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_ENIGMA _(JUNE 24) Emmy-nominated filmmaker and artist Zackary Drucker, who consulted on Prime Video’s _Transparent_, explores transgender identity and legacy in this HBO original
documentary by chronicling the divergent paths of pioneers including model and socialite April Ashley, who died in 2021, and French singer, songwriter, painter, actress and former model
Amanda Lear, 85. WATCH IT: _Enigma_ [embedded content] _MY MOM JAYNE_ (JUNE 27) You probably know Mariska Hargitay, 61, as Olivia Benson on the long-running_ Law & Order: SVU_. What you
may not know is that Hargitay’s mother was Hollywood star Jayne Mansfield, who died in a car accident when Hargitay was just 3 years old (asleep in the back seat). As a producer/director,
Hargitay explores her mother’s life and legacy while exploring her own as well. “This movie is a labor of love and longing,” Hargitay has said. “It’s a search for the mother I never knew, an
integration of a part of myself I’d never owned, and a reclaiming of my mother’s story and my own truth.” WATCH IT: _My Mom Jayne_ BRAND-NEW FILMS ON MAX _CLEANER_, R (JUNE 13) Why didn’t
someone think of this action thriller sooner? When radical activists invade an energy company’s annual gala and take 300 hostages, it’s up to an ex-soldier working as a window cleaner (Daisy
Ridley, _Star Wars_) to stage a rescue 50 stories above the ground from outside the building’s windows. Clive Owen, 60, co-stars as the radical activist inside the windows. WATCH IT:
_Cleaner_ _THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE_, PG (JUNE 27) Here’s the antidote for what ails us, and the perfect movie to invite the grandkids over for a watch this summer.
Spoofing sci-fi B movies from the 1950s, the film stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig (both voiced by Canadian actor Eric Bauza), who work together to save Earth when aliens take over a bubble
gum factory. (Blew up. Get it?) Listen for the voices of grownup favorites Wayne Knight, 69, and Laraine Newman, 73. WATCH IT:_ __The Day the Earth Blew Up_ CATCH UP ON FILMS YOU MISSED IN
THEATERS _A MINECRAFT MOVIE_, PG (JULY 10) Here’s another great one to screen with the grands. Based on the wildly popular video game, this computer-animated/live action romp that hit
theaters in April features two wildly entertaining actors – Jason Momoa as Garrett "The Garbage Man" Garrison, a video game store owner and former game champion, and Jack Black,
55, as a former doorknob salesman who has spent years living in the one of the colorful, odd worlds of the game. You don’t need to understand anything about Minecraft to enjoy the film’s
cubist style and sense of kid-friendly humor. Your grandchildren will explain it all to you. WATCH IT: _A Minecraft Movie_ _PARTHENOPE_, 2024, R (JUNE 6) Acclaimed Italian director Paolo
Sorrentino, 54, who won a Best Foreign Film Oscar for his 2013 _The Great Beauty_, is a genius at capturing life and times of his homeland, particularly mined biographically from his past
(look no further than his magical _The Hand of God_). This time around, he tells a fantastical tale of Parthenope (Celeste Dalla Porta), born in Naples in 1950, who searches for happiness
and love. Critics were mixed on this one, but who doesn’t need an Italian summer vacation (and Gary Oldman, 67, playing author John Cheever)? WATCH IT: _Parthenope___ WATCH A CLASSIC FILM
THIS SUMMER [embedded content] _PARASITE_, 2019, R (JUNE 1) Bong Joon-ho, 55, the first-ever Korean winner of the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, lives up to the hype with this genius
genre-bender that also snagged the Best Picture Oscar. Set in Bong's native South Korea, this is a thrilling, twisted tale of two cities that contrasts two families: one rich, one
poor. Bong quickly escalates the class warfare inherent in the two clans’ relative places, emphasizing the _Upstairs, Downstairs_ inequality. WATCH IT: _Parasite_ _I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO_,
2016, PG-13 (JUNE 1) Raoul Peck’s portrait of author and intellectual James Baldwin is essential viewing. On its surface, it’s a film about the complex life of one of our greatest thinkers,
Black or otherwise. On another, its footage from the 1960s and ’70s feels just as timely now. WATCH IT: _I Am Not Your Negro_ _INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS_, 1978, PG (JUNE 1) A remake of
the 1956 original, this late ‘70s scarefest is still a delight, earning a spot on AARP’s Scariest Horror Movies list. You know the story: aliens replace the human population of a small town
with body doubles, minus thoughts, emotions and personality — and only one man knows the truth. Donald Sutherland (who died in 2024 at 88) and Brooke Adams, 77, star. Don’t miss that final
scene! WATCH IT: _Invasion of the Body Snatchers_ _MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS_, 1944 (JUNE 1) Sometimes you need a classic charmer from long ago to put a spring in your step (and a song in your
heart). Here’s just the one, featuring the legendary Judy Garland. Have yourself a glass of iced tea and a merry little Christmas, even though it's summer. WATCH IT: _Meet Me in St.
Louis_ _PRIDE & PREJUDICE_, 2005, PG (JUNE 1) Keira Knightley earned raves for her realistic portrayal of Elizabeth “Lizzy” Bennett in director Joe Wright’s, 52, sumptuous adaptation of
the Jane Austen novel. Sure, she may be a little too beautiful for the part, but it’s her outsize charisma that wins over the audience. Recognize her Darcy? That’s Matthew Macfadyen, 50, who
won two Emmys for his portrayal of family outsider Tom Wambsgans on HBO’s _Succession_. Arrives WATCH IT:_ __Pride & Prejudice__ _