With cinemas still closed, we highlight the best new streaming releases, including the latest addition to the Greek weird wave
While cinemas in the UK remain closed, we'll have to wait a bit longer for the proper big screen experience. Fear not: we’ve rounded up the best of the latest streaming releases to keep you entertained until the capital's dream palaces return. Whatever you're in the mood for, from bold dramas to timely parables, WeLoveCinema has you well and truly covered…
New Releases
Apples
Where to watch it: Curzon Home Cinema
Christos Nikou, former protege of the great Yorgos Lanthimos, makes his feature debut with a sweetly strange story of an amnesia outbreak in Athens (read our full review).
Identifying Features
Where to watch it: Various digital platforms
A mother sets out to find her lost son against the hellish backdrop of the Mexican borderlands in this powerful migrant drama from first-time filmmaker Fernanda Valadez (read our full review).
The Bike Thief
Where to watch it: Various digital platforms
This modern riff on Italian classic Bicycle Thieves transposes the original setting to Brexit era London in order to craft a timely tale of the modern gig economy (read our full review).
Cowboys
Where to watch it: Various digital platforms
Steve Zahn and Sasha Knight co-star in a tender and timely drama about a father and his transgender son who escape to the great outdoors (read our full review).
Atlantis
Where to watch it: MUBI
Valentyn Vasyanovyc’s latest film follows a former soldier as he navigates a dystopian vision of Ukraine following a devastating war with Russia (read our full review).
Charlatan
Where to watch it: Various digital platforms
Agnieszka Holland helms a semi-fictionalised account of the life of Czech herbalist Jan Mikolášek, who became an unlikely cult figure in 1930s Europe (read our full review).
Still Streaming…
Nomadland
Where to watch it: Disney+
Winner of three Oscars, including Best Picture, Chloé Zhao’s beautiful ode to life on the American road arrives on Disney+ right on time, and features yet another landmark turn from the great Frances McDormand, who claimed her third Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as the nomadic Fern (read our full review).
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Where to watch it: Netflix
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller put their unique and witty stamp on this brilliantly funny animated yarn about a family battling evil androids (read our full review).
Labyrinth of Cinema
Where to watch it: MUBI
The final film from visionary Japanese director Nobuhiko Ôbayashi is a frantic, operatic three-hour love letter to this thing we call cinema (read our full review).
The Disciple
Where to watch it: Netflix
Chaitanya Tamhane helms this quiet drama about a musician whose attempt to master his instrument is upended by a rapidly changing world (read our full review).
