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At this point in the year, the movie slate can look pretty dire. What studios are spending big money on are flopping, and what鈥檚 worth your time is hard to come by and increasingly unavailable. If last year turned out to be a dud for your movie-watching taste, like it did for most people, that word 鈥渄ire鈥� may creep into your head. At least television has been good.

But I鈥檓 here to guarantee that you鈥檙e in for a wild and whacky upcoming year for movies.

Paul Thomas Anderson has a new feature this September featuring Leonardo DiCaprio as a jittery revolutionary in training in 鈥淥ne Battle After Another,鈥� Spike Lee is back with Denzel Washington in 鈥淗ighest 2 Lowest,鈥� and The Rock is taking a dramatic turn in 鈥淭he Smashing Machine鈥� while Timothee Chalamet explores the world of table tennis in 鈥淢arty Supreme.鈥� The director who brought you 鈥淭op Gun: Maverick鈥� is hitting the racetrack with the Brad Pitt-led 鈥淔1鈥� to kick off the summer.

Celine Song, Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, Richard Linklater, Guillermo Del Toro, Damien Chazelle, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Guy Ritchie, Lynne Ramsay; these are just some of the auteur filmmakers bringing us original films this year. And if they鈥檙e worth our time, they鈥檒l be featured here. Until then, let鈥檚 see what鈥檚 available for us to watch this weekend.

What & How to Watch

Streaming 鈥� Apple TV+: ‘The Studio’

Created, co-directed, co-written, and starring Seth Rogen, 鈥淭he Studio鈥� is a close examination, and critique, of the entertainment industry nestled within Tinseltown. Kinetic and hilarious, it鈥檚 simultaneously a satire, a celebration, and a study on Hollywood during its most turbulent era 鈥攑resent day.

Cameo-laden with cinematography mirroring the long, dramatic tracking camera style of 鈥淏irdman,鈥� while the show鈥檚 setting isn鈥檛 anywhere particularly new (perhaps more detailed), its thesis on how art and business is becoming harder and harder to co-exist is a refreshing theme in what鈥檚 becoming one of the most talked about shows of the year.

Streaming 鈥� Paramount+: ‘September 5’

Through the eyes of the ABC sports crew covering the 1972 Munich Olympics, 鈥淪eptember 5鈥� is a historical drama detailing the immediate moments after the Black September terrorist group captured multiple Israeli athletes as hostages. It鈥檚 a thrilling journalistic tale with precise pacing, making it one of the most enjoyable start-to-finish watches of 2024.

Worthy of the Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay, it鈥檚 a worthy re-examination of the more-than-50-year-old global news story鈥攅ven if it takes a safe route or two in its choices.

Streaming 鈥� Max (formerly HBO): ‘The Pitt’

Pulse pounding; nerve racking; overwhelmingly anxious. Whatever stress-inducing physical reaction you can come up with, 鈥淭he Pitt鈥� delivers in full force. And that鈥檚 a compliment. It鈥檚 impossible not to feel alive watching Dr. Robby tackle his hellacious 15-hour shift running a hospital鈥檚 emergency branch鈥攅ach episode being one hour of his shift at a time.

The debut season is coming to an end (episode/hour 13 was released Thursday), but this is the perfect time to pick up what鈥檚 easily the most exciting medical show in years. With the twist of the central hospital being dangerously underfunded, the show鈥檚 balancing act of watching its protagonist hold things together through Band-Aids and duct tape is one of the great television achievements this year.

Streaming – Hulu: ‘A Complete Unknown’

Timothee Chalamet鈥檚 latest project, ascending him into a stratosphere few actors have reached by his age, might be his greatest yet鈥攈is turn as Bob Dylan in 鈥淎 Complete Unknown.鈥�

The eight-time Oscar-nominated film follows Dylan from Greenwich Village rambler to cultural phenom to complicated public figure in four short years. While Chalamet鈥檚 recreation of Dylan鈥檚 style and swagger when hollering into a mic is worth the price of admission alone, it鈥檚 a film that elevates over most in the ever-growing musician biopic sub-genre.

Seen all these? None of them catch your fancy? Check out last week’s list and all the good movies and shows within it here.

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