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Now Streaming: Transparent Season Two, Interstellar, And More

by | December 15, 2015 | Comments

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:


New on Amazon Prime:

 

Transparent: Season 2 (2015) 98%

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


Cutie and the Boxer (2013) 95%

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


Interstellar (2014) 73%

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


GasLand (2010) 98%

Josh Fox’s Oscar-nominated anti-fracking documentary is both visually striking and occasionally bleakly funny.

Available now on: Amazon Prime


New on Netflix:

 

Phoenix (2014) 98%

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


Xenia (2014) 86%

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


Rob the Mob (2014) 81%

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


New on Fandor

 

Victim (1961) 100%

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


The Forbidden Room (2015) 96%

Charlotte Rampling and Mathieu Amalric star in director Guy Maddin‘s unclassifiable assemblage/pastiche of cinematic esoterica.

Available now on: Fandor


Stinking Heaven (2015) 85%

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


Shall We Kiss? (2007) 78%

This Woody Allen-esque French romantic comedy delves into the implications of a single kiss on a multitude of characters.

Available now on: Fandor


The Element of Crime (1984) 80%

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


Available for Purchase

 

 

The Visit (2015) 68%

M. Night Shyamalan’s return to suspense cinema revolves around a brother and sister who are sent to spend some time with their increasingly odd — and increasingly frightening — grandparents.

Available now on: iTunes, Vudu


Meet the Patels (2014) 87%

Ravi Patel’s Certified Fresh documentary chronicles his family’s persistent attempts to find him a spouse.

Available now on: Amazon, iTunes, Vudu


He Named Me Malala (2015) 73%

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