Image via Neon
For the first metre in a prospicient time , there is n’t a unmarried major Hollywood release among this month ’s VOD ( Video on Demand ) and digital release . December would have been a hard act to follow afterTaylor Dean Swift : The Eras TourandKillers of the Flower Moonwent on - demand . But January depend pretty lackluster by comparison .
Having state that , there are a handful of titles deserving engage or purchasing in January , particularlyEileen , which only had a brief check in dramatics last year . Considering that January is a jolly dry calendar month for movies of all kinds , you may be better off stick around home with one of these titles rather than going out to a theater of operations .
Image via Neon
Read on for our updated leaning of what ’s new on VOD and digital in January 2024 . If you decide to rent or buy any of these title , you should be capable to bump them at the major digital outlets , include Prime Video , Apple TV , Vudu , and Google Play .
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023)
Poet - rick - film maker Raven Jackson sour many heads in the indie scene with her filmAll Dirt Roads Taste of Salt . It ’s a tarradiddle that takes seat across the span of a lifespan of a Black womanhood named Mackenzie or “ Mack , ” who is play as a young tike by Kaylee Nicole Johnson , with Charleen McClure depict Mack as a young fair sex , and Zainab Jah as an older Mack .
This film will not be for everyone , and some may regain its storytelling frustrating because it ’s seemingly told out of club and skips over some pivotal moments . But as a critically acclaimed portrait of one woman ’s life , it could be a challenger during the upcoming awards season .
Release Date : January 2
you’re able to rent or purchaseAll Dirt Roads Taste of SaltonPrime Videoand other digital outlet .
Eileen (2023)
Eileenonly had a brief stay in theaters last calendar month , so most movie - goers probably lack it entirely . But it has a very telling casting , include Oscar - succeeder Anne Hathaway and rising star Thomasin McKenzie ( Jojo Rabbit ) , who portray the title character , Eileen Dunlop . In the ’ LX , Eileen works as a writing table in a juvenile prison and lives at menage with her emotionally abusive father , Jim Dunlop ( Shea Whigham ) .
Hathaway play Rebecca , the prison house ’s Modern psychologist , who captures the romantic interest of Eileen . Rebecca somewhat reciprocate those feelings but is more focused on helping a young convict named Lee Polk ( Sam Nivola ) . And when Rebecca expire too far in her impulse to help , Eileen is put in a very hard position .
you’re able to rent or purchaseEileenonPrime Videoand other digital outlets .
Mayhem! (2023)
No one can say thatMayhem!doesn’t live up to its title , ecphonesis full point included . Nassim Lyes star as Sam , a dishonored pugilist who fled his native France and found a new spirit in Thailand . Sam even married a womanhood named Mia ( Loryn Nounay ) , and they have a daughter , Dara ( Sahajak Boonthanakit ) , both of whom inspire Sam to move beyond his disruptive past times to rule a raw dreaming .
Unfortunately for Sam , the local crime boss , Narong ( Olivier Gourmet ) , has other ideas . And once Narong strikes at Sam and his fellowship , Sam feel that he has no alternative but to get his retaliation on Narong , even if it costs him everything he has pull up stakes .
Release Date : January 5
you’re able to rent or purchaseMayhem!on digital outlet .
The Disappearance of Shere Hite (2023)
It would not be inaccurate to say that the late Shere Hite wrote the al-Qur’an on distaff sexuality . The Word in question , The Hite Report , make quite a stir in 1976 by shaking up many pre - existing notion about the intimate experience and preferences of women .
InThe Disappearance of Shere Hite , director Nicole Newnham and teller Dakota Johnson recount the life of Hite and research the wallop she had as both a sex educator and a feminist . Many of Hite ’s finding pave the agency for modern ideas about “ gender , sexuality , and somatic autonomy , ” and the film also explore why Hite is largely forgotten well-nigh five X after her seminal record book .
Release Date : January 9
you’re able to rent orpurchaseThe Disappearance of Shere Hiteon digital outlets .
He Went That Way (2023)
The setup for He Went That Way sounds so freakish that some viewers may not realize it is actually based on a truthful story . Zachary Quinto stars as Jim Goodwin , an animal trainer traveling with his pet chimp when he picks up a hitchhiker named Bobby Falls ( Jacob Elordi ) . What Jim does n’t realize is that his new travel companion is a successive orca . The real incident that inspired the motion-picture show take place decade ago when animal trainer Dave Pitts picked sequent killer Larry Lee Ranes , a murderer who targeted anyone unfortunate enough to blame him up .
This is also the first and only film directed by Jeffrey Darling , who passed away in 2022 following a surfing fortuity . That makes this film Darling ’s cinematic bequest .
Release Date : January 12
you’re able to rent or purchaseHe Went That Wayon digital release .
The Seeding (2024)
All Wyndham Stone ( Scott Haze ) wanted to do was go out to the desert and photograph an eclipse . But he finds himself in a repugnance write up inThe Seeding . Somehow , Wyndham has become trapped in a desert ravine , and the unknown feral children who learn him from the top are extremely unhelpful when he asks them to get him out . If anything , the kids seem to take pleasance in his torment .
The only other someone in the ravine is Alina ( Kate Lyn Sheil ) , who is far more resigned to her destiny than Wyndham . But what secrets are being hidden by Alina ? And why wo n’t the children help them escape ? Those are the questions that Wyndham need answered , but he probably wo n’t be happy when he acquire the Sojourner Truth .
Release Date : January 26
you could rip orpurchaseThe Seedingon digital outlets .
