My Month of Streaming
This article is a part of a daily sequence during which I evaluate my favourite motion pictures and exhibits that I streamed over the month. Check out my articles from January, February, March, and April to seek out out what else I’ve been watching in 2025.
It’s secure to say that my Letterboxd account has been working extra time this month, and my May diary is stacked with 16 extra motion pictures and exhibits from throughout the most effective streaming providers – and this listing is certainly one of my most diversified but.
Last month I revisited a few of my favourite film musicals, in addition to venturing into uncharted territory with movies like ’80s sci-fi traditional The Terminator (1984).
My May watch listing contains two releases from 2024, each of which earned awards at this 12 months’s Oscars, a brand new Netflix docuseries about two of Britain’s most infamous serial killers, and a mixture of different new watches and revisits, together with an early ’00s chick flick starring Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams – have I provided that final one away?
Conclave (2024)
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Director: Edward Berger
Age ranking: PG
Runtime: 120 minutes
Where to stream: Prime Video (US & UK)
I missed Conclave in theaters, and like lots of people I used to be prompted to look at it by the real-life conclave to elect a brand new pope following the loss of life of Pope Francis. It was all the things I used to be anticipating from a film set solely in Vatican City with its fascinating perception to the method of electing a brand new pope, however what I used to be not anticipating was the twist within the ultimate scenes.
Following the loss of life of a fictional pope, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with organizing the conclave to elect a successor. With the leaders of the Catholic church from all over the world gathered in Vatican City, Cardinal Lawrence upends the proceedings with gorgeous revelations.
Love on the Spectrum season 3
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Creators: Karina Holden & Cian O’Clery
Age ranking: N/A
Episode runtime: ~ 39 minutes
Where to stream: Netflix (US, UK & AU)
One of my favourite actuality TV exhibits returned in April, and although I made certain to look at each episode on the day it got here out, I could not resist rewatching it over once more all through May.
Not solely is it among the best relationship actuality exhibits, Love on the Spectrum is certainly one of my finest Netflix exhibits general. It’s equal components comedic, healthful and, at instances, heart-breaking, however its solid of distinctive people in search of romance is what offers it that particular edge.
A gaggle of adults, all of whom are on the autism spectrum, navigate the world of relationship and relationships for the very first time. The present gives fascinating and shifting insights into their characters, and challenges preconceptions by highlighting the various vary of autistic personalities.
A Complete Unknown (2024)
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Director: James Mangold
Age ranking: R
Runtime: 141 minutes
Where to stream: Hulu (US); Disney+ (UK & AU)
James Mangold, who directed the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, returns to the topic of enigmatic rock’n’roll legends with A Complete Unknown, which charts Bob Dylan’s rise from bold younger people singer to turning into certainly one of America’s hottest singer-songwriters, and his controversial choice to ‘go electrical’, which divided the American people music neighborhood.
I went into A Complete Unknown with an open thoughts, as I knew little about Dylan’s life and his affect on people and rock music, and was trying ahead to studying extra. However, whereas I loved the film I’d say it’s a reasonably common biopic, and I felt that I didn’t be taught loads about his affect on people and acoustic music aside from he’s a gifted musician and songwriter. But I’m nonetheless glad I watched it.
Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story (2025)
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Director: Dan Dewsbury
Age ranking: TV-MA
Episode runtime: ~ 60 minutes
Where to stream: Netflix (US, UK & AU)
True crime is a type of genres that I’ve strayed away from partly due to the ‘true crime ladies’ phenomenon that feels prefer it’s taking up the podcast and documentary genres – and Ryan Murphy hasn’t helped its repute both along with his fictitious televised accounts of well-known circumstances.
However, after I noticed the brand new Fred and Rose West docuseries being teased on Netflix, I used to be intrigued. I’m a youngish individual residing within the UK, and I used to be vaguely aware of the case, however I wasn’t aware of the gory particulars, and after I watched the present my jaw hit the ground.
Across three episodes the docuseries delves into the notorious story of Fred and Rose West, who collectively murdered at the very least 12 younger girls and ladies between 1967 and 1987, together with certainly one of their very own youngsters. Using beforehand unheard audio and video recordings, and accounts from these concerned within the investigation, the sequence offers a complete and grimly fascinating account of two of Britain’s most infamous serial killers.
Mean Girls (2004)
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Director: Mark Waters
Age ranking: PG-13
Runtime: 97 minutes
Where to stream: Paramount Plus (US); Netflix, Disney+, Paramount Plus (UK & AU)
Whether you prefer it or not, Mean Girls is among the best chick flick motion pictures, if not the best instance of the style, incomes its icon standing over time for a similar causes that we love Clueless (1995) and Legally Blonde (2001) – chief amongst these causes being its catalog of quotes which can be nonetheless referenced to this present day, with “Is butter a carb?”, “You cannot sit with us!”’, and “That’s so fetch!” topping the listing.
Cady (Lindsay Lohan) strikes to a US highschool after spending most of her life in Africa along with her zoologist mother and father, and is uncovered to the pervasive and ruthlessly enforced clique system. She befriends a bunch of outcasts, however when she finds herself being accepted into a bunch of widespread ladies nicknamed ‘The Plastics’, she uncovers the sinister which means behind their title and infiltrates the group to execute revenge on its vicious chief Regina George (Rachel McAdams).
Final Destination (2000)
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Director: James Wong
Age ranking: R
Runtime: 108 minutes
Where to stream: Max (US); Netflix (UK)
Although I’m an enormous horror fan, the Final Destination franchise had by no means actually appealed to me, however after watching the unhinged spectacle that was Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025) within the cinema, I had no alternative however to make a journey again in time.
In my expertise, one of the simplest ways to benefit from the severe unseriousness of Final Destination is to get a bunch of associates round for a sleepover with a big pile of snacks, so that everybody can share in an ordeal that’s by turns terrifying and cringe-inducing.
Before boarding a flight to Paris along with his class, highschool scholar Alex (Devon Sawa) has a imaginative and prescient of the aircraft exploding. Along along with his classmates he is faraway from the aircraft after demanding that everybody get off, solely to look at the aircraft go up in flames mid-air – similar to his premonition. While Alex and his fellow survivors assume they’ve cheated loss of life, it seems that loss of life has different plans for them, as one after the other they meet their ugly fates.
Final Destination 2 (2003)
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Director: David R. Ellis
Age ranking: R
Runtime: 90 minutes
Where to stream: Max (US); Netflix (UK)
My associates and I had been so enraptured with Final Destination that we determined to embark on a mini film marathon – albeit solely making it to Final Destination 3 (2007).
Final Destination 2 has an excellent wilder opening scene than its predecessor, packing unnecessarily big explosions and a number of vehicles flipping down the freeway for what seems like hours. It’s a terrific opener.
The set-up is just about the identical as the primary film. Kimberly (A.J. Cook) has a premonition of a freeway accident ensuing within the loss of life of a number of drivers, together with her and her associates. And as soon as once more, loss of life comes knocking for them down one after the other.
As for Final Destination 3… nicely, you may most likely work that one out for yourselves.
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
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Director: David Silverman
Age ranking: PG-13
Runtime: 86 minutes
Where to stream: Disney Plus (US, UK & AU)
On a extra light-hearted be aware, May discovered me craving to be reunited with certainly one of my favourite animated motion pictures. Earning a straightforward 5-star ranking from me, The Simpsons Movie continues to be as humorous because it was when it was launched 20 years in the past, and its underlying political message nonetheless resonates.
The world’s favourite yellow household discover themselves out of favor with their associates and neighbors after a sequence of catastrophic occasions brought on by Homer’s reckless behaviour leads to your complete city of Springfield being enclosed in a big glass dome by the Environmental Protection Agency. When they’re confronted with an indignant mob, the household has no alternative however to flee Springfield, however the city is at higher threat than anybody realises.
Party Girl (1995)
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Age ranking: R
Runtime: 94 minutes
Where to stream: Prime Video, Hulu, Peacock (US); Prime Video (UK); Plex, Hoopla (AU)
I stumbled upon Party Girl in Prime Video’s library, and after having fun with Parker Posey’s campy, enterprise government character in Josie and the Pussycats (2001) I made a decision to provide this cult indie film an opportunity.
An simple 90-minute watch that is good for if you’re within the film that requires minimal focus, Party Girl was filmed on a funds, and was the primary characteristic movie to premiere on the web – and its soundtrack of ’90s underground home and dance music is the icing on the cake.
Mary (Posey) is a free-spirited younger girl residing in New York City, who, regardless of being brief on money, all the time finds a option to indulge within the NYC nightlife. When she’s arrested for internet hosting an unlawful rave she has to ask her godmother Judy (Sasha von Scherler) to submit bail for her. To pay her again, Mary begins working on the library Judy manages, and is stunned to find a severe aspect hidden beneath her occasion lady persona.
