This week on streaming video, the big title is Amazon’s award-winning dramedy Transparent, which returns in all its bingeworthy glory for its second season. It’s accompanied by a recent blockbuster, a few acclaimed documentaries, some solid foreign films, and a few classics. Read on for details:
Amazon’s Emmy- and Golden Gl0be-winning series returned for its second season Friday, Dec. 11. Expect more family dysfunction, paired with some outrageous comedy and heartfelt moments of humanity.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
This Certified Fresh documentary centers on the complex relationship between two accomplished Japanese artists: one a painter, and the other an illustrator who has depicted their marriage in a graphic novel.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
In the not-too-distant future, Earth is on the verge of becoming uninhabitable. Coop (Matthew McConaughey) a former test pilot, is recruited for a risky mission to find another planet that might be able to sustain human life.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
Josh Fox’s Oscar-nominated anti-fracking documentary is both visually striking and occasionally bleakly funny.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
This Certified Fresh period thriller from Germany centers on a holocaust survivor who returns home to her husband after undergoing reconstructive surgery; he doesn’t recognize her, and she aims to find out whether or not he betrayed her to the Nazis.
Available now on: Netflix
This Greek import is a coming-of-age road trip drama about two brothers seeking their estranged father and a shot to audition for a televised song contest.
Available now on: Netflix
Michael Pitt and Andy Garcia star in this dramedy about a couple of small-time crooks who make a living stealing from members of the mafia.
Available now on: Netflix
Dirk Bogarde stars in this dramatic thriller about a married, homosexual barrister who is called upon to defend his former lover when he’s caught stealing money from his company, only to discover several other closeted men who have fallen victim to prejudiced blackmail.
Available now on: Fandor
Charlotte Rampling and Mathieu Amalric star in director Guy Maddin‘s unclassifiable assemblage/pastiche of cinematic esoterica.
Available now on: Fandor
This drama centers on a married couple living in a commune whose lives are upended when an ex-lover moves in.
Available now on: Fandor
This Woody Allen-esque French romantic comedy delves into the implications of a single kiss on a multitude of characters.
Available now on: Fandor
Lars von Trier’s debut feature stars Michael Elphick as a retired detective investigating a series of murders involving young lottery ticket salesgirls.
Available now on: Fandor
This documentary chronicles the story of education activist and Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was wounded in a Taliban attack in Pakistan.
Available now on: iTunes