The Best New Movies on Netflix in October 2018

The year 2018 was a pivotal year for the release of the original Netflix film, and its October releases slate hammers as the house in a big way. After months of hype, the broadcast giant's subscribers will finally have the chance to see some of the company's best films. From Tamara Jenkins' tender and hilarious "private life" to Sandi Tan's "Shirkers" meta-doc recliner, the disconcerting remake of "The Kindergarten Teacher" (Maggie Gyllenhaal), and Timo Tjahjanto's brutal Indonesian beat-em- up "The night comes for us", Netflix brings you $ 10.99 this month.

And that's not all: in addition to this eclectic mix of exciting new films, the service also reinforces its list with some certified classics, from the iconic 90s comedy "Empire Records" to "Once Upon a Time". America "(a film that some call" Empire Records "of its time). There is even a little something for all the horror fans who count the days until Halloween, since a month of celebration of the genre is complete without the movie "The Shining".

Here are the seven best movies of Netflix in October 2018.

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7. "The night comes for us" (2018)

In case you can not guess from the title of badass (and all the violence it implies), "The Night Comes for Us" is the last spectacular show starring Iko Uwais, the extraordinary Indonesian star . And judging by the first words of Fantastic Fest – a criticism called the film "a wonderfully creative look at how every inanimate object in the piece can be turned into a weapon" – the last vehicle of Uwais is so beautiful. The best bloodbath he gives to "The Raid 2" looks like "The Raid".

Written and directed by Timo Tjahjanto ("Headshot"), the film presents Joe Taslim as a Jakartan hitman who deflates after his bosses have asked him to kill a little girl. In response to this heartless request, our hero decides to find all the corrupt gangsters of his criminal organization and beat them to death. Alas, it will not be as easy as it may seem, as his childhood friend, Uwais, was sent to kill him. This will result in a lot of pain. It's true that a movie like "Night comes for us" inevitably loses something when we do not see it on the big screen, but the Netflix of all this gives us at least the power to pause and come back back in the most brutal fight. scenes, of which there should be a lot.

Available to listen on October 19th.

6. "Empire Records" (1995)

Damn the Man! Save the Empire!

Buried in theaters as though it was still an evocative time capsule of the mid-90s, "Empire Records" by Allan Moyle is a glorious comeback to a magical era when the Flannel reigned on dry land, the Gin Blossoms resonated generation, and the record stores were one thing that still existed. In fact, all this anti-establishment studio comedy takes place in one of those forgotten physical media temples, while a motley crew of young and attractive retail employees are trying to survive a day well. filled home away from home and manager (an iconic Anthony LaPaglia) not to yield to The Man.

This film has it all: Renee Zellweger screaming "Sugarhigh" at the top of her lungs, Ethan Embry, a GWAR-obsessed usurpation, Liv Tyler playing a torn Scottish schoolgirl, Robin Tunney, a suicidal pre-emo girl. his head on the screen is memorable, and Johnny Whitworth is doing everything in his power not to pose as the poor man, Ethan Hawke. And then there is the soundtrack – a real factor of change if there is one. Cranberries! Toad the wet gable! Evan Dando! To this day, "Empire Records" still has "Romeo and Juliet" Dire Straits (a vintage record that is not even on the soundtrack, but which nevertheless managed to ignite).

Available to listen on October 1st.

5. "The kindergarten teacher" (2018)

Lisa Spinelli (a captivating Maggie Gyllenhaal) has spent the last 20 years of her life teaching children the alphabet and guiding them to the next stage of the assembly line of the American school system. She finally begins to succumb to banality. all. Her coping mechanism: A night poetry class that she follows once a week in a stationary university classroom somewhere along her way back to Staten Island. The problem is that she needs it a little too much. Alas, Lisa's poetry is awful – well, "awful" is not the right word, but the truth is even worse: her poetry is worldly. And she knows it.

For example, when one of Lisa's five-year-old students starts walking in her class in a trance and recites beautiful lines of original verses, the teacher is instantly thrilled and shaken. Little Jimmy Roy (Parker Sevak) has never stood out with her before, but Lisa was quick to believe she has a young Mozart in her hands. Jimmy's family is not interested in feeding the boy's genius, so Lisa decides to take charge. The situation is escalating, the butter slipping from the knife as she tries desperately to protect Jimmy's remarkable gift before it dies out in a ruthless world that does not know what to do with beautiful things.

"The Kindergarten Teacher," a 2014 Israeli film of the same name, published by Nadav Lapid in 2014, is a heartbreaking journey, mixing the overwhelming moral panic of a big thriller with a slanted character study on a woman coming up defeated as she screams in the void. While Colangelo is sorely lacking in his autobiographical vision and formal virtuosity (the director of "Little Accidents" has opted for a direct approach that removes this version of the immobile and intimate camera from the original version), she understands perfectly every detail of Lisa's situation and embarked on an extremely brilliant turn. from Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Available to listen on October 12th.

4. "Shirkers" (2018)

Sandi Tan has always wanted to be a filmmaker and she never wanted to wait. As a teenager growing up in Singapore in the early '90s, Tan' s imagination was so contagious that all of her friends rallied around the cause, helping her create a crazily idiosyncratic film infused with lust. unique spirit of his film. casting and crew. This film was called "Shirkers". Maybe did you see it? Question trap: no one saw it, because the strange American who served as a mentor to Tan stole all the images and spent a little too much time helping these high school girls in their after school project. The trauma of this betrayal will persist with Tan for decades; not only did this guy steal his story, it was like he had stolen his ability to tell stories.

But now, after a lifetime of doubt, Tan is ready to recover all that belonged to him rightly. The new film "Shirkers" by Tan, a documentary with the same title as her director once in her first feature film, shows the filmmaker reconstructing memories of his formative years, then trying to find the filmmaker. a man who has left his life with cans full of his dreams; it's a captivating personal odyssey about a woman who brings her painting close to her art. Combining the unbridled joy of DIY cinema with the morbid plot of a mystery murder, "Shirkers" is as charming and captivating as anything you'll see this year (on Netflix or elsewhere).

Available to listen on October 26th.

3. "Once upon a time in America" ​​(1984)

It's hard to imagine that a movie of this size could fall between the cracks, but the gigantic "Once upon a time in America" ​​- a criminal epic from the exciting period that features indelible performances by Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Tuesday Weld, and even James Woods, with one of Ennio Morricone's finest sheet music and a tanned cinematography of Tonino Dell Colli – have never found the broad base of fans that they have. ;she deserves. One has the impression that "The Godfather" is playing on HBO more times in a month than "Once upon a time in America" ​​on all cable TV channels over the course of a year. But now, there is something that could level the playing field.

Watching "Once upon a time in America" ​​on your laptop, it's a bit like watching "Mona Lisa" on a postcard, but it's hard to deny the benefits of the gigantic masterpiece and Sergio Leone's late-career tortured available for the six zillions of Netflix subscribers. Or, at least, a version of Leone's sprawling and tortured masterpiece at the end of his career: Fortunately, Netflix retransmits the "European Cut" of 229 minutes, not the truncated American edition (the version complete 269 minutes is still being restored with help from Martin Scorsese and its Film Foundation).

De Niro plays the character of Noodles … and that should be enough to convince you to give this film a chance. But if you really need more: extending from the 1920s to 1968 and beyond, the film tells the story of Noodles, from his childhood on Lower East Side Street, to his slow-motion climb to through the local underworld during Prohibition, then into his new life in the north of the state. where he assumes a false identity. It is a shocking and monumental work, which offers many rewards to those who wish to devote their time to devoting all their attention.

Available to listen on October 1st.

2. "Privacy" (2018)

A hilarious, candle and very honest story, about a desperate couple trying to try something – no matter what – to have a baby before it's Too late, Tamara Jenkins' first film since "The Savages" has been in the making for nine years. Wait.

Another showcase for a screenwriter-director who has already discovered new talents among such talents as Philip Seymour Hoffman and Marisa Tomei, "Private Life" starring Paul Giamatti and Kathryn Hahn as Richard and Rachel Grimes, respectively. and 41 years old. By the time the film starts, it's clear that both men have been running for some time on the treadmill for fertility. Maybe too long. Their story is both sad and amusing, and all laughter is delicately superimposed on a background of scars and disappointments. But the Grimes are starting to feel good when they welcome their 25-year-old missing niece, Sadie (the enthusiastic newcomer Kayli Carter), who may be willing to help them.

And so begins a modern roller coaster, filled with high temperatures, devastating hollows and a tenacity that blends into the quixotic. Sometimes, it seems like an entire season of a Netflix series has been reduced to 127 minutes. "Private Life" is a long and winding road, but the challenge Richard and Rachel faced is better appreciated without interruption. Over time, when one cycle mingles with another, "privacy" becomes less of an epic of reproduction than of resilience. It is a beautiful story of modern love, somehow.

Available to listen on October 5th.

1. "The brilliant" (1980)

All the work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All the work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All the work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All the work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All the work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All the work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Available to listen on October 1st.

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