Each month, new films and TV shows are added to BINGE’s library. Travis Johnson presents his picks for titles worth watching. For the full list of everything arriving on the platform, scroll down.
Top Picks: TV
The Larry Sanders Show (July 6)
One of the most acclaimed sitcoms of all time lands on Binge, with all six seasons—a whopping 90 episodes—dropping on the same day. The late and much revered Garry Shandling is late night talk show host Larry Sanders, whose job seems to mostly consist of dealing with the fevered egos of his various celebrity guests.
The show’s ensemble includes producer Arthur “Artie” (Rip Torn), sidekick Hank Kingsley (Jeffrey Tambor). Janeane Garofalo, Bob Odenkirk and Jeremy Piven, in addition to a staggering number of A-list guests that turn up to be mercilessly skewered in this rarely bettered show business satire.
What We Do in The Shadows season 4 (July 14)
The undead kings and queens of Staten Island return for a fourth serving of gothic goofiness! Spun off from Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s superb 2014 mockumentary, What We Do in The Shadows follows the exploits of a small coterie of vampires (Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, and Mark Proksch) and their servile human familiar (Harvey Guillén) as they try to reconcile their necromantic existence with the petty challenges of sharing a house. Blisteringly funny.
American Horror Stories season 2 (July 22)
Another spin off, this one drawn from Ryan Murphy’s acclaimed, transgressive and surprisingly long-running American Horror Story franchise. This season sees eight episodes of spine-tingling terror grace our screens; unlike its forebear, which trucks in season-long storylines, American Horror Stories is a true anthology series ala The Twilight Zone, offering a whole new mini-movie of the macabre every episode.
Bella Thorne, Max Greenfield, Madison Iseman, Quvenzhané Wallis, Judith Light and Gabourey Sidibe are part of this season’s impressive cast, no doubt keen to be slaughtered on screen for our entertainment in a variety of novel ways.
Top Picks: Movies
Mystic River (July 1)
Clint Eastwood directs this adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s acclaimed crime novel, in which three old friends (Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon) in working class Boston are forced to confront their own long-hidden childhood trauma, after Penn’s daughter is found brutally murdered. Eastwood and screenwriter Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential) eschew whodunnit theatrics to instead present a mosaic portrait of a community in crisis, as Penn’s determination to avenge his child sends ripples throughout the town.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (July 8)
Ang Lee’s superb and sumptuous wuxia fantasy has lost none its power in the two decades since it first blew the minds of western audiences unaccustomed to China’s brand of high-flying cinematic fantasy. The great Chow Yun-fat and Michelle Yeoh are two veteran warriors whose secret yearning for one another may finally be fulfilled.
Except, Zhang Ziyi’s rebellious princess steals a priceless antique sword and runs off to be a wandering soldier of fortune, rather than be subjected to the strict gender roles of 19th century China. Lee employs a painterly approach here, which may sound a little sedate to action fans, but the fight choreography and wire work by legendary martial artist Yuen Woo-ping are simply breathtaking.
Her (July 10)
Provocative filmmaker Spike Jonze presents a thoughtful science fiction film wherein Joaquin Phoenix’s lonely sad sack finally finds true love… with an operating system (voiced by Scarlet Johansson). What could have been played for laughs is instead a quiet meditation on loneliness, alienation, our relationship with technology and even the nature of consciousness itself/
It becomes apparent that Johansson’s breathy A.I. could ace the Turing Test without studying. What seemed remarkably prescient back when it was first released in 2013 is even more timely now, given our current fragmented, isolated age.
All titles arriving on BINGE in July
July 1
Pretty Little Liars seasons 1-7
Venom
Mystic River
Missing Link
The Peanut Butter Falcon
July 2
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
American Sniper
Child’s Play
Midsommer
America’s Sweethearts
July 3
Adventures in Zambezia
Law Abiding Citizen
Five Feet Apart
July 4
Mega Mansion Hunters season 1
Prince William: Duty Calls
Becoming Chanel
July 5
From the Ashes
Richard Osman’s House of Games Night season 2
July 6
The Larry Sanders Show seasons 1-6
The Holiday season 1
Charles I: Downfall of a King season 1
July 7
We Hunt Together season 2
Million Dollar Listing New York season 6
Elizabeth I & II: The Golden Queens season 1
July 8
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
Tom Cruise, An Eternal Youth
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
July 9
Second Act
July 10
Space Cowboys
Closer
Her
July 11
Married to Medicine Atlanta
July 12
Below Deck Mediterranean
Naked and Afraid XL season 6
July 13
Newsradio season 1-5
Endangered
THe World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys
The Australian Dream
Our House
July 14
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune season 1
The Great Pottery Throw DOwn
Outback Opal Hunters season 8
DUnkirk
July 15
Charles: The Bachelor Prince
July 16
The Rehearsal season 1
Rent
Call Me By Your Name
The Sisterhood of Travelling Pants
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Spiderman: No Way Home
July 17
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
July 18
The Great Celebrity Bake Off
Crikey! It’s thre Irwins seasons 1-4
July 19
Avatar: The Last Airbender seasons 1-3
The Challenge: All Stars season 4
July 20
Nikki Glaser: Good Clean Filth
Moon Landing
Ghost Adventures season 18
The Great Food Truck Race season 10
July 21
Rap Shit season 1
Deadliest Catch: Bloodline
Sarah Beeny’s Renovate Don’t Relocate season 1
Ken and Babie Killers: The Lost Murder Tapes season 1
July 22
American Horror Stories season 2
Gold Rush season 12
The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch season 2
July 23
Kong: Skull Island
American Refugee
The Swan Princess
Bad Mums 2
July 24
Seven Pounds
Suburban Girl
July 25
Hey Arnold! seasons 1-3
Gordon Ramsey’s Next Level Chef season 1
July 26
Little People Big World seaosn 14
My Big Fat Fabulous Life season 1
July 27
Celebrity Beef with John McHale
July 28
Pretty Little Liars: Origin Sin season 1
Buckhead Shore season 1
July 29
Sister Wives season 10
Magic Mmike
July 30
Sing 2
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
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