Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

This week’s new release guide is especially stuffed (even by our normal standards), thanks to a trio of 2021’s best; new titles from Criterion, Arrow, and Vinegar Syndrome, and more; three new essential box sets; one of the best thrillers of the ‘90s in 4K; and an array of Blu-ray debuts for one of the greatest comedians of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

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Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

This week’s big, big new release roundup includes two high-profile winners at this year’s Oscars, the big winner at 1965’s Oscars, a handful of cult faves making their 4K debuts, a must-have box set for fans of low-budget genre fare, and catalog Blu-ray releases featuring such icons as Jackie Chan, Cary Grant, Marlon Brando, and Snoopy.

Continue reading The Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Raya And The Last Dragon,’ ‘Minari,’ ‘The Father’ & More at The Playlist.

OK, ok, we know what you’re thinking. It’s December 14, Christmas is only eleven days away, Hanukah has already started and goddamn you, how am I supposed to shop for the cinephile in my family when you’re delivering your holiday gift guide so f*cking late? Relax, remember with the Amazons and digital outlets of the world, anything you order by the time you finish reading this article—once you’ve taken copious notes of course—should be at your doorstep in a day or two.

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