Clockwise from top: In a violent nature, Ren Faire, We are lady partsAnd Haikyuu!! The battle of the dumpsters.
Photo-illustration: Vulture; Photos: Pierce Derks/IFC Films and Shudder, Crunchyroll, Saima Khalid/WTTV LIMITED/PEACOCK/C4, HBO
A long weekend is always nice until you hit a short work week. Why are we here? At least it’s Friday, and even though there are few to no new theatrical releases for you to enjoy this weekend, I mean, you can still check it out. Furiosa Again. Still, we managed to bring you a few options this weekend, from a new slasher film to a dreamlike Ren-faire documentary. And oh yeah, surprise, Netflix has Godzilla minus one NOW! Here’s everything to watch. —Savannah Salazar
The main selling point of this feature film is that it is filmed entirely from the killer’s point of view, following it with close-up third-person camerawork. In director and screenwriter Chris Nash’s horror film, you can see this silent undead killer as he brutally terrorizes a group of teenagers who accidentally resurrect him, making it a more meditative slasher film , but no less violent. —SS
➽ Hear me out: an inflation-reducing slasher.
Every season of this docuseries is great, but this spring’s new season is the show’s best, and not just because Dr. Orna advises a group. There are no heroes or villains; each couple dynamic is compelling in a way that feels both familiar and entirely distinctive. And it’s not for nothing, Couples therapyThe B-roll sequences are some of the best portraits of New York ever shown on television. —Kathryn VanArendonk
➽ Or can Ben Affleck and J.Lo apply?
Nida Manzoor’s immensely original series about a group of female Muslim punk rockers who find each other and make new friendships through their band was among the best shows of 2021. If you haven’t experienced the joy of watching these women scream on System of a Down is now possible, as the series returns for a long-awaited second season with the group’s newfound popularity (and a rival group copying their entire deal!) complicating their intra-group dynamic. —Roxana Hadadi
Honestly, I still can’t believe Summer 2018 MoviePass happened. For $9.95, you could watch unlimited movies at most theaters, and it was obviously too good to be true. MoviePass crashed shortly after this summer, and in this documentary, director Muta’Ali examines the rapid rise and crushing fall of the subscription company. —SS
➽ MoviePass worked so AMC A-List could work.
In this Netflix series, the creator of a Sesame Street– a children’s show (Benedict Cumberbatch) begins to lose its grip on reality after the disappearance of its 9-year-old boy in New York. Given his profession, this crisis inevitably involves hallucinatory conversations with a large blue puppet. —Jen Chaney
What about Ren Faire Is this worth watching for you all?
Megh Wright: It’s only three episodes, so it doesn’t overstay its welcome. It focuses on a power struggle – essentially Succession for nerds. It’s beautifully shot and creatively produced (maybe TOO clever at times? but I loved it). And the Renaissance fairs are objectively interesting!
Wait, what is the struggle for power?
Rebecca Alter: It follows “King George,” an eccentric octogenarian who founded the Texas Ren Faire and incorporated an entire town so that it could become his domain. He plans to retire and longtime employees are fighting to replace him. He is also looking for a young girlfriend with natural breasts.
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AR: Many TV documentaries are less like real films and more like streaming news services, lacking the perspective and style of a real filmmaker. The director, Lance Oppenheim, fills Ren Faire with fantastical elements and films it in this dreamlike way. You really get a sense of the mythologies that the characters have constructed for themselves. This is a great follow-up to Jenny Nicholson’s YouTube documentary about the fall of the Galactic Starcruiser. You see Disney’s greed and hubris and how it failed at an immersive, role-playing, world-building, fantasy-themed experience – the kind of Ren Faire managed to last for 50 years. They are complementary pieces, although they could not be more different in their approaches as works of ART.
There will be no revenge! Haikyuu!!, the anime for fans of kinetic volleyball and relentless positivity is back with a film pitting the boys of Karasuno High against their rivals from Nekoma. The initiated already know it Haikyuu!! runs on striking animation and big emotions; the teenage protagonists are perpetually going through that either way. (And we love them for it!) Beginners might enjoy knowing the history. Try watching a recap. —Eric Vilas-Boas
➽ Also in very some cinemas (just two in New York have moments right now): the silentOscar nominee Dreams of robots. We hope Neon releases it widely.
YouTube’s favorite drag queen, Trixie Mattel, returns for the second season of her delightful home improvement show, which she hosts alongside her partner David Silver. Last season, the couple purchased and renovated a motel in Palm Springs, transforming it into a pink utopia. Now, Mattel and Silver are inviting cameras into their newly purchased home as they transform it into another fun pink dream with more guest stars like Katya, Nicole Byer, Christine Quinn (from Selling the Sunset), Juno Birch, Lisa Vanderpump and even a few ghosts, perhaps. —SS
Finally! After a historic Oscar win and months and months of waiting, the best Godzilla movie in recent memory has arrived on streaming. Godzilla minus one hit Netflix with a surprise release on Saturday, June 1 – a welcome gift for a relatively light movie weekend. —EVB
Prolific Japanese ultra-violence director Takashi Miike is back! His latest heartbreaking gorefest from the director of Hearing, Ichi the killerAnd 13 assassins pits a self-proclaimed “psychopath” lawyer against a serial killer. —EVB
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To associate with We are lady partsif you’re not interested in watching Nida Manzoor’s charming debut feature, I don’t know what will. (Read more here.) —SS
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