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Ah yes, the joys of screaming/crying/throwing up alongside your fellow man. By Meg Shields Welcome to The Queue — your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we’re watching a video essay that explores why Matinee is so underrated as a “movie about movies.” The “movie theater vs. home media” debate continues to quietly rage on. And one of cinema’s more vocal defenders, one James Cameron, has thrown a wrinkle of nuance into the ring. In a recent interview with NPR, Cameron clarified his views on why people should see movies in the theater. According to the director, movie theaters don’t just boast the trappings of modern exhibition (e.g. high frame rate, AVX, and 3D). They also force you to pay attention. Per Cameron:Going to a movie theate...

Plus 7 more new releases to watch at home this week on UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD! By Rob Hunter Streaming might be the future, but physical media is still the present. It’s also awesome, depending on the title, the label, and the release, so each week we take a look at the new Blu-rays and DVDs making their way into the world. Welcome to this week in Home Video for February 14th, 2023! This week’s home video selection includes Steven Spielberg’s latest, a gore-soaked action from South Korea, and more. Check out our picks below. Pick of the Week Three Colors [4K UHD, Criterion Collection] What is it? A trilogy inspired by love, loss, and the French flag. Why see it? Krzysztof Kieslowski crafted something extraordinary in the early 90s with a trilogy o...

Here’s our monthly rundown of all the horror flicks dropping and departing from your favorite streaming services in February 2023. By Meg Shields February is upon us, boils and ghouls! The shortest month of the year flies by in a jiffy, so more than ever, it’s important to have a plan. And for horror fans, that means sussing out what to prioritize on the ever-expanding streaming landscape. Personally speaking, when I’m having a look at each month’s offerings, I like to focus on a good mix of new offerings and oldies that have started collecting dust on my Letterboxd watchlist. This February, my highlighted horror picks represent this balance, so brace yourself for some vintage spooks and fresh frights. You can have it all, dear reader, I promise. All that said: be sure to peruse t...

Some are calling it an erotic thriller, but whatever the label, ‘Fair Play’ is a sexy, angry, and suspenseful look at insecurity and doubt. By Rob Hunter Explorations of the gender dynamic, particularly in the workplace, will never go out of style as the conflict feels eternal. Old boys clubs, women paid less than men for the same work, sexual rumors as explanations for female advancement — there’s a lot to factor in when discussing the topic. The conversation only grows more dangerously convoluted when personal relationships come into play. All of these make up the focus of Chloe Dumont‘s Fair Play, but it starts with a happy, healthy couple with a bright future. Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) and Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) are something of a secret power couple at a successful New York Cit...

A touching and soulful film about those left behind when an indigenous woman goes missing. By Rob Hunter The statistics on missing and murdered Indigenous women reveal sobering truths about the lack of urgency on the matter by authorities at nearly every level of government. It’s a slow motion tragedy hundreds of years in the making, and it’s an unavoidable truth that too little noise is being made about it beyond the voices of the people on the ground. One far-reaching exception has been the handful of feature films (Wind River, 2017), documentaries (Bring Her Home, 2022), and television shows (Alaska Daily, 2022) that choose to give the issue their spotlight. Some handle the topic better than others, and one of the more thoughtful and affecting examples is the new film, Fancy Dance...