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Flow, Netflixs Ad Vitam, Look Into My Eyes, and every movie new to streaming this week
Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.This week, Flow, the Golden Globe-winning animated feature from director Gints Zilbalodis, washes ashore to purchase on VOD. Theres tons of other exciting releases on VOD this week too, 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 dEtat and Black Box Diaries. In terms of this weeks new streaming options, weve got a French action thriller on Netflix, a documentary about the supernatural on Max, and a horror comedy starring Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) on Shudder.Heres everything new thats available to watch this weekend!New on NetflixAd VitamWhere to watch: Available to stream on NetflixGenre: Action thrillerRun time: 1h 35mDirector: Rodolphe LaugaCast: Guillaume Canet, Nassim Lyes, Stphane CaillardAfter surviving an attempt on his life, Franck Lazareff is hounded by mysterious men from his past to once again work on their behalf in exchange for his wifes safe return. Caught between his criminal past and his life as a police officer, Franck must make difficult choices and overcome incredible odds to protect his loved ones.New on MaxLook Into My EyesWhere to watch: Available to stream on MaxGenre: DocumentaryRun time: 1h 45mDirector: Lana WilsonThis documentary explores the psychology of psychics, documenting a group of practitioners in New York City as they conduct intimate readings with their clients. Less a pointed examination of the veracity of their supernatural inclinations than a portrait of mourning and the myriad ways it manifests, Look Into My Eyes is an affecting and touching film that is one of the best documentaries of the year.New on Paramount PlusBlack Box DiariesWhere to watch: Available to stream on Paramount PlusGenre: DocumentaryRun time: 1h 42mDirector: Shiori ItIn 2017, Japanese journalist Shiori It accused a media executive with prominent ties to the Japanese prime minister of raping her. Black Box Diaries chronicles Its real-time investigation into her own assault, the subsequent media scandal that ensued, and her struggle to navigate the countrys antiquated sex crime laws in pursuit of justice.New on ShudderGet AwayWhere to watch: Available to stream on Shudder and AMC PlusGenre: Horror comedyRun time: 1h 26mDirector: Steffen HaarsCast: Nick Frost, Aisling Bea, Sebastian CroftA quirky family takes a well-deserved vacation to a remote island. What could go wrong? Well, as the characters in Get Away, the new horror comedy from director Steffen Haars, soon find out, theres a serial killer loose and looking for their next victims. The film stars Nick Frost, known for his iconic turn in Edgar Wrights Shaun of the Dead, alongside Aisling Bea (This Way Up).New to rentFlowWhere to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and VuduGenre: AdventureRun time: 1h 25mDirector: Gints ZilbalodisAnimator Gints Zilbalodis feature debut took home the Golden Globe award for Best Animated Motion Picture this past weekend, and its not hard to see why. Aside from being a visually marvelous spectacle sans any dialogue, its also, as my colleague Petrana Radulovic puts it, a vivid tale of loss, survival, and renewal. Flow centers on a black cat navigating the post-apocalyptic ruins of a world engulfed by a flood aboard a boat piloted by a capybara. If that doesnt sound like a good time, I dont know what does.The EndWhere to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and VuduGenre: Apocalyptic musicalRun time: 2h 28mDirector: Joshua OppenheimerCast: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, George MacKayThe Act of Killing director Joshua Oppenheimer movies from documentary to fiction in style. This sci-fi musical centers on an eccentric and wealthy family who, two decades following an apocalyptic event, live in a luxurious secluded home converted from a salt mine. Having never seen the outside world, the lone scion of the familys (George MacKay) beliefs are shaken by the mysterious appearance of a woman (Moses Ingram) from the surface.2073Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and VuduGenre: Documentary thrillerRun time: 1h 25mDirector: Asif KapadiaCast: Samantha Morton, Naomi Ackie, Hector HewerInspired by Chris Markers 1962 dystopian featurette La Jete, Asif Kapadias documentary-fiction hybrid centers on a scavenger (Samantha Morton) in an apocalyptic future sifting through her memories of the past. It hasnt exactly gotten particularly good reviews, but the premise sounds interesting enough to warrant a watch, at the very least.Soundtrack to a Coup dEtatWhere to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and VuduGenre: DocumentaryRun time: 2h 30mDirector: Johan GrimonprezThis 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 contested resource amid the Cold War. After learning that their diplomatic envoy to Africa served as a smokescreen for a covert post-colonial coup, jazz ambassadors including Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, and Nina Simone wrestle with the contradiction of representing a country where institutional segregation reigns supreme.
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