The end of the month is always a sad time for streaming sites. As the calendar page turns, many films and television shows vanish into the physical media ether. This weekend may be a good time to catch up, re-watch and discover these films for obviously the last time they are conveniently streamable. Check out some of the best titles that will be disappearing from Netflix below. (Oh, there’s some good new titles streaming this week that you’ll want to check out, too…)

Netflix

Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007)

Possibly the funniest film of the Frost-Pegg-Wright films, Hot Fuzz sets it sight on ’80s and ’90s buddy action films to hilarious effect. Simon Pegg plays big-time city cop Nicholas Angel who is reassigned to the sleepy (and elderly) town of Sandford, Gloucestershire. His wish for some action eventually comes through when residents start getting murdered by a hooded man. Like all of Wright’s work, it works on two separately amazing levels—it is a balls-to-the-wall action film, as satisfying as any big-time Hollywood explosion flick, but also an intensely loving send-up of them.

Other titles new to Netflix this week:
Fed Up (Stephanie Soechtig, 2014)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Ana Lily Amirpour, 2014)
Planet Earth: The Complete Collection (Series)
They Came Together (David Wain, 2014)

Amazon Prime

Son of a Gun (Julius Avery, 2014)

Australia has quickly become a haven for gritty and violent action films—Son of a Gun is a decent entry into this burgeoning genre. The film stars Brandon Thwaites (Oculus, The Signal) as a young kid who ends up in jail for a minor crime. There, he becomes close with Brendan Lynch (Ewen McGregor), the island’s most notorious bank robber. The film’s first half is a stylish prison film before becoming an over-the-top action flick. The fibers don’t totally meet up, but Son of a Gun is definitely fresh and fun.

Other titles new to Amazon Prime this week:
Noah (Darren Aronofsky, 2014)
Sons of Anarchy (Season 7)
Still Life (Uberto Pasolini, 2013)

Fandor

The Gold Rush (Charles Chaplin, 1925)

One of Chaplin’s funniest films (which automatically makes it one of the funniest films of all time), The Gold Rush is simply master silent filmmaking. In this one, the lovable scamp finds himself in the Yukon Territory where gold has been struck. It’s a brilliant film throughout, with some of the most iconic gags of all time. The film is being released in their Criterion “Compare and Contrast” Collection, available until May 3. This group of films looks at interesting remakes, adaptations and re-imaginings from their Criterion selections. As part of this, you can see both versions of Chaplin’s film: the 1925 original and the 1942 re-release with Chaplin’s narration. The 1942 version gets a lot of flack, but Chaplin shows off the expert word-smithing that defined his later-period films.

Other titles new to Fandor this week:
The Almost Man (Martin Lund, 2012)
Floating Weeds (Yasujirô Ozu, 1959)
The Lower Depths (Jean Renoir, 1936)
The Lower Depths (Akira Kurosawa, 1957)
Safety Last! (Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor, 1923)

Remember! Most films added to Fandor are only there for a limited time, so don’t wait!

Catch’Em While You Can, Expiring Soon

These titles are expiring from Netflix on April 30:

Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Jerry Zucker, 1980)
Boys Don’t Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)
The Brothers Bloom (Rian Johnson, 2008)
Fantastic Voyage (Richard Fleischer, 1966)
Ichi the Killer (Takashi Miike, 2001)
Life Is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni, 1997)
Robocop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)
Romancing the Stone (Robert Zemeckis, 1984)
Sabrina (Billy Wilder, 1954)
The Secret Life of the American Teenager (Series)
The Secret of NIMH (Don Bluth, 1982)
Valkyrie (Bryan Singer, 2008)

This Saturday, January 11th at San Francisco’s Castro Theater, there’s going to be an all-day, 100-Year Anniversary celebration of one of the most essential, irreplaceable, and beloved characters in the history of film, Charlie Chaplin’s “The Tramp”. The bumbling, infectiously good-hearted fellow has been a prototype for comic protagonists to this day, and anyone who’s familiar with him has fond memories of watching him evade the authorities with hilarious, cartoonish flair.

The program will include classic shorts and full-length features starring the comic idol set to live music accompaniment. There’s no better place to experience Chaplin in the Bay Area than the silent-era Castro Theater, and whether you’re a long-time Chaplin devotee or a silent film beginner, it’s sure to be a blast.

Here’s the program, via silentfilm.org :

Our Mutual Friend: Three Chaplin Shorts at 1PM 
Charlie Chaplain made some of his greatest comedies at the Mutual Film Corporation. Chaplin acknowledged his time at Mutual as the most inventive and liberating period of his career. Approximately 90 minutes total. The shorts program includes:

• The Vagabond (1916, with Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell). Charlie Chaplin plays is a musician who rescues a girl from a band of gypsies.
• The Cure (1917, with Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman). An inebriated Charlie Chaplin checks into a sanitarium to take the cure, but brings a cabinet of liquor with him.
• Easy Street (1917, with Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell). Blending comedy and social commentary Charlie Chaplin’s character goes from tramp to police constable.

Accompanied by Jon Mirsalis on piano.

THE KID at 4PM 
Chaplin’s Little Tramp character becomes a surrogate father to an abandoned child in this eloquent marriage of comedy and sentiment. One of his most personal films, Chaplin himself was placed in a home for destitute children at age seven, THE KID is considered by many to be his most perfect. Additionally, celebrate the centennial of with Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914), the first appearance of Chaplin’s Tramp character. Approximately 70 minutes total.
Accompanied by San Francisco Chamber Orchestra with Timothy Brock conducting Chaplin’s score. 

Preceding THE KID, there will be Charlie Chaplin Look-Alike contest. Come dressed as the Little Tramp and win a prize!

THE GOLD RUSH at 7:30PM 
Charlie Chaplin, inspired by images of the 1896 Klondike gold rush and the Donner Party disaster of 1846 (in which snowbound immigrants resorted to eating their shoes—and their dead companions—to survive), manages to turn a story of cold, hunger, and loneliness into a sublime comedy. The Little Tramp becomes a prospector who sets out for the Klondike to strike it rich, battling starvation, bears, and other prospectors along the way. THE GOLD RUSH contains some of the most iconic images in cinema, including the famous scene in which Charlie makes a gourmet feast of his boot! Georgia Hale plays the beautiful dance hall entertainer who steals Charlie’s heart. Approximately 80 minutes.
Accompanied by San Francisco Chamber Orchestra with Timothy Brock conducting Chaplin’s score.