This week: Megan Park makes her directorial debut with The Fallout, starring Jena Ortega. Tim Roth and Charlotte Gainsbourg play a wealthy British couple on vacation in Acapulco who drift apart after a death in the family in the highly regarded Sundown, out Friday in theaters only. Also, Adrien Brody gives another strong performance in Clean as a garbageman trying to go straight who gets pulled back into his former life of violence.
Plus there's the Finnish entry for Best International Feature, the touching train-trip road movie Compartment No. 6, and The Conductor, a doc about Marin Alsop, Leonard Bernstein's protege who smashed through the glass ceiling to become a celebrated conductor in her own right.
Finally, there's a ton going on at Netflix this week, with the Adam Sandler-produced sports comedy, Home Team, an award-winning short from Afghanistan, a docuseries on soccer superstar Neymar, and the newest iteration in the Angry Birds franchise. Have a look!
The Fallout
Director: Megan Park
Cast: Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Shailene Woodley, Julie Bowen, John Ortiz, Niles Fitch, Will Ropp
Where to Watch: HBO Max
Sundown
Director: Michael Franco
Cast: Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Where to Watch: Only in theaters
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos (Docuseries)
Director: David Charles Rodrigues
Where to Watch: Streaming on Netflix
Featuring: Neymar Jr, Neymar Sr, Lionel Messi, David Beckham
Clean
Director: Paul Solet
Cast: Paul Solet, Adrien Brody
Where to Watch: In theaters and streaming VOD
Home Team
Director: Charles and Daniel Kinnane
Cast: Kevin James, Taylor Lautner, Rob Schneider
Where to Watch: Streaming on Netflix
Compartment No. 6
Director: Juho Kuosmanen
Cast: Andris Feldmanis, Livia Ulman, Juho Kuosmanen
Where to Watch: In theaters only
The Conductor
Director: Bernadette Wegenstein
Featuring: Marin Alsop, Bernadette Wegenstein
Where to Watch: In theaters only
Three Songs for Benazir
Director: Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei
Where to Watch: Streaming on Netflix
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