Scott

Heads up for Joy Division fans -- the hard-to-find "Control" (at least I haven't found it streaming anywhere till now) is now included with Amazon Prime. The Ian Curtis biopic features an amazing performance by Sam Riley, beautiful black and white compositions from director Anton Corbijn and his DP Martin Ruhe, and a fantastic soundtrack. It's based on a book by his widow Debbie, so I think some narrative compromises had to be made, but I think it was an excellent, reasonably even-handed rendering of the singer, the band, and the era. Very dour, but I would recommend following up with "24 Hour Party People" for a guaranteed mood lifter.

A quietly terrific movie, with the best Nicolas Cage performance in ages...maybe since "Leaving Las Vegas"? But Alex Wolff might very well be the MVP here...between this film and "Hereditary" he's carving out an impressive career. Other than a weird little Fight Clubby digression that I totally don't get, I loved every minute of this. And, amazingly, there were about 30 people in the audience for a 1:30 matinee on a Monday (central Boston) so maybe it's building some well-deserved buzz. I hope so...it's really original and very well done.