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Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

The Beast (Bertrand Bonello)

Where to begin with Bertrand Bonello’s wonderful The Beast? It’s been so gratifying to see the initial reaction to the French filmmaker’s tenth feature, after several decades of increasingly remarkable work––the majority of it dark, beautiful, and sleazy. In fact, for what a discomforting and despairing experience much of The Beast is, when I’ve thought back its moments of real, uncomplicated cinematic pleasure, its verve and sense of joyousness, are what mark my memories. It’s romantic, without a capital-r. – David K. (full review)

Where to Stream: The Criterion Channel

Challengers (Luca Guadagnino)

Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers opens in an intentionally disorienting manner: We are in New Rochelle, New York for a tennis challenger.

Licorice Pizza director Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, reportedly has a title: The Battle Of Baktan Cross.

A miasma of secrecy has long surrounded Boogie Nights and Licorice Pizza director Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, which was shot under the production title BC Project.

According to reporter Jeff Sneider (via World of Reel), however, its title has emerged: The Battle Of Baktan Cross. That certainly lines up with set photographs that have dribbled out of the production, several of which show a police car with the words “City of Baktan Cross” emblazoned on the side.

We haven’t seen so much as a logline emerge from the production to date, though again, set photographs give us a few clues here: it appears to be some sort of heist thriller, with stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Teyana Taylor both pictured wielding guns. In one image, DiCaprio’s...