TNTW Round-Up - 6.06.2025
Don't know what to watch? Don't worry, I got you covered.
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
6-12.06
International
K.O. - 6.06 - Netflix
Mercy of None (Gwang-jang) - 6.06 - Netflix
The Survivors - 6.06 - Netflix
The Creature Cases - Ch. 5 - 9.06 - Netflix
The Wild Ones - 11.06 - Apple TV+
Our Times (Nuestros Tiempos) - 11.06 - Netflix
Titan: The OceanGate Disaster - 11.06 - Netflix
FUBAR - S2 - 12.06 - Netflix
American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans - 12.06 - Prime Video
Also, Netflix (international) just added Netflix Tudum 2025. Netflix (Poland) - Sin City, Starsky & Hutch, and Warszawianka. Disney+ (Poland) - Mission: Impossible (1-6) and First Date (2022). Max (Poland) - I Saw the TV Glow, Young Hearts, Warcraft, Mamifera, Simona Kossak, and Secretary.
Check out my TikTok for a monthly collection of premieres.
Premieres - Cinema
Poland / International-ish
6.06
The Phoenician Scheme [Trailer / Letterboxd] - Wes Anderson’s espionage black comedy created from a story Anderson conceived with Roman Coppola, starring Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, F. Murray Abraham, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe, and Bill Murray. / World premieres - 23.05-6.06.
Ballerina [Trailer / Letterboxd] - action thriller, the fifth film in the John Wick franchise, serving as a spin-off set between the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), directed by Len Wiseman (Underworld), starring Ana de Armas, Gabriel Byrne, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Norman Reedus, Anjelica Huston, Lance Reddick (in his final screen appearance), Ian McShane, and Keanu Reeves. / World premieres - 4-6.06. Italy - 12.06.
Guacho Guacho [Trailer / Letterboxd] - a black-and-white documentary directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw (The Truffle Hunters). The film, set in the lack of water-threatened northwestern cattle country of Argentina, captures the lives of gauchos. Winner of the Special Jury Prize for Sound at 2024 Sundance Festival. / Polish premiere - theatrical limited.
Ellipsis (Puntos suspensivos) [Trailer / Letterboxd] - a Spanish mystery thriller directed by David Marqués, starring Diego Peretti, José Coronado, Cecilia Suárez, and Georgina Amorós. / Polish premiere.
Living Large (Život k sežrání) [Trailer / Letterboxd] - a Czech stop-motion animated coming-of-age comedy. / Polish premiere - theatrical limited.
Próba łuku [Trailer / Letterboxd / Filmweb] - a Polish drama directed by Łukasz Barczyk (Hiszpanka), starring Marieta Żukowska. / Polish premiere.
Other screenings, examples - Poland:
Multikino - John Wick minimarthon (6.06), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (7 & 23.06), Blade (8.06), Blade II (9 & 15.06), NT Live: The Importance of Being Earnest (11.06), Kiki’s Delivery Service (12.06).
Kino Nowe Horyzonty, Wrocław - 16th New French Cinema Review (6-12.06), Blade Runner + dyskusja (6.06), IPN: Dzień z dywizjonem 303 - pokaz specjalny filmu Dywizjon 303. Historia prawdziwa + dyskusja (7.06), NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire (7.06), Być jak Mikołaj - pokaz specjalny + spotkanie z twórcami (8.06), Mulholland Drive (9.06), Past Lives (9.06), Wspólny pokój + English subtitles (9.06), L'Atalante + wykład (10.06), Alcarràs (10.06), Gabor Maté in KNH: Solidarity Day with Palestine - screening of Shujayya + wykład + dyskusja (10.06), Trenque Lauquen, part 2 + dyskusja (11.06), Kingsajz (12.06).
Kinoteka, Warsaw - Być jak Mikołaj – uroczysta premiera + spotkanie (6.06), Mocne Nocne Granie: Faraon (6.06), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (7.06), Trenque Lauquen p. 1 & 2 (8.06), Pride Week (9-12.06), Miséricorde (11.06), WTF Fest (11-15.06).
Najlepsze z najgorszych: Basket Case 2 (Kraków, Warszawa, Bydgoszcz, Poznań - 12.06).
Keep an eye on Festiwal Debiutów Filmowych Młodzi i Film (9-14.06) & New Horizons Film Festival - the ticket and accreditation sale closes on 17.06 (single screening tickets sale opens on 3.07). Also, Annecy International Animation Film Festival (8-14.06)
Pre-screenings of: How to Train Your Dragon and Follemente (check your cinema’s schedule).
Film Festivals
Tribeca Film Festival 2025
4-15.06
Sundance may own Park City in January (well, not anymore), Cannes owns the South of France in May, but Tribeca owns New York in the summer. The Robert De Niro co-founded film festival kicked off on Wednesday with its 10-day-long programme filled with several music-focused films, plenty of documentaries, and narrative features offering something for everyone. Here are some world premieres to check out and/or remember once they arrive on either big or small screen (full programme here):
Everything's Going to Be Great (dir. Jon S. Baird), Paradise Records (dir. Logic), Re-Creation (dir. Jim Sheridan & David Merriman), She Dances (dir. Rick Gomez), Sovereign (dir. Christian Swegal), Tow (dir. Stephanie Laing), A Tree Fell in the Woods (dir. Nora Kirkpatrick), Billy Idol Should Be Dead (dir. Jonas Åkerlund), Metallica Saved My Life (dir. Jonas Åkerlund), Rebbeca (dir. Jennifer Tiexiera & Gabriela Cavanagh), The Sixth Borough (dir. Jason Pollard), We Are Pat (dir. Ro Haber), Dragonfly (dir. Paul Andrew Williams), Pinch (dir. Uttera Singh), A Second Life (dir. Laurent Slama), Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything (dir. Jackie Jesko), Empire Skate (dir. Josh Swade), Horsegirls (dir. Lauren Meyering), Lemonade Blessing (dir. Chris Merola), Ride or Die (dir. Josalynn Smith), Rosemead (dir. Eric Lin), Our Hero, Balthazar (dir. Oscar Boyson), Queens of the Dead (dir. Tina Romero).
Follow my 2025-ish premieres worth keeping an eye on list on Letterboxd.
Streaming Gems
Netflix
(International) His House
2020, dir. Remi Weekes; starring Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku, Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba & Matt Smith.
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggles to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
(International) My Father’s Dragon
2022, dir. Nora Twomey; starring Jacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo, Golshifteh Farahani, Dianne Wiest & Rita Moreno
Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.
Disney+
(International) Blink
2024, dir. Edmund Stenson & Daniel Roher.
The Pelletier family sets out on an epic journey to see the beauty of the world when three of their four children are diagnosed with an incurable eye condition.
(International) Miguel Wants to Fight
2023, dir. Oz Rodríguez; starring Tyler Dean Flores, Christian Vunipola & Imani Lewis.
In a neighbourhood where fighting is stitched into the fabric of everyday life, Miguel has never found himself in one. However, when a combination of events turns his life upside down, Miguel and his friends enter into a series of misadventures.
Prime Video
(International) The Accountant²
2025, dir. Gavin O’Connor, starring Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, J.K. Simmons, Allison Robertson & Alison Wright.
When an old acquaintance is murdered, Wolff is compelled to solve the case. Realising more extreme measures are necessary, Wolff recruits his estranged and highly lethal brother, Brax, to help. In partnership with Marybeth Medina, they uncover a deadly conspiracy, becoming targets of a ruthless network of killers who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried.
(International) In My Mother’s Skin
2023, dir. Kenneth Dagatan, starring Beauty Gonzalez, Felicity Kyle, Napuli James, Mavie Estrella, Jasmine Curtis-Smith, Angeli Bayani & Arnold Reyes.
Stranded in the Philippines during World War II, a young girl finds that her duty to protect her dying mother is complicated by her misplaced trust in a beguiling, flesh-eating fairy.
Max
(International) aka Mr. Chow
2023, dir. Nick Hooker.
With his signature circular glasses and moustache, Michael Chow is an exuberant force at the crossroads between eccentricity and sophistication. The famed restaurateur defined “The Moment” with the openings of Mr. Chow, the bustling upscale Chinese eateries that attracted the glitterati of Swingin’ London, 70s Hollywood, and post Studio 54 New York.
(International) Mountainhead
2025, dir. Jesse Armstrong, starring Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith, Ramy Youssef, Daniel Oreskes & Hadley Robinson.
A group of billionaire friends get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis.
Series of the week
Love & Death
2023, created by David E. Kelley, starring Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons, Lily Rabe, Patrick Fugit & Krysten Ritter.
Two churchgoing couples enjoy small-town family life in Texas - until somebody picks up an axe.
Based on a true story, the series delivers great acting (with incredible Elizabeth Olsen, from whom you can’t take your eyes away), directing, cinematography, as well as he beautiful sets and wardrobe taking us right back to the 70s.
Watch on Max.
