September Preview: 22 TV Shows & New Movies to Watch at Home

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – August 31, 2020

In the gallery above, our editors have selected the coming month's most promising TV shows (including limited series and specials) as well as movies available to watch at home through VOD and digital purchases, listed in order by premiere date. Many of these titles haven't been reviewed yet (and we haven't seen them), but they are the most intriguing new releases on paper, at least, arriving in September.

8 of 24 photo by Courtesy of HBO

57 Coastal Elites

Movie debuts September 12 on HBO. Talk about a quick turnaround. Jay Roach directs a pandemic-set comedy that was filmed this summer in the homes of stars Issa Rae, Bette Midler, Kaitlyn Dever, Dan Levy, and Sarah Paulson. The story comes from playwright Paul Rudnick—it was originally envisioned as a theatrical production—and finds the five protagonists (whose professions range from nurse to YouTube star) wrestling with isolation and other aspects of life during covid.

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