Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalogue titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This twice-monthly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you\u2019re watching.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n PICK OF THE WEEK: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Wings of Desire<\/em><\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> Wim Wenders\u2019s 1987 international sensation gets the 4K upgrade from the Criterion Collection, and the results are awe-inspiring; drawn from the 2018 restoration that undid the multi-generation fading required by the original optical effects, the black-and-white images of the split Berlin in its final days are as haunting as ever, while the color climax looks like it got a nice, fresh coat of paint. Wenders\u2019s tale of a lovelorn angel (Bruno Ganz), a trapeze artist, and Peter Falk remains a profoundly moving meditation on the human experience. (Includes audio commentary, deleted scenes and outtakes, archival featurettes, interviews, and trailers.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n ON AMAZON PRIME:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n AIR<\/em><\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> Ben Affleck returns to the director\u2019s chair to tell the tale of Sonny Vaccaro (Matt Damon), basketball scout for Nike, who pinpointed a college baller named Michael Jordan as the next big thing and suggested building not just a campaign but a shoe around his talent. It\u2019s well-acted by a tip-top cast (Damon and Affleck are aces, while Jason Bateman, Chris Messina, and Viola Davis shine in support), and Affleck puts it all together with a slick sheen of professionalism. It\u2019s just that it could use a little more juice and a little more grime; with the particulars of the story so well known, a bit more friction would be welcome. Nevertheless, it\u2019s well worth a watch<\/a>, and with Moneyball <\/em>back on Prime, your double-feature is all sorted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n