TNTW Round-Up - 13.06.2025
Don't know what to watch? Don't worry, I got you covered.
Happy Celine Song summer!
TNTW is short for “There’s Nothing To Watch”. A statement I hardly and wholeheartedly disagree. Because, I beg your pardon, it’s bullshit. They just don’t know where to look or don’t look at all. It’s a round-up of premieres for a given week on streaming platforms (both international and for Poland) and in cinemas. The big screen premieres will only focus on Poland, but quite a lot of them correspond with international releases so, you know, check it too. Occasionally, there’ll be a mention of one of the major film festivals and its programme and what to keep an eye on once the films from it are out for the rest of us mortals. There’ll also be a collection of some recommendations on streaming platforms. All of it gathered to the best of my ability.
It’s gonna be short. It’s gonna be brief. It’s gonna be fun. And it’s gonna be in your mailbox every Friday, just in time for the weekend extravaganza.
Premieres - Streaming
13-19.06
International
Super Sara - 13.06 - Max
Too Hot To Handle: Spain - 13.06 - Netflix
AMERICA’S SWEETHEARTS: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders - S2 - 18.06 - Netflix
Rosario Tijeras - S4 - 18.06 - Netflix
Somebody Feed Phil - S8 - 18.06 - Netflix
Yolanthe - 18.06 - Netflix
We Were Liars - 18.06 - Prime Video
The Buccaneers - S2 - 18.06 - Apple TV+
Also, Netflix (international) just added Masameer Junior (مسامير جونيورMasameer Junior). Netflix (Poland) - Book Club: The Next Chapter and Boys on the Side. Disney+ (international) - Snow White (2025), Call Her Alex, and I, Addict (Yo, adicto). Prime Video (international) - In Transit & (international-ish) - Conclave. Prime Video (Poland) - A Kind of Madness, Parthenophe (to rent), and La Cocina (to rent). Max (Poland) - The Alto Knights, Through Rocks and Clouds, Woodland, Belfast, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, and Last Swim.
Check out my TikTok for a monthly collection of premieres.
Premieres - Cinema
Poland / International-ish
13.06
Materialist [Trailer / Letterboxd] - an A24 drama-rom-com written and directed by Celine Song (Past Lives), starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal. / 12-13.06 - premieres in Netherlands, Australia, Portugal, Poland, Canada, USA. France - 2.07. Czechia, Brazil, Mexico - 31.07. Spain, Slovakia - 14.08. UK, Finland - 15.08. Germany - 21.08. Italy - 4.09.
How To Train Your Dragon [Trailer / Letterboxd] - a fantasy adventure, a live-action remake of the 2010 film. Directed by Dean DeBlois (who also directed the original trilogy), starring Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gabriel Howell, Julian Dennison, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Peter Serafinowicz, Nick Frost, and Gerard Butler. / World premieres - 9-13.06.
The Ritual [Trailer / Letterboxd] - a horror with Al Pacino, Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene, Abigail Cowen, Patricia Heaton, and Patrick Fabian. / Polish premiere - theatrical limited.
Misericordia (Miséricorde) [Trailer / Letterboxd] - a French black comedy thriller written and directed by Alain Guiraudie (Stranger by the Lake), starring Félix Kysyl and Catherine Frot. / Poland - theatrical limited.
I Don’t Understand You [Trailer / Letterboxd] - a comedy horror with Nick Kroll, Andrew Rannells, Morgan Spector, Eleonora Romandini, and Amanda Seyfried. / Polish premiere. In theatres in the UK, USA, Netherlands.
The Safe House (La cache) [Trailer / Letterboxd] - a comedy-drama, starring Michel Blanc and Dominique Reymond, adapted from La Cache by Christophe Boltanski. / Poland - theatrical limited.
The Straight Story - restoration [Trailer / Letterboxd].
Other screenings, examples - Poland:
Multikino - Horror Marathon (13.06), Blade II (15.06), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (16 & 21.06), Kino na obcasach: Materialist (17.06), NT Live: Dr. Strangelove (18.06), Utrata równowagi (19.06).
Kino Nowe Horyzonty, Wrocław - Marathon Man (13.06), The Last Showgirl - screening with audiodescription & sign language translation (15 & 17.06), Les cinq diables (16.06), Juliette au printemps + dyskusja (16.06), Sunset Boulevard + wykład + dyskusja (17.06), The Giant Gila Monster + prelekcja (18.06), Mulholland Drive (18.06), Biały smok + wideoprelekcja (19.06).
Kinoteka, Warsaw - WTF Fest (11-15.06), Juliette au printemps + wykład (17.06), Annie Hall + prelekcja (19.06).
Najlepsze z najgorszych: The Room (Żywiec, 13.06), Basket Case 2 (Szczecin, Katowice - 13.06, Łódź - 19.06).
Keep an eye on New Horizons Film Festival - the ticket and accreditation sale closes on 17.06 (single screening ticket sale opens on 3.07). Also, DC/DOX Film Festival (12-15.06), Raindance Film Festival (18-27.06), and Sheffield DocFest (18-23.06).
Pre-screenings of: Follemente and Los pequenos amores (check your cinema’s schedule).
Streaming Gems
Netflix
(International) The Boys in the Band
2020, dir. Joe Mantello; starring Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells, Michael Benjamin Washington, Robin de Jesús, and Tuc Watkins.
At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.
(International) Monster
2018, dir. Anthony Mandler; starring Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Ehle, Tim Blake Nelson, John David Washington, A$AP Rocky, and Mikey Madison.
The story of Steve Harmon, a 17-year-old honour student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder.
Disney+
(International) If These Walls Could Sing
2022, dir. Mary McCartney.
The untold story of the Abbey Road studio, all-star interviews and intimate access to the premises.
(International) Rise
2022, dir. Akin Omotoso; starring Uche Agada, Dayo Okeniyi, Yetide Badaki, Ral Agada, Jaden Osimuwa, Elijah Sholanke, and Taylor Nichols.
After emigrating to Greece from Nigeria, Vera and Charles Antetokounmpo struggled to survive and provide for their five children while living under the daily threat of deportation. Desperate to obtain Greek citizenship but undermined by a system that blocked them at every turn, the family’s vision, determination and faith lifted them out of obscurity to launch the careers of three NBA champions.
Prime Video
(International) Jigen Daisuke (次元大介)
2023, dir. Hajime Hashimoto, starring Tetsuji Tamayama, Yoko Maki, Kotoka Maki, Honami Sato, Yasukaze Motomiya, Kazuki Namioka, and Eugene Nomura.
Feeling unhappy with his gun, Jigen is looking for the world’s best gunsmith. He finally finds out that Chiharu, who runs a watch shop, is the person he’s been seeking. Then, Jigen meets Oto, who comes to Chiharu’s shop looking for a gun. Jigen finds out about Oto’s secrets and the mysterious organisation that’s after her. After Oto is kidnapped, Jigen gets into a desperate battle to save her.
(International) Good Night Oppy
2022, dir. Ryan White.
The inspirational true story of Opportunity, a rover that was sent to Mars for a 90-day mission but ended up surviving for 15 years. Follow Opportunity’s groundbreaking journey on Mars and the remarkable bond forged between a robot and her humans millions of miles away.
Max
(International) Pee-wee as Himself
2025, dir. Matt Wolf.
A kaleidoscopic portrait told in two parts, tracing the life of the imaginative artist.
(International) All the Way
2016, dir. Jay Roach, starring Bryan Cranston, Anthony Mackie, Melissa Leo, Frank Langella, Bradley Whitford, and Stephen Root.
Lyndon B. Johnson’s amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK’s assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the ‘accidental President.’
Series of the week
The Studio
2025-, created by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez, starring Seth Rogen, Catherine O'Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders, Kathryn Hahn, and Bryan Cranston (and so many more).
Follows a legacy Hollywood movie studio striving to survive in a world where it is increasingly difficult for art and business to live together.
With season one having finished a few weeks ago and the second season confirmed, I’m equally surprised and ashamed it hasn’t been included here sooner. You can now binge all episodes if you haven’t yet.
Hilarious, sharp, and unbelievably well-directed. Seth Rogen strikes gold while providing us with a comedic masterclass of a smart and layered show. Top-tier writing and the characters are played with precision and charm, making them instantly lovingly relatable among the chaos. And what a cast it is! There are also so many cameos, including Martin Scorsese, Zac Efron, Anthony Mackie, Paul Dano, Zoë Kravitz, and so many more, all playing themselves, elevating the Hollywood satire. All 10 episodes are directed by Rogen and Evan Goldberg, making it all a precisely executed vision. Hands-down the best thing Rogen has ever done. Easily one of the best new shows of 2025.
Watch on Apple TV+.
