This week on The Movie Gourmet, new reviews of It Was Just an Accident, which won the Palm d’Or at Cannes, and Richard Linklater’s tribute to the French New Wave, Nouvelle Vague.
We’re now in prime movie season, It Was Just an Accident, Frankenstein, A House of Dynamite, and One Battle After Another are all in theaters or on Netflix – and they’re all on my Best Movies of 2025 – So Far. Die My Love, with the year’s best acting performance, by Jennifer Lawrence, is in theaters, too
Eleanor the Great and One Battle After Another are now streaming on home video, although they’re still expensive to rent.
CURRENT MOVIES
- It Was Just an Accident: trauma, justice and complications. In theaters.
- Nouvelle Vague: a subversive trickster bets that he is an artist, too. Netflix.
- Frankenstein: who is the real monster? In theaters and on Netflix.
- A House of Dynamite: a master filmmaker reminds us of the terrifyingly plausible. Netflix.
- Blue Moon: wit and vulnerability. In theaters.
- Deliver Me from Nowhere: a genius works out his issues. In theaters.
- Die My Love: Jennifer Lawrence ablaze. In theaters.
- Nuremberg: matching wits with a master manipulator. In theaters.
- Eleanor the Great: grief, an appalling lie, redemption. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- One Battle After Another: sometimes hilarious, sometimes thrilling, always outrageous. In theaters, but hard to find. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango, but expensive..
- Kissinger: he sought to justify the means. PBS, American Experience website and YouTube channel.
- Death By Lightning: a statesman, a hack, a lunatic and one great story. Netflix.
- Harvest: peasants get the shaft. AppleTV.
