Screen Style: The Week’s Most Fashion-Forward Streaming Releases
The digital runway unfolds this week with an embarrassment of sartorial riches across streaming platforms. The crown jewel: “Wicked” arrives on Peacock, featuring Cynthia Erivo’s impeccable emerald ensembles and Ariana Grande’s ethereal pink confections, both destined to inspire Spring collections worldwide.
For those whose aesthetic leans darker, “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” brings tactical-chic to Netflix alongside “Revelations,” where director Yeon Sang-ho proves apocalyptic attire need not sacrifice sophistication.
Hulu offers the Oscar-winning “Anora,” whose costume design brilliantly captures nouveau riche aspiration, while Max presents “Sing Sing” – perhaps the most masterfully styled prison narrative since “Orange is the New Black.”
VOD releases include “Last Breath,” “Cleaner,” and the avant-garde “Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League,” melding couture with combat. Fashion-forward cinephiles should note price reductions on visual feasts like “The Brutalist,” Eggers’ haunting “Nosferatu” (vampire-core continues its reign), and Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door,” whose mid-century inspired interiors are as meticulously curated as Julianne Moore’s enviable wardrobe.
Here are 15 notable new movies you can stream right now:
‘Anora’
The stripper dramedy won five Oscars, including best picture, with its acclaimed story of a hot-tempered, Cinderella-esque sex worker (Mikey Madison) who elopes with a Russian oligarch’s son (Mark Eydelshteyn). Things then go sideways in a narrative with themes of class structures and human connection.
Where to watch: Hulu
‘Better Man’
Even with signature tropes of its ilk and the career-tanking vices of many a “Behind the Music” episode, the Robbie Williams biopic’s unconventional storytelling – i.e., the pop star being presented as a cheeky singing chimpanzee – match the fantastical nature of Williams’ rise-and-fall-and-rise-again tale.
Where to watch: Paramount+
‘Control Freak’
Beware this body horror flick, because you might never scratch your head again. A stressed-out motivational speaker (Kelly Marie Tran) has her very controlled life torn asunder when a constant itch on her noggin turns out to be a parasitic demon, one that forces her to revisit the sins of her Vietnamese parents’ past.
Where to watch: Hulu
‘The Electric State’
This one’s for the Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown completists. In an alt-history America where robots revolted against man, the sci-fi adventure centers on an ex-soldier (Pratt) and a teen (Brown) looking for her brother who team up with a bunch of mechanical mascots to thwart a villainous tech magnate (Stanley Tucci).
Where to watch: Netflix
‘Heretic’
Though Hugh Grant is not known for being a horror staple, he splendidly plays the villain in this thriller. His sinister Mr. Reed invites a couple of young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East and Sophie Thatcher) into his house with the promise of blueberry pie and religious conversation but ends up putting them through the philosophical and physical wringer.
Where to watch: Max
‘Kraven the Hunter’
The old-school Spider-Man supervillain is turned into a bit of a secret-agent man in this comic-book flick. Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the title character, given animalistic powers as a youngster, who hunts criminals and scrambles to save his brother (Fred Hechinger) from enemies of their Russian mobster father (Russell Crowe).
Where to watch: Netflix
‘Moana 2’
The animated sequel plots an extremely familiar course but at least does so with fresh new personalities and more inspired Pacific Island influence. The best reason for a “Moana” revisit, though, is still the dynamic pairing of the empowering title wayfarer (voiced by Auli‘i Cravalho) and her trickster demigod sidekick Maui (Dwayne Johnson).
Where to watch: Disney+
