Pay-Per-View/Video-On-Demand
Actress Ruth Negga earned an Oscar nomination for “Loving” (PG-13), a tender and moving portrait of Richard and Mildred Loving, whose interracial marriage in segregated Virginia began a legal battle that went to the Supreme Court.
LOVING – Official Trailer [HD] – In Theaters Nov 4
Also new: the animated comedy “Trolls” (PG), inspired by the goofy dolls; dysfunctional family comedy “Almost Christmas” (PG-13) with Kimberly Elise and Danny Glover; drama “American Pastoral” based on the Philip Roth novel; border thriller “Desierto” (R) with Gael Garcia Bernal and Jeffrey Dean Morgan; and family-friendly documentary “The Eagle Huntress” (G).
Netflix
Helen Mirren plays a Holocaust survivor who battles the Austrian government over a family treasure looted by the Nazis in “Woman in Gold” (2015, PG-13).
WOMAN IN GOLD – Official Trailer – The Weinstein Company
For Black History Month comes “Pioneers of African-American Cinema” (not rated), more than 20 rare and illuminating features and short films produced by and for African-Americans in the first half of the 20th century.
Also new: the raunchy high school comedy “Superbad” (2007, R) with Michael Cera and Jonah Hill, David Lynch’s mind-bending “Mulholland Dr.” (R) with Naomi Watts, and Carol Reed’s classic “The Third Man” (1949, not rated) with Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles.
Amazon Prime
Amazon teams up with BBC for “The Collection: Season 1,” a drama centered on two brothers (Richard Coyle and Tom Riley) rebuilding their family fashion house in Paris after World War II. 10 episodes.
The Collection Season 1 – Official Trailer | Amazon Video
True stories: “A Year in Port” (2016, not rated) explores the culture of the hearty Portuguese wine.
Amazon Prime/Hulu
“Margin Call” (2011, R), with Kevin Spacey and Stanley Tucci, confronts the culture that spawned the 2008 financial collapse.
Margin Call Trailer [HD]
Hulu
Streaming TV: “Murder in the First: Season 3” is also the final season of the TNT police procedural. Also new are the comedy “Devious Maids: Season 4” and addictive reality TV satire “UnREAL: Season 2.”
HBO Now
Guillermo del Toro’s “Crimson Peak” (2015, R), starring Mia Wasikowska and Jessica Chastain, delivers gothic romance and ghost story chills with baroque style and melodramatic flourish.
Also new: the extended cut of “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” (2016, not rated) with Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron and the documentary “Solitary: Inside Red Onion State Prison” (not rated).
Sundance Now
“A Separation” (2011, PG-13, with subtitles) was the first Iranian film to win an Academy Award.
The addictive espionage series “The Bureau” from France stars Mathieu Kassovitz as a deep cover agent who breaks protocol. 20 episodes, with subtitles.
New on disc
“Loving,” “Almost Christmas,” “American Pastoral,” “Frank and Lola,” “Cameraperson”
Redbox
“The Accountant,” “The Birth of a Nation,” “Kevin Hart: What Now?,” “Frank and Lola,” “American Pastoral”
Sean Axmaker is a Seattle film critic and writer. His reviews of streaming movies and TV can be found at http://streamondemandathome.com.
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