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Martin Scorsese has programmed Living, Breathing New York, which continues with a 35mm print of Bringing Out the Dead on Friday and Saturday; The Quiet Man plays on 35mm Saturday and Sunday; David Lynch shorts and Lost Highway screen.

Anthology Film Archives

A new restoration of João César Monteiro’s Snow White plays on Saturday; a Rosemary Hochschild retrospective screens.

Film Forum

A René Clair retrospective has begun; Luis Buñuel’s Él continues screening in a 4K restoration alongside Play It As It Lays and Godard’s A Woman Is a Woman; Modern Times screens on Sunday.

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Hideaki Anno’s Love & Pop plays in a new restoration; Stop Making Sense, Mulholland Dr., Lost Highway, Best in Show, Palindromes, and Pink Flamingos show late.

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Heiny Srour’s Leila and the Wolves continues.

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Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s canine crime adventure “Dog Man” sniffed and scratched its way to No. 1 at the domestic box office for the second consecutive weekend. Meanwhile two newcomers, Universal’s action comedy “Love Hurts” and Sony’s gory slasher “Heart Eyes,” mostly settled for scraps in this quiet Super Bowl stretch.

“Dog Man,” a family film about a police officer who becomes surgically fused to his faithful pup after getting injured on the job, collected $13.7 million from 3,887 North American theaters over the weekend. Those ticket sales, down 62% from its $36 million debut, were behind the second-weekend projections of $19 million to $22 million. So far, “Dog Man” has grossed $54.1 million domestically and $66 million globally against its $40 million budget.

“Audience scores have been stellar,” says Jim Orr, Universal’s president of domestic distribution. “Fingers crossed for a great run like we’ve seen on DreamWorks titles.” He’s referring to the robust...

Eric Clapton and Paramount+ seem to be taking some inspiration from the success of A24's revival of The Talking Heads' seminal concert film, Stop Making Sense. They're staging their own updated restoration with Eric Clapton Unplugged… Over 30 Years Later, an expanded re-release of the "Layla" singer's famous 1992 performance.

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Blondshell, the recording project of Sabrina Teitelbaum and our 2023 Rookie of the Year, has announced her sophomore album, If You Asked for a Picture (out May 2nd via Partisan Records). As a preview, Teitelbaum shared the single “T&a.” Watch the music video for the new song below.

If You Asked for a Picture arrives as the follow-up to Blondshell’s well-received self-titled debut. For the new set, the songwriter once again teamed up with producer Yves Rothman to craft hooky, grunge-tinged guitar tunes. The project takes its name from the 1986 Mary Oliver poem “Dogfish,” which explores the tricky nature of sharing personal stories — a topic Teitelbaum herself continues to grapple with.

“There’s a part of the poem that says: ‘I don’t need to tell you everything I’ve been through. It’s just another story of somebody trying to survive,’” Teitelbaum says. “Something I love about songs...

A24 and Nicolas Cage proved to be a match made in heaven with their 2023 surreal comedy Dream Scenario. A24 is the auteur-driven studio best known for thought-provoking films like Everything Everywhere All At Once and Midsommar, and the actor with an eclectic resume ranging from Oscar-winning fare like Leaving Las Vegas and Adaptation to action classics like Con Air and Face-Off, were the perfect collaborators for writer/director Kristoffer Borgli's brilliant satire of celebrity culture.

Dream Scenario follows Paul Matthews, an unassuming professor living a mundane life with his wife and two daughters. Paul is a passive man, not particularly respected by his students, peers, or family, and he dreams of making a bigger impact. He unexpectedly gets his wish when random people worldwide begin having dreams about him. Initially, he basks in the attention and newfound fame this brings him, but they also come with unexpected, drastic consequences.

Horror and the Academy Awards are famously (and unfortunately) strange bedfellows. Which is strange on the face of it, because even a casual film lover can recognize the huge importance the horror genre has to the medium. So many of Hollywood's most accomplished filmmakers got their start in horror, so many technical innovations were made because of horror movies, and the very grammar of cinema would not be as advanced as it's become without the horror genre. To disregard horror or remove it from any study of the medium is to fundamentally misunderstand cinema, full stop.

If all of that is common knowledge, then why does horror continue to be treated so poorly by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences? The reasons for this are too lengthy and varied to go into detail here, suffice to say that it has to do with an amalgam of antiquated (re:...

U.S. President Jimmy Carter died today, Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 100, making him the longest-living President (and a man who even outlived one of his obituary writers). He passed away at his home in Plains, Georgia, around 3:45pm Et, according to his son, James E. Carter (known as Chip). Plains was a formative part of Carter's life and career — the great documentary about Jimmy Carter (directed by Jonathan Demme of Silence of the Lambs and Stop Making Sense fame) was even called Man from Plains, which focused on Carter's book tour supporting Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, one of many pro-peace campaigns that the Nobel Peace Prize winner fought for throughout his life. You can watch that excellent 2007 documentary for free through the link below:

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As the documentary shows, Jimmy Carter was practically the mascot of an all-American small-town life. He was born in Plains,...

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Sometimes, artists get consigned to doing the same thing over and over again. Many movie fans are now familiar with the term "typecast," when an actor is repeatedly assigned to play the same type of character in film after film. Actors like Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Michael Cera and Giancarlo Esposito all hit the big time and immediately fell into this trap. This problem, if one can call it that, doesn't only affect actors as well. Writers, directors, cinematographers and beyond are sometimes questioned, doubted, or vilified if they try to branch out beyond their perceived comfort zone. Every genre is an entirely different beast, and it takes a truly talented filmmaker to seamlessly shift between them with relative ease. Many have shown their...

Let’s face it. Theatre has been the most successful place for stories about popular musicians. Alicia Keys’ “Hell’s Kitchen” is selling big on Broadway, as is “Mj.” “A Beautiful Noise,” about Neil Diamond ‘s professional and personal history, had a nice run there, and is touring the country after its run in Los Angeles. We’ve had “Tina,” “Jersey Boys,” The Temptations’ “Ain’t Too Proud,” Carole King’s “Beautiful” and others. A new musical is being tested now about Frank Sinatra. But the most exciting news arrives this spring, when recent Tony winner Jonathan Groff portrays Bobby Darin.

But movies about musical stars? A mixed bag. (including Kevin Spacey in a bad one about Bobby Darin) Documentaries have been the safest form to chronicle the life of famous musicians: Ones about David Crosby, Joan Baez, Springsteen, and Linda Ronstadt. And, of course, “Woodstock” and Martin Scorsese’s “Last Waltz.

Sites such as film discovery platform Letterboxd promote a new way of film-viewing, eschewing sneering gatekeepers for a more open-minded and eclectic experience

Amid all the dire news to come out of the movie business this year – a box office slump, a slowdown of production, growing unemployment in Hollywood, the closure of a dozen cinemas in the UK – good news seems to have come from the unlikeliest of places: cinephilia, pronounced “dead” by Susan Sontag in 1996, is alive and well and sporting a Mubi tote bag among the very demographic, 18- to 25-year-olds, whose gif-shortened attention spans are usually held up as spelling the death of the medium.

A recent Wim Wenders retrospective including Wings of Desire and The American Friend took £225,700 at the box office – more than double its distributor, Curzon, expected. A North American rerelease of Chen Kaige’s 1993 Palme d’Or winner Farewell My Concubine grossed $350,000. Even...

“The Brutalist” is about to get even bigger (though hopefully no longer). A24 and IMAX have finalized a deal to bring “The Brutalist” to IMAX screens, the studio announced Wednesday.

The film will be available for one-night early access screenings on December 18 at the AMC Lincoln Square in NY and the AMC Century City in Los Angeles, and it will then expand to IMAX screens nationwide throughout January.

A24 quite recently announced 70mm screenings of “The Brutalist,” which IndieWire understands have all nearly sold out rapidly. The IMAX screenings — unlike in the case of something like “Oppenheimer” — will not be on 70mm film prints.

“For me, there is no greater cinematic tool than Large Format Capture, and there is no greater canvas than IMAX,” Corbet said in a statement. “I am thrilled for audiences to have the opportunity to discover Lol Crawley’s exquisite Cinematography, Steve Single’s meticulous Sound Mix,...

Miley Cyrus has shared a new song called “Beautiful That Way,” which comes from the soundtrack for the upcoming Gia Coppola movie The Last Showgirl (one of the best films of 2024). Stream it below.

The tune finds Cyrus singing over a romantic, dreamy soundscape of muted strings, gentle piano, and slinky guitar. As the track goes on, it steadily builds in intensity and clarity, leading to a final crescendo that’s capped off with Cyrus’ vocal hook.

“Beautiful That Way” rounds up Cyrus’ sporadic 2024. Within the last 12 months, the artist covered Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer” for A24’s Stop Making Sense tribute album, guested on Beyonceé’s Cowboy Carter (one of the best albums of the year), and revealed that she works out in heels. She also teased that she is working on a new album that’s inspired by Pink Floyd’s The Wall.

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David Byrne in his big suit is an indelible image from the 1984 Stop Making Sense concert film and is as much a part of Talking Heads iconography as any of their album covers. One of the most recognizable rock bands of the latter part of the 20th century, Talking Heads' influence can be found in everything from the sound of Danny Brown to Vampire Weekend's lyrics to the name of Radiohead. It's hard not to see just how ubiquitous their funky world-ranging sound is in modern pop and indie music.

Consisting of Chris Frantz on drums, Tina Weymouth on bass, Jerry Harrison on keyboards and guitar, and frontman David Byrne on lead vocals and guitar, Talking Heads are often counted among the greatest bands of all time (via Rolling Stone). Music isn't the only medium they dominated. Their film Stop Making Sense is considered one of the best concert movies ever.

Talking Heads have been celebrating the 40th anniversary of their historic concert film Stop Making Sense and its accompanying soundtrack album dating back to last year. On Tuesday night (October 15th), they continued the festivities by presenting a Jeopardy! category dedicated to them.

Ranging from the venue where Talking Heads played their first show to the director of Stop Making Sense to the group’s biggest hit, the category’s clues were pretty reasonable for anyone with a passable familiarity with the quartet’s music.

In September 2023, Talking Heads appeared onstage together for the first time since 2002 for a Stop Making Sense panel at the Toronto International Film Festival. This led to Live Nation (unsuccessfully) attempting a proper reunion at Coachella 2024.

However, fans were still able to get their Talking Heads fix when the band brought Stop Making Sense back to theaters and released< a tribute album (get your copy...

This week marks the official 40th anniversary of the theatrical release of Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense, and to celebrate, the band reunited on Jeopardy! to present a category entirely devoted to the group’s legacy.

David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison first appeared on-screen together to reveal they would ask contestants “clues about the movie and our music.”

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Talking Heads have announced an extensive 4xLP box set celebrating their 1977 landmark debut, Talking Heads: 77.

Arriving on November 8th, the super deluxe edition of Talking Heads: 77 features one LP of the remastered original album, one LP comprised of rare and previously-unreleased demos and outtakes, and two LPs with the complete live album Live at Cbgb’s, New York, NY, Oct. 10, 1977, which is only available in this box set.

The box set also contains four 7-inch singles, including the newly-released acoustic version of “Psycho Killer” featuring Arthur Russell. The singles are set in a gatefold with a black and white image of the band; the box set also features an 80-page hardcover book featuring unearthed photos, fliers, artwork, and liner notes handwritten by band members David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison, as well as original recording engineer Ed Stasium. Pre-orders for the vinyl box set are now ongoing.

Dennis Quaid’s biopic on the controversial president of the United States, Reagan, just got released. Audiences were skeptical about the content of the movie, with most claiming it to be a propaganda film to sway the upcoming elections. Another movie has now joined the list of presidential biopics of 2024.

Sebastian Stan is soon coming to the theatre, this time portraying a young Donald Trump. In his upcoming biopic titled, The Apprentice, The Martian actor will be essaying the role of the former President. With elections just around the corner, the maker’s decision to release the film in October was well-received by fans. People online have applauded the timing of the movie, noticing the impact elections and awards might have on it.

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"There's no stability. But I'm going to keep doing it 'till I drop." Dark Star Pictures has unveiled the official trailer for Art Dealers, a kooky and crazy documentary film from filmmakers Roy Power & Adam Weiner. Available to watch in select theaters this fall before it's on VOD. The rapturous, sweaty live experience of Philly rock band Low Cut Connie-fronted by charismatic leader Adam Weiner-is celebrated in all its beer-soaked, piano slamming glory in this rousing documentary. The description says this is in "the tradition of art-world documentaries like Stop Making Sense and American Movie." This doc is a unique hybrid-genre concert film starring the rock n' roll performance artist Low Cut Connie, depicting a stunning 3-show run in New York City in 2022. The concert is set against 5 years of doc footage that explores the struggles, frustrations, and humor of living a working class "art life" in modern America. Made for rock fans to enjoy.

Blondshell is back with her first solo, standalone single of 2024: “What’s Fair,” an alt-rock bop about complicated mom/daughter relationships.

Built around driving guitar parts with a nostalgic pop-punk inspired arrangement, “What’s Fair” features our 2023 Rookie of the Year singing catchy melodies with words addressed to her late mother. “I think that you’d be proud/ I flew alone today/ I think that you’d be shocked/ That I don’t look the same,” she begins.

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More layers of guitar enter and momentum builds for the anthemic choruses, but the true climax of “What’s Fair” comes when Blondshell gets more frank on the second verse. “You’d want me to be famous/ So you could live by proxy/ You always had a reason to comment on my body,” she sings, before declaring, “But I know there’s nothing less perfect to a girl than a mom.

While they’ve only backed a few documentaries, notably De Palma, Boys State, Occupied City, and the re-release of Stop Making Sense, A24’s latest foray into the realm of non-fiction explores the psychic realm. Look Into My Eyes, from After Tiller, Miss Americana, and Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields director Lana Wilson, follows a group of New York City psychics as they conduct deeply intimate readings for their clients, revealing a kaleidoscope of connection, healing, and the eternal need to have witnesses to better see ourselves. Ahead of a September 6 release, the first trailer has now arrived.

Jake Kring-Schreifels said in his Sundance review, “Ask enough people what they think about psychics and clairvoyants, and you’ll probably get eye-rolls. Whether referencing the storefront tarot readers or the more seriously minded seers who perform seances and communicate with those who have transitioned into the afterlife, the impression of this spiritual trade is generally disbelief.

When Teezo Touchdown hit the stage at New York’s Governors Ball in June, he made room for all kinds of fans in his audience. “I don’t like asking who’s been here since day one,” he told the crowd. “Because today can be our day one.” The musician joined Rolling Stone backstage at the music festival for an episode of The Green Room, where he reflected on the most valuable lessons he’s learned in music — like showing up for his audience with open arms.

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Max has shared a curated list of films available to stream on the service in Summer 2024. Max is home to Warner Bros. Pictures films, classics and new favorites from A24, the Studio Ghibli library, and award-winning films spanning multiple genres.

The platform is showcasing its vast film library with curated summer watch lists of blockbusters, horror, family-friendly films, and more.

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Warner Bros. Pictures’ Dune: Part Two, the groundbreaking sequel to Dune, is now available to stream on the platform along with recent hits like Wonka and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which also has an American Sign Language (Asl) version of the film available to stream.

Viewers can also find summer favorites like Mamma Mia!, Meg 2: The Trench, A Night at the Roxbury, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

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Horror fans can look to Max for their summer scares and favorite films from franchises,...

There can be nothing better in the summer than seeing a concert, whether it be in an air-conditioned arena or outdoors on a nice sunny day. Yet it is concerts seen through film and video that are proving popular with fans. With Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo providing livestreams, the massive success of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour and Beyonc's Renaissance, plus A24 re-releasing Stop Making Sense into theaters, the concert film has never been more popular.

Rock ‘n roll and performative Satanism may be a match made in heaven, but conservative attitudes used to mean that musicians had to tread carefully when subverting religious standards in their performances. Thankfully, decades of pushed boundaries have led to mainstream audiences finally becoming a bit more lenient when it comes to musical blasphemy. That’s why no one bats an eye when thousands of fans fill up an arena to see a band that openly mocks religious institutions while casually incorporating demonic chants into their romantic lyrics.

And with so many followers willing to dress up as ghouls and evil nuns as they sing along to ballads about doomed lovers and eldritch rituals, it was only a matter of time before Swedish rock band Ghost would get the chance to celebrate their particular brand of high-spirited satanism with a feature-length concert film.

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The core four members of Talking Heads — vocalist and guitarist David Byrne, drummer Chris Frantz, bassist Tina Weymouth and keyboardist and guitarist Jerry Harrison — split rather acrimoniously in 1991 and have rarely shared stages in the years since. But in celebration of A24’s 40th anniversary reissue of their galvanizing 1984 concert film “Stop Making Sense,” the erstwile bandmates have spoken more kindly of each other and reunited for a series of interviews, and on Thursday night the four sat down for a Q&a with Questlove at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre that followed a screening of the film.

While the Q&a was primarily a lovefest between the quartet, who shared frequently told anecdotes about the film’s complex production, shooting schedule and Byrne’s big suit that were common knowledge to most superfans who attended the sold-out event. Yet one moment while discussing the film’s narrative rattled the crowd.

When I talked to German writer-director Tom Tykwer and his “Run Lola Run” star Franka Potente on Zoom recently, Tykwer and I remembered our interview 25 years ago when Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) released the movie the first time. (Not that I could find that interview online.) It became a word-of-mouth hit all over the world, scoring $22.9 million worldwide. “It was one of our top movies,” said SPC co-president Michael Barker on the phone. “Our goal has been to find movies that stand the test of time. It was one of the first movies with English subtitles that the younger generation turned out for.”

“Run Lola Run” premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 1998 before opening in the U.S. in early 1999. Now, SPC has orchestrated a 4K restoration coming to 250 theaters on June 7, following the success with younger audiences of such recent classic reissues as A24’s “Stop Making Sense” and SPC’s “Amelie.

As part of a strategy to build a new cinephile audience and revive the filmgoing experience in Brazil, São Paulo-based distributor O2 Play is theatrically releasing a selection of classic films, starting with A24’s 4K restored version of the seminal ‘80s Talking Heads concert docu, “Stop Making Sense” by Jonathan Demme.

The company has also launched an app called “carteirinha de cinéfilo” (cinephile card), to offer moviegoers special discounts, collectibles and foster the theatrical experience.

“Available at the App Store and Google store, we decided to launch it to help engage our audience and bring them back to theaters,” said O2 Play founder Igor Kupstas who laments the universal decline in cinema attendance since the pandemic, felt in Brazil and most parts of the world.

According to Kupstas, who launched O2 Play in 2013, talks are underway with traditional and IMAX screen owners for the premiere of “Stop Making Sense...

A24 and IMAX will keep you cool this summer. Very cool.

The next three A24 films that will be available in the IMAX Experience for its monthly screening series are the highly-anticipated director’s cut of “Midsommar” on Thursday, June 20, Mat Whitecross’ “Oasis: Supersonic” on Tuesday, July 16, and Best Picture winner “Everything Everywhere All At Once” on Wednesday, August 28.

The A24 x IMAX Present screening series continues every month for the next year, with IMAX digitally remastering classics from A24’s premium library of more than 140 feature films. Previous remastered and launched films include Alex Garland’s “Ex Machina,” Ari Aster’s “Hereditary,” and the Safdie Brothers’ “Uncut Gems.”

Screenings will be held across more than 300 IMAX locations nationwide and select locations internationally. Tickets are available here.

A24 and IMAX also collaborated on remastering Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense.” “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,...

From an early age, we’re trained from media osmosis to expect, and to celebrate, performers who lord their power, their status, and their entitlement over us. We celebrate, with a certain degree of self-loathing, these peoples’ transformations from regular Joes to the icons we’re raised by television, magazines, and movies to want to be.

Talking Heads, the quartet consisting of David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison, have a more centered, settled sensibility, one that somehow still doesn’t compromise the energy we expect and want from a good rip-roaring concert. In Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense, the group put on a show that revels in a smaller, more personal, self-actualization: It’s about rock stars learning to dominate themselves as opposed to others, to fit into a wider-reaching society that they accept as baffling, uncomfortable, and joyous.

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The Talking Heads Tribute album Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense has arrived today, and it begins with a cover of “Psycho Killer” from none other than Miley Cyrus.

The album, announced by A24 Music back in January in the wake of Stop Making Sense’s 40th anniversary re-release, features renditions of the film’s original 16 tracks. Paramore kicked things off with their cover of “Burning Down the House,” Lorde reimagined “Take Me to the River,” The National covered “Heaven,” and girl in red tackled “Girlfriend Is Better.”

Other contributions come from Cyrus, Kevin Abstract (“Once in a Lifetime”), Teezo Touchdown (“Making Flippy Floppy”), Blondshell (“Thank You For Sending Me an Angel”), The Linda Lindas (“Found a Job”), Badbadnotgood and Norah Jones (“This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)”), and more. Stream the album below.

Miley Cyrus is no stranger to rock covers or “Psycho Killer.

Miley Cryus has unveiled a synth-laden cover Talking Heads’ 1977 hit “Psycho Killer.” The singer recorded the rendition, which she previewed live at Chateau Marmont in March, for Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense, out now.

While Cyrus offered an acoustic version of the song at Chateau Marmont, her recorded cover is far edgier, falling somewhere between pop and dance music. It embraces an ’80 synth sensibility, with angular beats and fuzzed out vocals.

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One Cannes ritual is IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond’s annual press lunch. IMAX is thriving in the global marketplace, with more than 1,700 screens in 90 countries, as audiences continue to recognize and embrace the global brand for giant film and digital cameras and big-screen formats. Helfand announced the company’s upcoming 2025 filmed for IMAX slate (below) while at Cannes, which he believes will break records for the company. Thanks to IMAX believer Chris Nolan‘s global blockbuster “Oppenheimer,” IMAX performed at peak capacity with over $1 billion in revenue in 2023, matching the company’s 2019 pre-pandemic record.

IMAX delivered 20% of the global box office for “Oppenheimer” — shot entirely with IMAX film cameras — and more than $190 million worldwide, making it the fifth highest grossing IMAX film of all time. IMAX also delivered 21% of the global box office for “Dune: Part Two” — shot entirely with IMAX-certified digital cameras — and over $145 million worldwide, making it the seventh highest.

A quick question: Do you like The Godfather? How about Goodfellas? Or Gremlins? Or Stop Making Sense, Avatar, Apollo 13, Chinatown, Easy Rider, Paper Moon, Lone Star, or roughly 90 percent of any movies featuring monsters terrorizing pretty ladies from the last 50 years?

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Growing up in Texas in the 2000s, new-generation rap-rock star Teezo Touchdown was largely unfamiliar with Talking Heads. But as he was making his own records and plotting a stage show, some of his colleagues thought he’d be inspired by the band and called up a clip from its 1984 concert movie, Stop Making Sense. “The opening shot of David Byrne coming out with a boombox and doing ‘Psycho Killer’ — I had a true discovery moment,” Teezo recalls. “With what he was doing, and the production and the visuals, they had the total package.

Paramore opened for Taylor Swift last night at Paris’ La Défense Arena and took the opportunity to showcase their cover of Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House” for the first time live.

The rock band, who are supporting Swift on the European, U.K., and Ireland leg of her Eras Tour, performed a nine-song set and included their recent rendition of Talking Heads’ 1983 single. The cover will appear on an upcoming tribute album, Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense, released to celebrate concert film Stop Making Sense.

Concert films are a storied, celebrated way to experience your favorite band's work in a different light. They've had a resurgence in popularity recently with the successful releases of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour and Renaissance: A Film by Beyonc. But an older one had a decent comeback at the box office last autumn, and is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Stop Making Sense, the Talking Heads concert film that covered their 1983 tour, was directed by Jonathan Demme and released the following year in 1984. 40 years after its release, it is still considered the greatest concert film of all time by many critics and fans.

May is here, and with it the beginning of summer and — most crucially — more time to watch movies. But while the multiplex is sure to deliver some great thrills, spills and chills this month, if you’re looking to stay in for a night we’ve got a bevy of streaming recommendations to throw your way. Indeed, a number of exciting new movies are streaming in May, from an Anne Hathaway-led romcom to a truly bonkers Jerry Seinfeld movie to a much-maligned Marvel film that may be good for some unintentional laughs.

Below we’ve put together a curated list of the best new movies streaming in May on Netflix, Prime Video, Max, Disney+, Hulu and more. So heat up some popcorn, grab your favorite blanket and settle in.

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May is major at Max and HBO! This month, several highly anticipated shows, series, specials, live sports streams, and documentaries will be available to watch on the streamer, including the highly anticipated third season of the Emmy Award-winning comedy series “Hacks,” starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder. A24-heads will also get a double dose with the streaming premieres of both the critically acclaimed 2023 wrestling biopic “The Iron Claw” and the 40th anniversary 4K restoration of the Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense.”

Plus, catch up on shows from around Warner Bros. Discovery’s other brands, including Discovery, MotorTrend Network, Magnolia Network, TLC, Food Network, and more.

Find out everything coming to Max this May and get your watchlist ready with The Streamable’s top 5 premiere picks!

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While we absolutely love scripted movies and television here at /Film, we also have a deep appreciation for documentaries — series and films alike. With so many streaming services available, it feels like there are more documentaries out there than ever before, which can make finding the right one to watch a bit intimidating. Thankfully, I'm here to help recommend some of the best docs streaming this May, from remastered versions of music classics like "Stop Making Sense" and "Let it Be" to new docs with a fresh perspective, like the shocking "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV" and "Stormy." There has honestly been a massive influx of showbiz docs lately, with a couple more great ones dropping fresh this month. The entertainment industry has always been rife with controversy and chaos, so there's sure to be no end of these docs anytime soon. Still, this latest crop is a real doozy.

With its list of new releases for May 2024, HBO streamer Max is bringing back one of the best comedies on television.

Hacks season 3 premieres on May 2 and will continue the tortured (platonic-ish) love affair between comedy superstar Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and her former joke writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder). That will be followed up by Pretty Little Liars: Summer School on May 9.

Movie-lovers have more than enough to keep them occupied in May 2024 as well. The latest John Green adaptation, Turtles All the Way Down, will premiere on May 3. That will be followed by intriguing original documentary MoviePass, MovieCrash on May 30. Max is also putting its Warner Bros. origins to good use with a bunch of excellent library movies like The Iron Claw on May 10 and Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice on May 26.

Here’s everything coming to HBO and Max in May.

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If you plan to see Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers this weekend, be prepared to be knocked on your ass by its propulsive score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

Unless you've been living under a rock recently, you're aware that movie theaters have been in a tough spot for nearly half a decade now, if not longer. Various factors have contributed to this, of course -- everything from the Covid-19 pandemic to the economy itself contributing to higher prices for a night out at the movies (especially for a family). Yet perhaps the biggest point of contention for those not fully inducted into the church of moviegoing is that old chestnut coined by Jean-Paul Sartre: Hell is other people.

Due to being at the tail end of several decades' worth of manufacturers and big box stores pushing home theater technology, the average living room theater setup tends to rival most generic movie theater screens in terms of picture and sound quality, with the convenience of the setup already being in one's home, away from loud talking randos and teens on their bright smartphones,...

Opening soon in a theater near you are “Run Lola Run,” “Interstellar,” “Hereditary,” “Split,” and “Spirited Away.” They join fellow comeback kids “Oldboy,” “Stop Making Sense,” “Coraline,” “Amelié,” and Pixar’s pandemic-era films making their theatrical returns.

Last year’s strikes can take credit for some of this nostalgia: With distributors forced to delay films, theaters are desperate for product. However, desperation is not the only mother of this invention. A24, Neon, and other specialty distributors are treating re-releases as a way to reach younger audiences.

Last year, Neon re-released Park Chan-wook’s 2003 film “Oldboy” to $2.1 million worldwide. At a CinemaCon panel April 8, Neon distribution president Elissa Federoff credited its success to a young audience eager to see it on a big screen for the first time. “What is old is new for these younger audiences,” she said.

A24 is reaching into its own library to bolster its brand, rereleasing...

Warner Bros. Discovery has announced the movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the Max streaming service in May. The Max May 2024 lineup includes season three of the comedy series Hacks, the drama series Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, and the unscripted series Thirst with Shay Mitchell.

The May schedule also includes the comedy special Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die, as well as the original documentaries Stax: Soulsville, U.S.A. and MoviePass, MovieCrash. Turtles All the Way Down, Stop Making Sense, and The Iron Claw are some of the films coming to the service.

Featured Programming

Hacks Season 3 (Max Original Comedy Series)

The nine-episode season debuts with two episodes on May 2, followed by two new episodes each week, concluding with the season finale on May 30.

Logline: A year after parting, Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) is riding high off the success of her standup special...

Girl in Red is paying homage to one of the most iconic bands on a special day.

On Wednesday, the 40th anniversary of the Talking Heads’ premiere for Stop Making Sense, A24 Music dropped Girl in Red’s cover of “Girlfriend is Better.” The company also revealed the 16-song track list for the tribute project and its release date, May 17.

“Talking Heads is an iconic band that helped define my identity when I was a teenager and they continue to inspire young people all around the world,” Girl in Red said of the track.

Prepare to feast. Or dance. This week’s streaming debuts include two visually sumptuous films that will whet your Easter-weekend appetite.

The contender to watch this week: “The Taste of Things“

France lost out on an Oscar nomination when the country’s selection committee chose Trần Anh Hùng‘s savory romance about a venerable chef (Benoît Magimel) and a gifted cook (Juliette Binoche) instead of eventual Best Picture nominee “Anatomy of a Fall.” But even if the movie didn’t make the Best International Feature Film category, it earned an immediate spot in the culinary canon. Like the documentary “Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros,” last year’s other great food movie, “The Taste of Things” is kitchen porn. In the warmly lit countryside, the gourmands prepare veal loins, roasted vegetables, baked Alaska, and the creamiest omelet you’ve ever seen. Select theaters are still showing the film, but it’s newly available on VOD.

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

Drift (Anthony Chen)

Singaporean director Anthony Chen’s English-language debut follows a West African refugee, Jacqueline (Cynthia Erivo), who washes up on a Greek island homeless, cashless, and friendless. She doesn’t speak until ten minutes into Drift, taking in her surroundings, plagued by a fear that’s nestled deep within her. Understandably, she’s scared of everyone and everything, living in a cave, eating whatever she can find, making money by washing tourists’ feet on the beach. – Michael F. (full review)

Where to Stream: VOD

A Drifting Up (Jacob Lee)

Coming off antidepressants for the first time, young London-based filmmaker Jacob Lee decided to dance his way through it and record the process. This BAFTA-nominated short documentary captures his joyful interactions...

Lorde covers the Talking Heads’ cover of Al Green’s “Take Me to the River” for the latest single in A24’s all-star tribute to Stop Making Sense.

In addition to the Solar Power singer’s faithful rendition of the More Songs About Buildings and Food classic, Lorde also shared a lengthy letter about her first time hearing the Talking Heads and why that band is important to her.

“Do you remember the first time you ever heard Talking Heads? I’ll tell you my story,” she wrote. “Ok, it...

In January, A24 Music shared Paramore’s cover of “Burning Down the House” as the lead single from their forthcoming Talking Heads tribute album. Now, another teaser single from the compilation has arrived: Lorde’s cover of “Take Me to the River.”

Originally written by Al Green, “Take Me to the River” was a bit of an unlikely Talking Heads cut, since David Byrne was apprehensive about recording a cover. Nonetheless, the band’s 1978 version made it onto their album More Songs About Buildings and Food, and has since become a beloved slice of their inventive sound.

Lorde has accompanied her cover with a lengthy note in which she reminisces about her first time hearing Talking Heads and the impact it had on her creatively. You can read it in full below.

Titled Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense, the full 16-track tribute album...

A24 sure is one of the most interesting production companies in the business, and last year, they made the surprising, yet great, call by announcing the release of Talking Heads' seminal concert film Stop Making Sense in theaters remastered in 4K. A24 released a wholesome teaser that even features lead singer David Byrne trying to get back into his giant suit and moving around as he did on stage back then. For those of us who arrived late to this party, watching Stop Making Sense on the big screen is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.