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A chilling sci-fi thriller, the latest Paradise Netflix movie news promises a twisty tale for subscribers brought all the way over from Germany. While Blood Red Sky was initially Netflix's most successful German movie, Paradise seeks to overthrow its claim to the throne, introducing audiences to a bleak not-so-distant future where human beings become commodities and age means a lot more than just a number. Directed by Boris Kunz (Hindafing), Paradise looks to be a dark tale full of social commentary about beauty, age, socioeconomic status, and the ever-growing technology industry — and it's coming to Netflix very soon.

Paradise Netflix movie news hit hard and fast, with the streaming giant releasing a trailer and word-of-mouth guiding anticipation internationally. With a talented cast, haunting aesthetics, and one of the most unique premises on the market, Paradise seeks to cement itself as one of the best sci-fi movies on Netflix, and audiences...

The trailer and poster for a new drama called The Sunlit Night which stars Jenny Slate and will be releasing on VOD on July 17th from Quiver Distribution. Also starring Zach Galifianakis and Gillian Anderson, check out the preview below.

The Sunlit Night follows an aspiring painter (Slate) from New York City to the farthest reaches of Arctic Norway for an assignment she hopes will invigorate her work and expand her horizons. In a remote village, among the locals, she meets a fellow New Yorker (Sharp), who has come in search of a proper Viking funeral only to find that the Chief (Galifianakis) is but a re-enactor from Cincinnati. The eclectic crew ranges from “home” to “lost,” within the extreme and dazzling landscape of the Far North. Under a sun that never quite sets, and the high standards of an unforgiving mentor, Frances must navigate between ambition, desire, obligation, and...

The German festival runs from June 28 to July 7.

The Munich Film Festival opens on Thursday (June 28) with the world premiere of Joachim A. Lang’s Mackie Messer – Brechts Dreigroschenfilm, starring Lars Eidinger as Bertold Brecht.

The film is inspired by Brecht’s 1928 play The Threepenny Opera and Kurt Weill’s song Mack The Knife, which was written for the play.

The German premiere of Andrew Niccol’s Anon, starring Clive Owen as a detective who finds a young woman with no identity, played by Amanda Seyfried, will close the festival on July 7. The sci-fi thriller is produced by Germany’s K5 Film.

The New York Times runs two must-reads this weekend. With Jacques Rivette's Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) opening at Film Forum on Friday, Dennis Lim writes, "It's not just that the film holds up to repeat viewings; its very point is its seemingly infinite repeatability, its mysterious capacity to surprise both first-time viewers and those who know it as well as a magician reciting an incantation." He goes on to consider Céline within the context of Rivette's oeuvre and its lasting impact on filmmakers as diverse as Susan Seidelman and David Lynch.

"Shirley Clarke is one of the great undertold stories of American independent cinema," writes Manohla Dargis at the top of piece on Milestone Films' multi-year project to restore and revive interest in Clarke's work. The Connection (1962) opens Friday at the IFC Center and soon to follow will be theatrical and DVD releases of Robert Frost: A...