‘Mother of the Blues’
‘Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues. debuts April 12 on KCBS in L.A. and then streams over the Grammy Museum’s Collection:live
Les Luchter
Ex-Cons, Serious and Funny
‘Taking the Fall,’ a new movie, and ‘Pet Peeves,’ a new series, both focus on recent felons adjusting to life after prison. Any similarity ends there
Them x 2 = Scary 1950s L.A.
Can Amazon Prime’s new horror series, ‘Them,’ be compared with the 1954 sci-fi classic, ‘Them!’? Both feature scary visions of 1950s Los Angeles
‘Future People’ Are Here
‘Future People: The Family of Donor 5114,’ about 37 kids with the same donor father, debuts April 10 on Discovery+
Stream ‘Midnight Cowboy’
51 years ago today, on April 7, 1970, ‘Midnight Cowboy’ became the only X-rated title to win a Best Picture Oscar. It’s now rated R, but where can you stream it?
Sex, Comics, Socialists
Sex, comics and socialists steal the spotlight April 8 and 9 on Ovid.tv with premieres including ‘Bettie Page Reveals All,’ Sex in the Comics’ and ‘La Commune (Paris, 1871)’
‘Wonderland’ on MHz Choice
‘Wonderland,’ a six-episode French time travel romance, debuts April 6 on subscription streamer MHz Choice
Free Doc Fest Kicks Off
The Globalvision Virtual Film Festival, a free 5-weekend doc feast, kicks off April 2. Themes will include South Africa, Investigations, Human Rights and Pop Culture
Fuse Sweat: ‘80s Workouts
Exercise workouts from the ‘80s are back on Fuse Sweat, a free channel featuring classic videos from Richard Simmons, Jane Fonda, Denise Austin, Jack LaLanne, Billy Blanks and more
Queen of Sheba & Atom Man
‘The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man,’ streaming free though April 6, is not a sci-fi film, but rather an experimental silent comedy from 1963 via 1981 and 2018
