WHAT WE CAN’T WAIT TO WATCH
P-Valley
Playwright Katori Hall (The Mountaintop, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical) turns her play Pussy Valley into a Starz drama series starring Brandee Evans as the top dancer at a small-town strip club in the Mississippi Delta who is dreaming of more. The show promises to cast a female gaze on the southern strip club world, with Hall serving as a showrunner and each episode directed by a woman. (Toronto’s Karena Evans helmed the pilot). And judging from the trailer, we can also expect some serious athleticism. July 12
Expecting Amy
The comic actor Amy Schumer is used to revealing intimate details about her life, especially in her stand-up specials. But this three-part doc goes even deeper by chronicling every step of her pregnancy – the day she finds out she’s pregnant, the effect on her marriage, her non-stop touring, complications (she can’t stop throwing up)… and, oh yeah, the stand-up special she’s about to film. Director Alexander Hammer helped helm Beyoncé’s Homecoming film, so it should look decent. But whether it warrants three episodes is another matter. July 9
Canada’s Drag Race
How many campy Canadian puns can you handle? Just in time for stage 2 of Ontario’s reopening plan, the Canadian version of popular reality TV competition RuPaul’s Drag Race is debuting and seven of the 12 queens vying for the title of Canada’s Next Drag Superstar hail from Toronto. Read our recent interview with the show’s judging panel “throuple” – Drag Race season 11 star Brooke Lynn Hytes, actor Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and model/TV personality Stacey McKenzie – here. July 2
Outcry
Documentarian Pat Kondelis’s five-part Showtime series delves into the case of Greg Kelley, a Texas teenager who was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2014 for sexually assaulting a four-year-old boy. He was eventually exonerated following a case that took plenty of twists and turns – hence it’s now a true-crime series. July 5
SOLID BETS
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
Céline Sciamma’s ravishing drama about a sensual 18th-century affair is all about dismantling the patriarchy with the female gaze. Marianne (Noémie Merlant) is commissioned to paint a portrait of Héloïse (Adèle Haenel), which is meant to be a gift for the latter’s future husband. Asking what it means to draw a portrait for a man through the loving eyes of a woman, Portrait, with its breathtaking views, finds empowerment in being looked at. July 24
Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens (season 1)
Co-created, co-written, co-produced by and starring The Farewell’s Golden Globe-winner as a slacker version of herself still living in Flushing with her dad (BD Wong) and grandmother (Lori Tan Chinn), Awkwafina’s pleasantly silly, no-stakes comedy will fill that Broad City-shaped hole in your heart. And it’s loaded with guest stars who are more than happy to match her goofball vibe: Saturday Night Live’s Bowen Yang recurs as Nora’s hedonistic cousin, and Harry Shum Jr., Jamie Chung and Kim’s Convenience’s Simu Liu (with whom Awkwafina stars in Marvel’s upcoming Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings) turn up in an episode shot in the overemphatic style of a Korean TV melodrama. July 1
Her
Made in 2013, Spike Jonze’s near-future drama about a recently separated writer (Joaquin Phoenix) who falls for his personalized operating system (voiced by Scarlett Johansson) has extra resonance now that we’ve all spent a few months maintaining (or creating) relationships via technological means … but even at the time, it was a brilliant meditation on love and connection, owing as much to Annie Hall as it does to 2001: A Space Odyssey. And if you haven’t seen it in a while, you’ll be amazed at how much Jonze got right about where we were heading, both socially and digitally. July 10 with Starz
The Batman Anthology
The pre-Christopher Nolan Batman movies started off with Tim Burton’s wonderfully gothic Batman and Batman Returns (still my fave Dark Knight movies), and then came crashing down with Joel Schumacher’s embarrassing sequels Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. But Schumacher’s recent passing might bring the curious back to those latter entries to appreciate their spectacle and significance. Schumacher, a former costume designer, was one of the few openly gay Hollywood directors in the 80s and 90s. He got away with close-ups on the caped crusaders ass and crotch in costume, not to mention those infamous Bat nipples. July 10 with the Starz add-on
Full list of new titles available in July, by date. The + symbol indicates a TV show or movie that is only available on Crave+ . The * symbol indicates a TV show or movie that is only available with the Starz add-on.
TV SHOWS
July 1
Doctor Who (season 12)
South Park (season 23)
July 2
Canada’s Drag Race (season 1, episode 1)
Crossing Swords (season 1, episode 3)
Doom Patrol (season 2, episode 3-4)
Legendary (season 1, episode 7)+
July 3
Little Baby Bums
The New Negroes With Baron Vaughn And Open Mike Eagle (season 1)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars (season 5, episode 5)
Trackers (season 1, episode 5)+
July 5
Black Monday (season 2, episode 8)
The Chi (season 3, episode 3)
Desus & Mero (season 2, episode 30)
Outcry (season 1)
Perry Mason (season 1, episode 3)+
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark (season 1, episode 2)+
July 6
I May Destroy You (season 1, episode 5)+
July 9
Canada’s Drag Race (season 1, episode 2)
Crossing Swords (season 1, episode 4)
Desus & Mero (season 2, episode 31)
Doom Patrol (season 2, episode 5)
Expecting Amy (season 1)+
Legendary (season 1, episodes 8-9)+
July 10
Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens (season 1)
Camp Lakebottom (season 2)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Star (season 5, episode 6)
Trackers (season 1, episode 6)+
July 12
Black Monday (season 2, episode 9)
The Chi (season 3, episode 4)
Desus & Mero (season 2, episode 32)
Hightown (season 1, episode 8)*
P-Valley (season 1, episode 1)*
Perry Mason (season 1, episode 4)+
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark (season 1, episode 3)+
July 13
I May Destroy You (season 1, episode 6)+
July 16
Canada’s Drag Race (season 1, episode 3)
Crossing Swords (season 1, episode 5)
Desus & Mero (season 2, episode 33)
Doom Patrol (season 2, episode 6)
July 17
If We Built It Today (season 1)
Om Nom Stories (season 4)
Playlist With Jak Knight
RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars (season 5, episode 7)
July 19
Black Monday (season 2, episode 10)
The Chi (season 3, episode 5)
Desus & Mero (season 2, episode 34)
P-Valley (season 1, episode 2)*
Perry Mason (season 1, episode 5)+
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark (season 1, episode 4)+
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (season 7, episode 18)+
July 20
I May Destroy You (season 1, episode 7)+
July 23
Desus & Mero (season 2, episode 35)
Doom Patrol (season 2, episode 7)
July 24
Crank Yankers (season 5a)
Mini! Chainsaw Richard
RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars (season 5, episode 8)
Room 104 (season 4, episode 1)+
July 26
The Chi (season 3, episode 6)
Crossing Swords (season 1, episode 6)
Desus & Mero (season 2, episode 36)
P-Valley (season 1, episode 3)*
Perry Mason (season 1, episode 6)+
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark (season 1, episode 5)+
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (season 7, episode 19)+
July 27
I May Destroy You (season 1, episode 8)+
July 30
Canada’s Drag Race (season 1, episode 5)
Crossing Sword (season 1, episode 7)
Desus & Mero (season 2, episode 37)
Doom Patrol (season 2, episode 8)
July 31
Barbie Vlogger
Fear Thy Neighbour (season 1-6)
Room 104 (season 4, episode 2)+
Real Time With Bill Maher (season 18, episode 21)+
RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars (season 5, episode 9)
MOVIES
MOVIES
July 1
Keyhole*
Meatballs*
July 3
American History X*
Apollo 13*
The Deer Hunter*
The Devil’s Own*
Dragonheart: Vengence+
Ford v Ferrari+
The Jesus Rolls+
Space Jam*
Tarantula*
A Time To Kill*
July 8
Inescapable*
July 10
The Addams Family+
As Good As It Gets*
Batman*
Batman And Robin*
Batman Begins*
Batman Forever*
Batman Returns*
Closer*
Divine Secrets Of The Ya Ya Sisters*
Harriet+
Her*
Intrigo: Dear Agnes*
Intrigo: Death Of An Author*
Intrigo: Samaria*
Vivarium+
July 14
Showbiz Kids+
July 15
Girls Night Out*
July 17
Duplicity*
Motherless Brooklyn+
Natural Born Killers*
Robots*
The Song Of Names+
True Lies*
Twins*
Wanted*
July 23
Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights*
Everything Is Illuminated*
July 24
The Change-Up*
Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle*
Last Christmas+
The Last Full Measure*
Phone Booth*
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire+
The Sting*
July 28
Stockton On My Mind+
July 29
The Weight Of Gold+
July 31
Endings, Beginning+
LAST CHANCE
Movies and TV shows leaving Crave this month.
July 1
Adult Beginners
July 4
We Celebrate: Class Of 2020
July 5
Crazy Rich Asians
The Nun
July 6
Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour (4K)
July 8
The Defiant Ones (season 1)
Love Island (season 1)
July 13
Slender Man
July 16
Our House
Overboard (2018)
July 23
Indian Horse
July 26
Jeff Lynne’s Elo: Wembley Or Bust
July 27
Alpha
July 28
Wild Wild West
July 31
50/50
A Sister’s Obsession
Analyze That
Analyze This
Becoming Bond
Black Robe
Boost
Born To Be Blue
The Calling
Charlie’s Angels
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
Dino Squad (season 1)
The Doodlebops (season 3)
Fireman Sam (season 10-11)
Growing Op
Identity Thief
In The Night Garden (season 5)
Incendies
No Country For Old Men
Journey’s End
The Lookout
Looper
League Of Super Evil (season 3)
Lenny Kravitz: Just Let Go
Never Saw It Coming
One Day
The Predator
Prodigals
Salt
The Salton Sea
Sliding Doors
Smokin’ Aces
Snow Angels
Still Alice
Take The Waltz
The Tourist
State Of Play
The Wolfman
Twister
