![]() To celebrate this kick-ass moment in streaming accessibility, Film Movement Plus has programmed the single most ass-kicking movie that anyone has submitted to the Oscars in a very long time. Dung Luong Dinh, 2022)Īn endlessly reliable source for rich and unexpected cinema from around the world, Film Movement has been connecting great movies to curious movie-lovers for more than 20 years, and - as of last December - that mission was made a lot easier, as Film Movement Plus is now available as a channel on Prime Video (the streamer’s free-standing SVOD platform remains intact at ). Well, “The Marvels” is one of two movies premiering on Disney Plus this month, and I haven’t seen the other one (it’s a documentary about Black astronauts called “The Space Race,” and it will also be streaming on Hulu). The Channel’s annual celebration of Black History Month offers an incredible survey of Black history on film, ranging from documentaries like Shirley Clarke’s indelible “Portrait of Jason” and Marlon Riggs’ profoundly impactful “Tongues Untied” to generation-defining favorites like “The Watermelon Woman,” the recently restored “Alma’s Rainbow,” and Kathleen Collins’ quietly earth-shaking “Losing Ground,” which IndieWire recently named as one of the best films of the 1980s.Īs if that weren’t enough, the Channel is also busting out a Gothic Nori series (“Ministry of Fear,” “The Seventh Veil,” “The House on Telegraph Hill,” etc.), mini retros devoted to Jonathan Glazer and the Safdie brothers, first-run streaming exclusives like “Amanda” and “Unrest,” a golden opportunity to watch Chen Kaige’s long-unavailable epic “Farewell my Concubine,” and a grab bag of Hong Kong hits that include the Jackie Chan/Sammo Hung team-up “My Lucky Stars,” Jeffrey Lau’s slapstick historical parody “The Eagle Shooting Heroes,” and - our pick of the month, selected more for its screenshot than anything else - Johnnie To’s deliriously fun “The Heroic Trio,” which forever redefined the idea of an all-star cast by putting Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, and Maggie Cheung above the title in the same movie about a baby-kidnapping wizard.Īll movies available to stream February 1 ![]() First up is a tribute to the transcendent heartache of interdimensional romance, as the Channel’s immaculately curated selection of classics from the sub-genre includes canonical masterpieces like “After Life” and “A Matter of Life and Death,” heart-on-their-sleeve experiments like Francis Ford Coppola’s “Youth Without Youth” and Alain Resnais’ “Je t’aime, je t’aime,” two versions of “Solaris,” and a recent anime favorite for good measure (that would be Makoto Shinkai’s “Your Name,” of course). ![]() Nobody runs with a theme quite like the Criterion Channel, and - between Valentine’s Day and Black History Month - February has given the streamer even more to work with than usual.
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