4 best new films to stream this week

Discover the 4 best new films to stream from 5 to 11 May 2025 with this guide, as chosen by ScreenHub staff.
Nonnas. Image: Netflix. Best new films.

Film (2024). This anime adventure, based on the same-name manga by Takashi Imashiro, follows the friendship between Karin, a strong-minded girl sent to live with her monk granddad in the Japanese countryside, and Anzu, the even-more unpredictable phantom feline who acts as her guardian.

Critics on the whole have questioned the pacing but have loved the animation. If that gets you kneading the living-room pillows and purring in delight, then this one’s for you.

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Paul Dalgarno is author of the novels A Country of Eternal Light (2023) and Poly (2020); the memoir And You May Find Yourself (2015); and the creative non-fiction book Prudish Nation (2023). He was formerly Deputy Editor of The Conversation and joined ScreenHub as Managing Editor in 2022. X: @pauldalgarno. Insta: @dalgarnowrites