What’s new to VOD and streaming this weekend: May 7-9
Including Almodovar s English-language debut, Eat Wheaties! and season 3 of The Girlfriend Experience By Norman Wilner and Kevin Ritchie
May 7, 2021
The Human Voice
(Pedro Almodóvar)
Spanish director Almodóvar’s English-language debut is a short film that strips the hallmarks of his oeuvre down to a few core elements: a high-strung woman engages in high drama while clad in high fashion. Based on Jean Cocteau’s monodrama of the same name, The Human Voice is essentially a 30-minute showpiece for Tilda Swinton, who stars as a jilted woman confronting her ex in a lengthy phone call as her oblivious dog unhelpfully reflects back her anxiety. Cocteau’s play served as the inspiration for Almodóvar’s 1988 international hit Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown so not unlike 2019’s Pain And Glory, this project finds the director self-consciously revisiting the late 80s/early 90s period that defined his suc
Aaron Sorkin s The Trial Of The Chicago 7 wins top editing prize at the 2021 ACE Eddie Awards
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Trial of the Chicago 7 Triumphs at ACE Eddie Awards
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HBO, Lee chronicle New York since 9/11
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Spike Lee and HBO Documentary Films are teaming for
NYC Epicenters 9/11?2021 1/2 (yes, that’s the full title), a multi-part documentary that will cover the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks, and the docuseries is said to “offer an unprecedented, sweeping portrait of New Yorkers as they rebuild and rebound, from a devastating terrorist attack through the ongoing global pandemic.”
NYC Epicenters 9/11?2021 1/2 is a new Spike Lee joint that’s headed to HBO this year in commemoration of the September 11th attacks. The docuseries “will offer an unprecedented, sweeping portrait of New Yorkers as they rebuild and rebound, from a devastating terrorist attack through the ongoing global pandemic. Capturing the history through a staggering amount of visual imagery, and featuring first-hand accounts from a panoply of citizens from all walks of life, the documentary event will debut later this year on HBO.”