WHAT TO GO SEE: The Wife
WHOS IN IT: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, and Max Irons (son of Jeremy).
WILL REMIND YOU OF: A great literary beach read.
WHY NOW: Close asserts herself in this years Oscar race, playing a woman whos lived too long in the shadow of her famous husband.
WHEN YOU CAN SEE IT: In theaters August 17.
WHAT TO TUNE IN TO: The Sinner, Season Two
WHOS IN IT: Bill Pullman, reprising his weary-detective role, and Carrie Coon.
WILL REMIND YOU OF: True Detective meets The Bad Seed.
WHY NOW: Burgeoning TV superstar Coon is involved in the second installment of this unexpectedly gripping crime series.
WHEN YOU CAN SEE IT: Now on USA.
WHAT TO STREAM: Minding the Gap
WHOS IN IT: Young filmmaker Bing Liu and his skateboarding pals.
WILL REMIND YOU OF: Laid-back skate videos, with more pathos.
WHY NOW: Lius searching, intimate documentary insightfully explores the fraught space between boyhood and manhood in Rust Belt America.
WHEN YOU CAN SEE IT: On Hulu August 17.
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