If variety is the spice of life, local theaters are heading into a very spicy week. Read on for the latest batch of streaming options (like a 4K restoration of the classic Melvin Van Peebles film The Story of a Three-Day Pass via Grand Illusion), as well as in-person screenings (like Ben Sharrock’s Limbo at Regal Meridian and Tacoma’s Grand Cinema) and other new releases hitting nationwide platforms (like Barry Jenkins’s The Underground Railroad on Amazon Prime). Plus, if you’re feeling spooky, the 2020 edition of The Stranger‘s horror short-film festival SLAY is now on-demand, and the next iteration is accepting submissions through September 15! For more options, check out our on-demand calendar or our guides to drive-in movies and other streaming events this week.
Newly Streaming: Local Connection
Los Hermanos/The Brothers
Two Cuban-born brothers live on opposite sides of the geopolitical chasm that separates their birth country from the U.S., but their shared love of music (and their exceptional gift for playing it) keeps them connected and eventually reunites them. Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider’s doc follows the brothers’ parallel lives in New York and Havana while examining the changing relationship between the two countries.
Northwest Film Forum
Starting Friday
