Looking to settle in with a good movie? Me too. That’s why I’ve pored over release schedules to bring you the best original and new-to-streaming movies you can watch on Netflix, Prime, Max, Hulu, and other streaming platforms this week.
Janet Planet (2023)
A24 has cracked the code for making emotional movies for smart people; movies like Janet Planet, in which precocious 11-year-old Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) spends the summer of 1991 splitting time between living in her rich internal world and quietly worshipping her otherworldly mother Janet (Julianne Nicholson). Writer/director Annie Baker’s carefully crafted film explores the subtly and intensity of a mother-daughter relationship with rare grace.
Starts streaming Nov. 1.
Music by John Williams
Star Wars wouldn’t be Star Wars without its theme music. Raiders of the Lost Ark wouldn’t be Raiders, Jaws wouldn’t be Jaws, etc. Composer John Williams’ scores are that iconic. Music by John
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