On Netflix, Amazon and Disney+
The weekend is here. It's here! Regardless of what streaming service you subscribe to, we want to help you find something great to watch. We've gone through Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ to find the best titles on each service. |
Here's one of the 50 best movies on Netflix |
 | | An image from "Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang."Netflix |
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'Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang' |
A thrilling and inspiring portrait of an original artist whose medium of choice is fireworks and who creates dazzling installations that fill the sky or explode in an art gallery. In 2014 Cai Guo-Qiang set out to mount a project that has obsessed him since 1994, a half-kilometer-tall ladder of fire that he has unsuccessfully attempted three times. The director Kevin Macdonald ("Last King of Scotland") follows the planning of "Sky Ladder" and through it reveals the artist's personality; soft-spoken but driven, Cai takes palpable joy in his work and faces its challenges with inspiring enthusiasm. The logistics of the ladder are mind-boggling, but the payoff is tremendous. |
Here is one of the best TV shows on Netflix |
 | | Nadiya Hussain makes pretzels on "Nadiya Bakes."Netflix |
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The talented and personable home baker Nadiya Hussain won the sixth season of the internationally popular cooking competition "The Great British Baking Show" in 2015, then capitalized on her newfound fame by writing books and becoming a TV host. Her latest series, "Nadiya Bakes," takes her back to her "Baking Show" roots as she makes traditional cakes, tarts and biscuits, dressed up with colorful fruits and bold flavors. The show is both beautiful to look at and filled with Husain's warm and exuberant personality. Our critic said that it's "so sunny and cheery it might be the cure for seasonal, and perhaps even clinical, depression." |
Have a Hulu subscription? It's a lot to wade through. We can help! |
 | | From left, Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church in Alexander Payne's "Sideways."Merie W. Wallace/Fox Searchlight Pictures |
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Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church are both heartbreaking and gut-busting as a pair of middle-aged pals facing down the messes they've made of their lives in this prickly road movie from the director Alexander Payne. Church is a down-on-his-luck actor who's about to get married; Giamatti is his best friend, a failed writer and wine aficionado, who takes him on a weeklong bachelor party trip to wine country, where they discover some good wine, some enjoyable companionship (in the form of Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh) and some uncomfortable truths. Manohla Dargis deemed it "a small masterpiece." |
Amazon Prime Video doesn't make it easy to find stuff. Luckily, we have done the work for you. |
 | | Sarah Polley in a scene from "Stories We Tell."Roadside Attractions |
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The actor-turned-director Sarah Polley makes her documentary debut with this intensely personal story unraveling the truths and white lies of her family's past. A former child actor, Polley documents a yearslong investigation, weaving together family photos, interviews with family and friends, narrated extracts from her father's memoir and eerily convincing home movie recreations. It's not a conventional documentary, and that's a case of form following function: Her film is about the blurry lines between perception and reality, and this "affecting documentary tale" walks that line with intrigue and grace. |
Disney+ is full of older classics. But there are a lot of newer things to watch as well. |
 | | A scene from "The Emperor's New Groove."Disney |
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'The Emperor's New Groove' |
Because of a troubled production and disappointing returns, "The Emperor's New Groove" was considered a rare misstep in the Disney animation renaissance of the '90s and early '00s. But this fleet, anarchic, hilarious buddy comedy about a self-absorbed king turned llama (David Spade) and a humble peasant (John Goodman) is a chance to see what Disney animators could do if they were allowed to channel the manic energy of their Warner Brothers peers. Our critic admired its "cheeky effervescence and spunk." |
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