The Painted Bird (2019) | May 27

A young boy wanders Eastern Europe during World War II. – JustWatch.com

Director: Václav Marhoul

Cast: Petr Kotlár, Nina Šunevič, Alla Sokolova, Udo Kier, Michaela Doležalová, Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel, Julian Sands

Country: Czech Republic

Distributor: IFC Films

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 2 hours, 49 minutes

Platform: Hulu

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Pop Aye (2017) | May 26

On a chance encounter, a disenchanted architect bumps into his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok. Excited, he takes his elephant on a journey across Thailand in search of the farm where they grew up together. – JustWatch.com

Director: Kirsten Tan

Cast: Thaneth Warakulnukroh, Penpak Sirikul, Bong

Country: Thailand

Distributor: Kino Lorber

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutes

Platform: Prime Video, Hulu

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Yomeddine (2018) | May 25

A Coptic leper and his orphaned apprentice leave the confines of the leper colony for the first time and embark on a journey across Egypt to search for what is left of their families. – JustWatch.com

Director: Abu Bakr Shawky

Cast: Rady Gamal, Shahira Fahmy, Ahmed Abdelhafiz, Osama Abdallah, Shehab Ibrahim, Mohamed Abd El Azim, Yasser El-Ayouti

Country: Egypt

Distributor: Strand Releasing

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 37 minutes

Platform: Video-on-Demand

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Slaxx (2020) | May 23

When a possessed pair of jeans begins to kill the staff of a trendy clothing store, it is up to Libby, an idealistic young salesclerk, to stop its bloody rampage. – JustWatch.com

Director: Elza Kephart

Cast: Romane Denis, Brett Donahue, Sehar Bhojani, Kenny Wong, Tianna Nori, Jessica B. Hill, Erica Anderson

Country: Canada

Distributor: The Horror Collective

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 17 minutes

Platform: Shudder

Special Programming: Midnight Movies

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The Chambermaid (2019) | May 23

Eve, a young chambermaid at a luxurious Mexico City hotel, confronts the monotony of long workdays with quiet examinations of forgotten belongings and budding friendships that nourish her newfound and determined dream for a better life. – JustWatch.com

Director: Lila Avilés

Cast: Gabriela Cartol, Teresa Sánchez, Agustina Quinci

Country: Mexico

Distributor: Kino Lorber

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 42 minutes

Platform: Kanopy

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The Wolf House (2018) | May 23

María, a girl from Colonia Dignidad, in Chile —a kind of sectarian community, tyrannically mastered by the ruthless Paul Schäfer, a German madman, religious fanatic and child predator, who would end up turning the place into a torture center at the service of the military dictatorship ruled by Augusto Pinochet— is punished for having lost three pigs, so she decides to run away and take refuge in an abandoned house hidden in the forest. – JustWatch.com

Director: Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña

Cast: Amalia Kassai, Rainer Krause, Karina Hyland, Carlos Cociña, Natalia Geisse, Javiera Ramirez

Country: Chile

Distributor: Kimstim Films

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 15 minutes

Platform: Shudder

Special Programming: Midnight Movies

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Dogman (2018) | May 23

Marcello, a small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected act of vengeance. – JustWatch.com

Director: Matteo Garrone

Cast: Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano, Adamo Dionisi, Francesco Acquaroli, Gianluca Gobbi

Country: Italy

Distributor: Magnolia Pictures

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 43 minutes

Platform: Hulu

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Ida (2013) | May 22

Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation. – JustWatch.com

Director: Paweł Pawlikowski

Cast: Agata Trzebuchowska, Agata Kulesza, Dawid Ogrodnik, Joanna Kulig, Adam Szyszkowski

Country: Poland

Distributor: Music Box Films

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 1 hour, 22 minutes

Platform: OVID, MUBI, Amazon Prime, Hoopla

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Hooligan Sparrow (2016) | May 22

The danger is palpable as intrepid young filmmaker Nanfu Wang follows maverick activist Ye Haiyan (a.k.a Hooligan Sparrow) and her band of colleagues to Hainan Province in southern China to protest the case of six elementary school girls who were sexually abused by their principal. Marked as enemies of the state, the activists are under constant government surveillance and face interrogation, harassment, and imprisonment. Sparrow, who gained notoriety with her advocacy work for sex workers’ rights, continues to champion girls’ and women’s rights and arms herself with the power and reach of social media. – JustWatch.com

Director: Nanfu Wang

Cast: Ye Haiyan

Country: China

Distributor: Kino Lorber

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 24 minutes

Platform: Criterion Channel, Kanopy

Special Programming: Documentary Cinema

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Kajillionaire (2020) | May 21

A woman’s life is turned upside down when her criminal parents invite an outsider to join them on a major heist they’re planning. – JustWatch.com

Director: Miranda July

Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger, Gina Rodriguez, Richard Jenkins, Patricia Belcher, Kim Estes, Da’Vine Joy Randolph

Country: United States

Distributor: Annapurna Pictures

Rating: R

Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutes

Platform: Video-on-Demand

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