Every week at Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases coming to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies you can watch at home.
This week, Flowthe Golden Globe-winning animated film from director Gints Zilbalodis, washes ashore to be purchased on VOD. There are also plenty of other exciting releases on VOD this week, like the apocalyptic musical The end starring Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon, as well as two harrowing documentaries in the form of Soundtrack to a coup And Black box diaries. As for this week's new streaming options, we have a French action thriller on Netflix, a documentary about the supernatural at Max, and a horror comedy starring Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot fuzz) on Shudder.
Here's everything new to see this weekend!
Where to see: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Action thriller
Duration: 1h 35m
Director: Rodolphe Lauga
Pour: Guillaume Canet, Nassim Lyes, Stephane Caillard
After surviving an assassination attempt, Franck Lazareff is pursued by mysterious men from his past in order to work for them again in exchange for his wife's safe return. Caught between his criminal past and his life as a police officer, Franck must make difficult decisions and overcome incredible odds to protect those he loves.
Where to see: Available to stream on Max
Image: A24
Genre: documentary
Duration: 1h 45m
Director: Lana Wilson
This documentary explores the psychology of psychics and documents a group of practitioners in New York City who conduct intimate readings with their clients. Less a focused examination of the veracity of her supernatural tendencies and more a portrait of grief and the myriad ways in which it manifests itself. Look into my eyes is a poignant and touching film that is one of the best documentaries of the year.
Where to see: Available to stream on Paramount Plus
Image: Paramount Plus
Genre: documentary
Duration: 1h 42m
Director: Shiori Ito
In 2017, Japanese journalist Shiori Itō accused a media executive with prominent ties to the Japanese prime minister of raping her. Black box diaries chronicles Itō's real-time investigation into her own assault, the media scandal that followed, and her struggle to navigate the country's outdated sexual crime laws in the search for justice.
Where to see: Available to stream on Shudder and AMC Plus
Genre: horror comedy
Duration: 1h 26m
Director: Steffen Haars
Pour: Nick Frost, Aisling Bea, Sebastian Croft
A quirky family takes a well-deserved vacation on a remote island. What could go wrong? Well, like the characters in Go awaythe new horror comedy by director Steffen Haars, soon learn that a serial killer is on the loose and is looking for his next victims. The film stars Nick Frost, known for his iconic role in Edgar Wright's film Shaun of the Deadalongside Aisling Bea (This way up).
Where to see: Can be rented from Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Image: Janus Films
Genre: adventure
Duration: 1h 25m
Director: Gints Zilbalodis
Animator Gints Zilbalodis' feature debut won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Film this past weekend, and it's not hard to see why. Aside from being a visually wonderful spectacle devoid of dialogue, it is also, as my colleague Petrana Radulovic puts it, a “vivid story of loss, survival and renewal.” Flow It centers on a black cat navigating the post-apocalyptic ruins of a flood-ravaged world aboard a boat piloted by a capybara. If that doesn't sound like a good time, I don't know what is.
Where to see: Can be rented from Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Genre: Apocalyptic musical
Duration: 2h 28m
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Pour: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, George MacKay
The act of killing Director Joshua Oppenheimer films with style, from documentaries to feature films. This sci-fi musical centers on an eccentric and wealthy family living in a luxurious, secluded home converted from a salt mine two decades after an apocalyptic event. Having never seen the outside world, the faith of the family's lone scion (George MacKay) is shaken by the mysterious appearance of a woman (Moses Ingram) on the surface.
Where to see: Can be rented from Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Genre: Documentary thriller
Duration: 1h 25m
Director: Asif Kapadia
Pour: Samantha Morton, Naomi Ackie, Hector Hewer
Inspired by Chris Marker's 1962 dystopian featurette The pier, Asif Kapadia's documentary-fiction hybrid follows a scavenger (Samantha Morton) who sifts through her memories of the past in an apocalyptic future. It didn't exactly get particularly good reviews, but the premise sounds interesting enough to at least warrant a watch.
Soundtrack to a coup
Where to see: Can be rented from Amazon, Apple and Vudu
Genre: documentary
Duration: 2h 30m
Director: Johan Grimonprez
This documentary (also one of the best of the year) chronicles the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, whose uranium became a controversial resource during the Cold War. After learning that their diplomatic envoy to Africa was serving as a cover for a covert post-colonial coup, jazz ambassadors like Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane and Nina Simone wrestle with the contradiction of representing a country where institutional segregation reigns supreme has priority.
