The 5 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ ‘The Polka King’

One of the most staggeringly beautiful movies of last year makes its Blu-ray debut this week, and I’m finally understanding why gearheads want me to upgrade to this “4K UHD BD” nonsense. We’ve also got 2016’s Palme d’Or winner joining the Criterion Collection, three different versions of an unsung Orson Welles movie on FilmStruck, and […]

The Morning Watch: Physics of ‘The Last Jedi’, Jack Black Performs ‘Everybody Polka’ & More

The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, dig into the physics of a certain sequence […]

‘The Polka King’ Trailer: Netflix Film Stars Jack Black as a Dancing Con Man

Life truly can be stranger than fiction. In The Polka King, based on a true story, Jack Black plays Jan Lewan, a real-life polka dancer who fell from grace after he conned an entire town with a Ponzi scheme. The Polka King, a black comedy that Netflix bought after it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, has released a […]