Now Streaming: American Sniper, Selma, and More
Plus, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Noah, and Hot Fuzz on Netflix.
This week on streaming video, we’ve got a number of Oscar nominated biopics, including Clint Eastwood’s harrowing film about Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, Ava DuVernay’s depiction of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mike Leigh’s profile of painter J.M.W. Turner. Then, we’ve also got the Best Documentary winner centered on Edward Snowden, a Certified Fresh adventure thriller starring Jude Law, and a number of acclaimed films on Netflix. Read on for the full list.
American Sniper 71%
In Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-nominated drama, Bradley Cooper stars as Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL sniper who achieved near-legendary status for his fearlessness and shooting accuracy. But when he left the service, Kyle’s place in the world became less certain.
Available now on: Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play
Selma 99%
Featuring an astonishing performance from David Oyelowo as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Selma is an account of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches, where demonstrators met serious resistance at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama, as well as from local and national politicians.
Available now on: Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play
Citizenfour 97%
This Academy Award-winning documentary chronicles NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s life in exile.
Available now on: Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play
Mr. Turner 96%
Timothy Spall as the eccentric landscape painter J.M.W. Turner in Mike Leigh’s latest masterpiece.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 96%
This atmospheric horror film tells the story of a skateboarding vampire and her tentative love affair with a blue-collar boy in a bleak Iranian town.
Available now on: Netflix
The Babadook 98%
Writer-director Jennifer Kent’s Golden Tomato Award-winning horror film tells the deeply unnerving story a widow and her six-year-old who are bedeviled by a storybook monster.
Available now on: Netflix
Goodbye to Language 88%
Legendary French New Wave pioneer Jean-Luc Godard is back with an atmospheric meditation on the nature of communication — in three glorious dimmensions!
Available now on: Netflix
Love Hunter 86%
Milan Mumin stars in this musical drama about a Serbian rock star-turned-NYC cabbie trying to record one more album and dealing with relationship strife.
Available now on: Netflix
