COVID-19 is going to keep us all indoors for a while, so here’s a handy list of all the new movies arriving for rental and purchase on digital this week – as well as one physical disc recommendation, because there’s no school like the old school. Prices may vary by platform.
Released April 3
Brahms: The Boy II
Katie Holmes, Owain Yeoman, Christopher Convery directed by William Brent Bell
iTunes, Google Play
James Vs. His Future Self
Jonas Chernick, Daniel Stern, Cleopatra Coleman directed by Jeremy LaLonde
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin directed by Eliza Hittman
iTunes rental, Google Play rental
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Valeria Golino directed by Céline Sciamma
Available April 7
Gretel & Hansel
Sophia Lillis, Alice Krige, Sammy Leakey directed by Osgood Perkins
iTunes pre-order, Google Play pre-order
Ip Man 4: The Finale
Donnie Yen, Scott Adkins, Danny Kwok-Kwan Chan directed by Wilson Yip
iTunes pre-order, Google Play pre-order
Like A Boss
Rose Byrne, Tiffany Haddish, Salma Hayek directed by Miguel Arteta
iTunes pre-order, Google Play pre-order
What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire
Directed by Roberto Minervini
iTunes pre-order, Google Play wishlist
Disc recommendation of the week
Cats
(Universal, Blu-ray/DVD available April 7)
Let’s face it: Tom Hooper’s Andrew Lloyd Webber musical megabomb is going to be the shame-buy of the season, as people get drunk and order it in the middle of the night, and then have to arrange Zoom viewing parties and backyard projections in a doomed attempt to convince themselves it’s actually a cult classic rather than a garbled digital nightmare that drains the very life force from everyone who sits in front of it. Anyway, you do you. I’ll be over here watching the new Criterion Blu-ray of Jean-Pierre Melville’s brilliant French Resistance drama Army Of Shadows.
@normwilner
