On Demand Weekly

The Movies On Demand MOD November Preview of The Indies has arrived. Highlights of the new release schedule for November, 2011 include SARAH’S KEY, ANOTHER EARTH and THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE. People who missed these highly-regarded titles can catch them on demand in November.

Almost every indie new release listed comes to Movies On Demand either before or the same day as DVD.

Enjoy On Demanding this month!


Indie Titles:

BELLFLOWER – Premieres November 1
R, Action
Evan Glodell, Jessie Wiseman

Weeks before DVD, Netflix and Redbox


SLEEPING BEAUTY – Premieres November 1
TV-MA, Drama
Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie

Before theatrical release


SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN – Premieres November 1
PG-13, Drama
Gianna Jun, Li Bingbing

Same day as DVD, Weeks before Netflix and Redbox


I MELT WITH YOU*** – Premieres November 4
R, Drama
Rob Lowe, Jeremy Piven

Before theatrical release


ATLAS SHRUGGED: PART I – Premieres November 8
PG-13, Drama
Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler

Same day as DVD, Weeks before Netflix and Redbox


PETE SMALLS IS DEAD – Premieres November 11
TV-MA, Comedy
Mark Boone Junior, Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassell, Peter Dinklage, Rosie Perez, Tim Roth

Before theatrical release

On Demand Weekly provides new movie reviews of movies on demand from the POV of watching from the comfort of your home. Today’s review: SLEEPING BEAUTY (IFC Films).

SLEEPING BEAUTY - On Demand
By Amy Slotnick

Beautiful and broke, Lucy (Emily Browning) is a student looking for extra work to make ends meet. Like many before her, she finds the money made in sex work too great to resist. However, this work is atypical, even for a prostitute. The service she works for caters to a wealthy and senior clientele, white haired men who want to fondle her while she is drugged into a deep sleep. Penetration is forbidden, but abuse is not. When Lucy awakes, she remembers nothing, and it seems, at least initially, that she is able to avoid any emotional penetration as well.

The wide shots of Lucy’s slim, naked and limp body being groped by elderly men are soundless and long shots, making the dark urges being enacted seem even more disturbing. Lucy instinctively knows this is unhealthy for her, but her double life continues, while she wonders what is being done while she sleeps. It is the audience who knows more about the horrific details of her life than she does, and it is no fairy tale. We get glimpses of her life outside this job, but none of it is more fulfilling for her. She has a mysterious bond with an alcoholic she calls Birdman, but it is never clear what they mean to each other.