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 Godzilla<\/em><\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong>What\u2019s surprising about Ishiro Honda\u2019s 1954 monster movie is how talky it is\u2014more than you\u2019d expect, and certainly more than in the many sequels that followed. The iconography<\/a> mostly comes in the second half: the big guy stomping around, pulling power lines, roaring and wreaking havoc (\u201cGodzilla\u2019s leaving a sea of flames in his wake\u201d). But all of it is compelling, particularly in this crisp new 4K edition from Criterion; the acting is strong (you don\u2019t go casting Takashi Shimura, of Toho\u2019s other big 1954 release Seven Samurai<\/em>, for nothing), the effects stand up, and the conclusion is surprisingly and affectingly melancholy. (Includes audio commentaries, interviews, featurette, audio essay, trailers, essay by J. Hoberman, and the \u201cAmericanized\u201d version, Godzilla, King of the Monsters<\/em>.) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n ON MUBI:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Substance<\/em><\/strong><\/a>: <\/strong>One of the year\u2019s most divisive movies, and it\u2019s not hard to see why; writer\/director Coralie Fargeat\u2019s heady brew of body horror and show-biz satire is deliriously, deliciously over the top<\/strong><\/a>, making its points (in terms of commentary and imagery) with the subtlety of a sledgehammer to the temple. There\u2019s something invigorating about watching a filmmaker really and truly going for it, and the degree to which stars like Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley are willing to throw caution to the wind and go right along. It\u2019s disgusting, it\u2019s hilarious, it\u2019s upsetting, and it\u2019s one of the best movies of the year\u2014if<\/em> you\u2019ve got the stomach for it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n