Now Available for Streaming: A Magnificent Life, Wuthering Heights, Stranger Eyes, An Unfinished Film, and More

      Each week, we showcase significant titles that have recently arrived on streaming services in the United States. Check out this week's picks below and previous compilations here.

      **Bugonia (Yorgos Lanthimos)**

      Having explored dystopian fantasy (The Lobster) and historical comedy (The Favourite), while also astonishing us with unique creations (Dogtooth) and whimsical adaptations (Poor Things), Yorgos Lanthimos consistently demonstrates his boundless creativity. In remaking the overlooked Korean sci-fi comedic thriller Save the Green Planet!, he honors the initial material while imprinting his distinctive style. The outcome is a more polished (though somewhat muted) take on an already wildly eccentric film. – Zhuo-Ning Su (full review)

      **Where to Stream:** Netflix

      **Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (Henry Jaglom)**

      Undoubtedly the only film featuring Larry David and Orson Welles, Henry Jaglom’s Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? was a delightful find at the 63rd New York Film Festival last fall, where a new 4K restoration debuted as part of the Revivals series shortly after Jaglom's passing. Set in the Upper West Side, the film stars Karen Black, who begins a new love life post-divorce. Following its theatrical run, the restoration is now available for streaming. – Jordan R.

      **Where to Stream:** Metrograph at Home.

      **Family Portrait (Lucy Kerr)**

      In this enigmatic debut feature from Texas-born filmmaker and choreographer Lucy Kerr, Katy (portrayed by the captivating Deragh Campbell) strives to gather her family for a portrait. Awarded the Best Director Award at Locarno 2023, Kerr’s film displays excellent command over pacing and atmosphere. Filmed along the Guadalupe River, the movie takes on an eerie quality following the floods that struck the region last year.

      **Where to Stream:** Le Cinéma Club

      **A Magnificent Life (Sylvain Chomet)**

      It’s common for successful artists to reflect on what advice they would give their younger selves; however, one film from this year's Cannes Specials selection flips that notion. In Sylvain Chomet’s animated feature A Magnificent Life, French playwright, filmmaker, and inventor Marcel Pagnol, at 61 years old and on the verge of abandoning his career, receives help from his younger self. Tasked with writing a memoir column for Elle magazine, Pagnol finds himself unable to proceed without the hope and positivity embodied by young Marcel. – Savina P. (full review)

      **Where to Stream:** VOD

      **Maya, Give Me a Title (Michel Gondry)**

      At just over an hour, Maya, Give Me a Title marks a moment where a Gondry film fully embraces the promise of his earlier short-form work, revitalizing his creative energy despite its relatively minor aims. The collection of animated shorts was created to entertain his young daughter while they were separated by continents, inspired by one-sentence prompts she wished to hear stories about. The broad parameters of each narrative concept and infinite animation possibilities serve as a reminder of why his imaginative style felt revolutionary decades ago. – Alistair R. (full review)

      **Where to Stream:** The Criterion Channel

      **Stranger Eyes (Yeo Siew Hua)**

      In a film deeply engaged with our current media landscape and the ways we create and consume one another's images, Lee makes his entrance into Stranger Eyes as a curious anomaly. The difference between the clinical gaze of CCTV and the actor’s own eyes spotlights the contrast between how surveillance captures reality and how Lee's Wu interprets it. It's important to acknowledge the performances of Wu and Panna; particularly, Wu conveys a visceral angst, and his evolution from target of obsessions to voyeur is largely effective. However, Stranger Eyes ultimately belongs to Lee. Regardless of whether Yeo envisioned him for the role, I cannot imagine a more fitting performer to explore the film's core theme: contrasting perspectives and timeless fears brought to life through modern technology. – Leonardo G. (full review)

      **Where to Stream:** Film Movement+

      **This Is Not a Drill (Oren Jacoby)**

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      About an hour into This Is Not a Drill, the new documentary by Oren Jacoby, a disturbing moment arises. While seated beside her daughter, Louisiana climate activist Roishetta Ozane inquires about her thoughts on the LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) plants near their home. Her daughter replies: “If you don’t get the industry to stop, that will be the reason the world ends.” Although the reply is alarming, it also carries a note of hope. Ozane acknowledges this duality in her response. There is the weighty sense of apocalyptic duty alongside the belief that someone like Roishetta Ozane can halt an oil company's destructive path. – Dan M. (full review)

      **Where to Stream:** YouTube

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