City of Fear: New York vs. The Mafia
A new Netflix documentary series revisits New York City in the 1970s, an era where the city’s promise of fun was replaced by great fear instilled by the mob, until the FBI decided to go after five. families. “The boss asked me to come to his office,” recalls a man who worked closely on the case. “He said we want to identify all five families at the same time. I said, what, are you shitting me? The series details how the FBI tackled the monstrosity of chasing the same people who controlled everything from the city’s restaurants and fishing piers to the construction industry and its unions. In addition, he taunts never-before-heard tapes of the mob boss’s different phone lines. One threatens: “I’m going to cut your fucking head off.” And there’s a lot more where that came from. (July 22)
You feel good man
Matt Furie, the creator of Pepe the Frog, narrates how his happy comic character, content with drinking and hanging out, was usurped by the alternate right and used as a troll meme. When the use of Pepe by white supremacists exploded on the Internet, Furie lost control of his creation. “I’m just a spectator of how things evolved on the Internet,” he says. However, the advance of the new documentary gives us an idea of how Furie set out to claim Pepe. “If you want to escape hell, you can’t ignore it,” says Furie. “You almost have to go to the center of it.” (4th of September)
Helmut Newton: the bad and the beautiful
When the late photographer made a name for himself representing women, a particular question followed: Was he empowering his subjects or turning them into objects? Interviews with Grace Jones, Charlotte Rampling, Isabella Rossellini, Anna Wintour, Claudia Schiffer, Marianne Faithfull, Hanna Schygulla, Nadja Auermann, and Newton’s wife, June, put these questions in perspective, and Newton’s provocative work. “The photos were terrifying,” says Rossellini, “but I had always had a sense of humor.” Just one example is his photograph of a chicken in miniature high heels. (July 24)
Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace
On July 23 at 10:00 p.m. EST, Nick Cave’s live performance at the famous London venue will air as a ticketed event. In the new pre-event trailer, Cave can be seen walking through the empty spot until he finally makes his way to the stage and sits down at the piano. Along with the scenes from the empty place, the clip shows Cave making a voiceover of a poem, ending with the lines: “Well, this sentence is for you, my love. Sent on the wings of a dove. Up, up and up.
Power project
“If there was a pill that could give you five minutes of pure power, would you take it?” Jamie Foxx asks this question in the opening trailer for the new action movie. As the clip shows, most people answer yes. These powerful pills are gaining popularity, promising superpowers like invisibility, super strength, and bulletproof skin. But as one young smuggler (played by Dominique Fishback) points out, each pill is a gamble: some can leave a person dead. Together, they join forces with a local police officer (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to stop the chaos destroyed by the power pills and save Foxx’s kidnapped daughter along the way. (August 14)
Star Trek: lower decks
Star Trek Satisfies Rick and Morty in this new animated comedy series. While other fees in the Star Trek The franchise’s focus on the elite “Bridge Crew”, this series puts its emphasis on those who take the lowest rankings, those who literally gave up the ship’s lower deck. As one member of the lower deck team says, “We are more like the cool and sloppy underdogs.” Although, from the looks of it, his responsibilities are a little south of the “cool and scrappy” brand; they tend to waste elimination while dreaming of being promoted. (6th August)
The swamp
The trailer for the HBO documentary begins with Matt Gaetz receiving a congratulatory phone call from President Donald Trump. Gaetz continues to reflect on President Trump’s presidency, and the changes Gaetz hoped Trump would bring to Washington. Chants demanding that President Trump “drain the swamp.” Point out exactly what change Gaetz had in mind. The behind-the-scenes footage takes a look at the United States government, where fundraising rules everything. When a journalist asks Gaetz what Trump has done to drain the swamp, Gaetz responds with a hesitant moment. (August 4th)
Work it
The teaser for the new Netflix movie begins with a sentence: “Beyonce, Queen Bey, I pray that you put my feet up fast tomorrow, and that you make my moves more smug, on behalf of the” Single Ladies “video, and the Lemonade short film, I pray. “However, the leading high school dance team is not impressed by Quinn’s enthusiasm alone. Determined to fill her resume with an extra resume, Quinn sets out to form her own company filled with other” rough diamonds ” With almost no experience and outfits that are more suitable for nursing home workers than dancers, Quinn and her team have their work done for them. (August 7)
