Here’s our latest list of what to watch now: Hot docs, series and platforms!
Finally! The Criterion Collection has a streaming service: Criterion Channel. Excuse me while I shut the blinds and watch 188 minutes of Fanny and Alexander. Free 14-day trial available.
Now streaming on The Criterion Channel, Kirsten Johnson’s IDA Documentary Award-winning Cameraperson spans her 25-year career as a documentary cinematographer and explores the relationship between image-makers and their subjects and the tension between the objectivity and the intervention of the camera.
For your non-stop guilty pleasure: CBS’ ‘Love Island’ will air five days a week.
The Chef Show (Netflix Original docuseries)
Actor/director Jon Favreau and award-winning Chef Roy Choi bake, cook, explore and collaborate with some of the biggest names in the entertainment and culinary world. From a meal with the Avengers cast in Atlanta, to smoking brisket in Texas with pit-master Aaron Franklin, Favreau and Choi embrace their passion for food & their love for bringing people together over a delicious meal.
The Cold Blue (HBO)
A tribute to one of the world’s great filmmakers and the men of the 8th Air Force who flew mission after suicidal mission in the Second World War.
XY Chelsea (Showtime)
A look at the life and career of Chelsea Manning, a trans woman soldier in the United States Army, who was sentenced to serve 35 years at an all-male military prison for leaking information about the country’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
16 Shots (Showtime)
Examines the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and the cover-up that ensued.
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