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, catalogue titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This twice-monthly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

You can tell spooky season is on the horizon, since we’re getting shiny new 4K editions of two ‘80s horror classics this week.

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A thematically robust and surprisingly introspective look at one of America’s most cherished (and oft-forgotten) institutions, “The Automat” is much like the products of its eponymous subject: easily accessible, thoughtfully produced, and quickly consumed. According to director Lisa Hurwitz, a one-time pillar of American commerce and the foremost symbol of early-twentieth-century urbanization, the automat was more than just an eatery: it was a harbinger of social, racial, gender, and economic sea changes.

Continue reading ‘The Automat’ Offers Up Fascinating, Bite-Sized History Lessons Befitting Its Subject [Telluride Review] at The Playlist.