This weekend Spencer, Pablo Larraín’s psychological biopic drama starring Kristen Stewart as the late Diana, Princess of Wales, comes to Hulu right on the tail of its 2022 Oscar nomination for Best Actress. That’s not the only Oscar-nominated film to land on streaming, as the animated documentary Flee also comes to Hulu this week along with Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s music documentary Summer of Soul, which also arrives on Disney Plus. There’s a ton to watch this weekend, including Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, Steven Soderbergh’s Kimi starring Zoë Kravitz on HBO Max, Amélie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s robot uprising comedy Bigbug on Netflix, a bunch of new romcoms on Netflix, and much, much more.
To help you get a handle on what’s new and available, here are all the new movies you can watch on streaming and VOD this weekend.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu
Pablo Larraín’s (Jackie) latest takes a different angle at a biopic of a woman in the public eye: instead of attempting to tell the story of her life, it focuses in on one horrible weekend. Kristen Stewart’s incredible performance as the near-mythic Princess Diana grounds the now larger-than-life figure with an incredibly human and raw portrayal. Seamlessly blending in horror aesthetics to heighten the anxiety-provoking atmosphere of a weekend getaway with the Royal Family, Larraín and Stewart both manage to evoke the feelings of being surrounded, being perceived at all times, and of standing out while also being completely ignored. From our review,
Stewart’s absolutely outstanding performance is what pulls together Diana’s lore and Larraín’s conception of her, creating a fleshed-out version of the princess that isn’t reliant on broad or showy
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