“The only safe thing is to take a chance.”

Mike Nichols

From time to time we  need to be uplifted. These days we need it more than ever. While you’re confined at home, brooding about the “good old days,” a wonderful way to cheer up is to stream these inspiring films: 

Coming Soon, Can’t Wait

Jun 12: Netflix. Spike Lee’s Vietnam War film, Da 5 Bloods

Jul 03: Disney+. Original video recording of the Broadway production Hamilton

Aug 21: HBOMax. Chemical Hearts. Emotional coming-of-age story

News & Commentary

“Cooped up at home, viewers are discovering the magic of movies, for escape and enlightenment, more than ever before. The Oscars and streaming have reached a detente. For one year and one year only, streaming films can be nominated for the 2021 Academy Awards. After 2021, the Oscars should wake up, shake off their snobbery and embrace film’s most essential element: its audience.”—Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post

Commentary: Theaters have received some bad news recently: Universal is now questioning the 90-day window and looking to release films in theaters simultaneously with the digital run; HBOMax will be launching in July and Peacock in the Spring of 2021;   AMC, Cineworld and Regal need  infusions of capital;  Roku is up 49% in 2020;  Netflix streamed 6.1 billion hours of content in April, up from an average of 5 billion hours. It’s true that most of these developments are due to the closure of theaters while COVID-19 is raging around the country. But, even when theaters reopen, it will not be the same.