Clockwise from top: Pachinko, City of God: The Battle Rages On, The Crow, And Flash twice.
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Blink twice and maybe this weekend will go by quickly. Even theaters can’t wait for next week’s four-day weekend, judging by this theater’s meager offering. But at least your at-home watch list is packed. AMC has sent Netflix some deliciously grim offerings, Oz Perkins’ horror Long-legged has arrived digitally and The Crow is ripe for reconsideration. You might as well stay inside and avoid the sun this weekend. That would be so gothic of you.
Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut with the original title Pussy Islandis about a young woman (Naomi Ackie) who is invited to the private island of a tech billionaire (Channing Tatum). It seems like a dream come true, but if movies have taught us anything, it is that there is a terrible Idea.
Creator Soo Hugh’s adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s novel returns for its second season, with this installment once again delving into the identity issues of a Korean family across four generations, especially since part of the action is set in Japan during World War II. —Roxana Hadadi
The box office hit of 2002 City of God was a nerve-wracking look at organized crime in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Now a new creative team takes the lead in this six-part series, bringing photographer Rocket (and actor Alexandre Rodrigues) back with a press pass and another drug war to cover. —RH
“While the film claims that Eric and Shelly is a great love story between soulmates, what it really presents us with is a dynamic between a burned-out boyfriend in detention and a rebellious cheerleader girlfriend that doesn’t feel like it’s going to last a long weekend.”
➼ Now in cinemas; Read our full review.
Gravestone may be the definitive depiction of the Gunfight at the OK Corral (though the classic western of that name is fantastic too), but that hasn’t stopped everyone from Kevin Costner to Alex Cox from retelling the story of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and the Clanton gang known as the Cowboys. This latest entry is a TV mini starring Ed Harris, Edward Franklin and Tim Fellingham. —Eric Vilas-Boas
A handful of AMC shows have flown into the Netflix library in recent times, including one of their best. Anne Rice’s Interview with a vampireThe Rolin Jones-led television adaptation of The Last Man is sexy, terrifying, dramatic and fantastic television. Hopefully the Netflix deal gives the series a chance to get the attention it deserves. (Sadly, the brilliant second season isn’t streaming on Netflix, but hey, it’s on AMC+.)
➼ And Long-leggedthe it-horror of the summer, and Inside Out 2the It film of the summer, are now both available digitally. Check out also Stress positions on Hulu and Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga to Max.
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It is hard to imagine The Crow be run by anyone other than Brandon Lee. (You can read more of Roxana Hadadi’s article on this topic here.) This does not mean that the latest version of The Crow isn’t necessarily worth watching, but if it’s whetted your appetite for the 1994 film, you have until the end of the month to watch it on Prime Video.
The canon of Gothic cinema.
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With the crows and vampireWe treated ourselves to a Gothic day this week. Here are three titles that have shaped Gothic cinema.
➼ Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust — “An action-gothic masterpiece.”
➼ Purple Peak – Guillermo del Toro’s “misunderstood beauty”.
➼ Gargoyle – More precisely, “Der Spiegel”.
Want more? Read our recommendations from the Weekend of August 16.
