

• The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)

• Blood and Black Lace (1964)

• The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

• In the Folds of the Flesh (1970)

• All the Colors of the Dark (1972)

• Death Walks at Midnight (1972)

• Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972)

• Who Saw Her Die? (1972)

• Torso (1973)

• What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)

• Deep Red (1975)

• Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)

• Tenebrae (1982)

Last week's picks

Uglies 

In the dystopian science fiction world of Uglies, 16-year-olds are given a procedure that turns them beautiful. As you could probably guess, the full-body glow up is a cover for more sinister changes. Adapted from the Scott Westerfeld YA sci-fi novel, Uglies posits a conflict between the perfect people and those who have chosen to keep their imperfections and their personalities intact. 

Where to stream: Netflix

Civil War (2024)

In this provocative flick, Texas and California join forces to fight for independence from the rest of the nation. Written and directed by Alex Garland (Annihilation, Ex Machina) and starring Kirsten Dunst and Nick Offerman, Civil War earned raves from critics for its harrowing action sequences and its unblinking portrayal of a nation tearing itself apart.

Where to stream: Max

The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2023)

Joanna Arnow wrote, directed, and stars in an intimate sex comedy about a depressed woman in her thirties pursuing her interest in BDSM. If you're into deadpan humor about social isolation, you're a fan of awkwardness, or you just want to watch something original for a change, check out The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed.

Where to stream: Hulu

Arthur the King

Mark Wahlberg, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Ukai the dog star in this based-on-a-true-story drama about Mikael Lindnord, a professional adventure racer whose life is changed forever by a stray dog. In Arthur the King, Lindnord sets off on the grueling Adventure Racing World Championship in Costa Rica. Along the way, he adopts Arthur, a stray dog, and the pair form a lifelong bond during the harrowing 435-mile race.

Where to stream: Starz

Young Woman and the Sea

Critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes agree that Young Woman and the Sea is a good one: the film has an 89% critic score and a 97% audience score on the site. It tells the true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel. Twenty one miles of freezing waves are only part of what Ederle must overcome; her greatest obstacle might prove to be the mores of 1926 England, where women just didn't do things like swim to France.

Where to stream: Disney+

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