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Weekend Watchlist, 6/26: I like to move it move it

What to watch this weekend

Pete Volk

Pete Volk

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Drift cars race by a man in a parking lot as spectators watch in Tokyo Drift
Image: Universal Pictures

Happy Friday, PV Guide readers! I hope you have a great weekend ahead of you.

For my first subscriber-exclusive review, you voted for Baby Assassins 2 – the movie is great, and my review is now live!

Here are this week’s picks.

Criterion’s Maya Deren collection

Criterion's cover art for their Maya Deren: Master of the Avant-Garde collection
Image: Criterion Channel

Where to watch: Leaving Criterion Channel 6/30

When I was first really getting into action movies, one of the moments that really clicked it all into place for me was a weekend afternoon spent watching shorts by avant-garde filmmaker and dancer Maya Deren. Action and dance are inextricably linked – choreographed bodies in motion on camera, after all, and her experimental films are breathtaking and helped me become better at watching and understanding dance and fight scenes alike. They’re leaving the Criterion Channel at the end of the month, so check it out!

A queer movie for the end of Pride

Criterion's cover art for their "LGBTQ+ Favorites" collection
Image: Criterion Channel

We’re near the end of the month, which means a bunch of movies are about to leave their streaming services. We’re also near the end of Pride month, so why not do a two-for-one and catch something queer leaving streaming? Some recommendations of very different moods:

  • Leaving Prime: Beginners
    • Mike Mills’ delightful romantic comedy based on the true story of his father coming out at age 75, starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer
  • Leaving HBO: Carol
    • Todd Haynes’ sumptuous romantic drama adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
  • Leaving Peacock: Bride of Chucky
    • The Chucky franchise has been queer from the start, and this fourth entry is a killer, introducing Jennifer Tilly’s Tiffany Valentine.

And here are some recs from from Criterion’s LGBTQ Favorites collection, which aren’t leaving streaming but you should consider anyway:

  • Happy Together
    • Wong Kar-wai’s gorgeous Argentina-set romantic drama, starring ‘90s heartthrobs Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Leslie Cheung.
  • Born in Flames
    • A low-budget, dystopian sci-fi drama from radical filmmaker Lizzie Borden about political violence and movements for change.
  • Watermelon Woman
    • The first feature film directed by a Black lesbian, director and writer Cheryl Dunye stars as a woman working at a video store who hopes to make a movie about a fictional Black actress from the 1930s.

Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift

Sung Kang and Lucas Black in a sports car in Tokyo Drift
Image: Universal Pictures

Where to watch: Leaving Peacock 6/30

The best Fast and Furious movie is leaving Peacock at the end of the month, and I’m on a new podcast episode about it! I joined hosts Brian and Rob on the Box Office GROSS podcast, where they’re looking at the top 50 grossing films of 2006. Tokyo Drift barely made the cut, but I’m glad it did – dismissed as a black sheep of the franchise for too long, public opinion is finally coming around on this stylish, fun sports movie.

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