This week on streaming video, we’ve got a nice combination of classics and recent hits, ranging from the latest winner from Netflix and a Certified Fresh doc about the stereotypical “gay voice” to one of Woody Allen’s recent hits, an action film starring Harrison Ford, and an Oscar-winning drama about divorce, among other things. Read on for details.
In Netflix’s latest Certified Fresh original offering, Aziz Ansari (who also writes and directs) stars as a 30-year-old actor navigating life and love in New York City.
Available now on: Netflix
Ethan Hawke directed this a documentary profile of concert pianist and teacher Seymour Bernstein.
Available now on: Netflix
This Certified fresh period drama tells the story of writer Heinrich von Kleist and his attempt to get a society woman to join him in a suicide pact.
Available now on: Netflix
Roy Andersson’s absurdist, borderline unclassifiable black comedy features several loosely-connected scenes about death — and they’re apt to transfix anyone in the market for something a little (ok, a lot) different.
Available now on: Netflix
In this documentary, director David Thorpe explores the nature of the stereotypical “gay voice.”
Available now on: Netflix
This drama tells the tale of a sex surrogate whose life is thrown into disarray when she gets too close to one of her clients.
Available now on: Netflix
In Woody Allen’s wistful comedy, Owen Wilson stars as an aspiring novelist who, on a trip to Paris with his fiancée, is transported back an idealized 1920s Paris.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep star in this Best Picture winner about a divorce and its after-effects.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
Wolfgang Petersen’s airborne thriller stars Harrison Ford as the commander in chief and Gary Oldman as the terrorist who hijacks his plane.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
Tom Hanks delivers an Oscar-winning performance alongside Denzel Washington in Jonathan Demme’s timely drama about an attorney with AIDS who takes his own firm to court for wrongful termination after he suspects one of his colleagues discovered his condition and prompted his firing.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Rosie O’Donnell, Madonna, and Tom Hanks star in this fictionalized account of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
Based on an unreleased Serbian film that was written by, directed by, and starred Yugoslavian gymnast Dragoljub Aleksic, this documentary presents the work alongside newsreel footage of Aleksic himself, as well as interviews with him and other cast members.
Available now on: Fandor
In this drama from Portugese director Manoel de Oliveira, an aging stage actor becomes guardian of his grandson when he tragically loses his wife, his daughter, and his son-in-law in a car accident.
Available now on: Fandor
This recently rediscovered 1959 drama takes a naturalistic approach to its story of menial laborers in Venezuela.
Available now on: Fandor
In this widely acclaimed stop-motion animated comedy, Shaun the Sheep encourages the rest of his flock to take a day off, which eventually leads to the disappearance of their owner into the big city. The sheep attempt to recover the farmer, and hilarity ensues.
