Looking for something to watch this weekend on Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO, or Hulu? Check out our list of the best new shows and movies on various streaming services, including two documentaries about Fyre Festival, Lucrecia Martel’s Zama, and more.
Streaming entertainment is bigger than ever, and with so many streaming services adding new shows and movies every week, it can be nearly impossible to sort through the good and the bad. If you need something to watch and don’t want to wade through the digital muck that washes up on the internet’s shores, follow our picks below for the best new shows and movies to stream on Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Amazon, and other services.
On the list this week: Dueling documentaries about Fyre Festival, a gorgeous Argentine film, and more.
A tropical island, an army of beautiful Instagram models, and a cavalcade of popular musical acts: That was the recipe for Fyre Festival, a celebration of bourgeoisie excess organized by entrepreneur Bill McFarland and rapper Ja Rule. What could possibly go wrong? A lot, as it turned out; when the attendees arrived, they found not a luxurious paradise but a field of disaster tents, a stunning lack of supplies, and none of the promoted bands. It was a debacle, with all the incompetence and arrogance of the social media age on display. If you were keeping up with online news when Fyre Festival went down in flames, you probably know a good chunk of the story, but the new documentary Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened delves into how the festival came to be and how it collapsed, with the filmmakers speaking to many of the people involved in organizing the event.
