You Know You're Gonna See 'Black Panther' This Weekend

Looking for some stuff to catch up on this weekend? Whether it's TV, movies, books, or anything in between—VICE has you covered, from the best movies and the best TV shows to the best music to listen to and the best art events happening across the US. Read on for our staff recommendations on what to take in during your downtime:

It's a Marvel movie, only good. Do you need another reason? —Larry Fitzmaurice, Senior Culture Editor, Digital

Aardman Studios has a winner in this underdog story about an idyllic Stone Age tribe fighting for their land in a high stakes soccer (sorry— football) match against a Roman-style empire that represents the encroaching Bronze Age. The creators of Wallace and Gromit are always good for a laugh, and their latest flick is no exception. Equal parts Gladiator and Bend It Like Beckham, Nick Park's newest is a fully stop-motion animated sports film—a rarity, in and of itself—with an enthusiastic cast that includes Eddie Redmayne, Maisie Williams, Tom Hiddleston, Timothy Spall, and Richard Ayoade. Park crams an unseemly number of gags into this one—unfortunately, the ending leaves a bitter aftertaste when you remember all the indigenous peoples who were not offered the chance to reclaim their stolen land with a bit of friendly sport. Still, it's fun for the whole family. —Beckett Mufson, Staff Writer

The trick to Valeska Grisebach's slow-burn European drama about a group of German construction workers who take a job in the Bulgarian countryside is to watch it the way you would a Ford, Leone, or Peckinpah. That is to say, all the hypermasculine tension of every Henry Fonda who ever strolled into a saloon is here elevated into a harsh multicultural gumbo that congeals into the worn features of its hero, first-timer Meinhard Neumann. (Seriously, someone cast this guy as Vonnegut.) Fuck the other reviews: This is a Very Good Movie. Must-watch material for anyone with an itinerant interest in foreign film, the myth of the gunfighter, and the real issues facing contemporary rural Europe. —Emerson Rosenthal

If the early reviews are to be believed, Everything Sucks!, the new Netflix series out today, resembles the adolescents it depicts in more ways than it may have originally intended to. Though charming and sincere from the get-go, the Freaks and Geeks meets Stranger Things mashup stumbles early on, awkwardly trying to be something it’s not. And yet, slowly but surely it finds its footing—much like Freaks and Geeks—becoming much more than a litany of references to Oasis and dial-up. Whether you were born in the 90s or not, there’s something in this show for you. —Patrick Adcroft, Writer/Copy Editor, Snapchat Discover

Here I am recommending The Hours, the Academy Award–winning 2002 intergenerational drama starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and an unrecognizable Nicole Kidman as the author Virginia Woolf. Why? Because I finally saw it (it's currently on HBO Go), and I think it's time you should, too. Is there a single film that so honestly and empathetically addresses mental illness? Combine everything you liked about Adaptation, Magnolia, and, I don't know, Love Actually, and remove all the fluffy auteurial intrusion, and you have The Hours: a stark and shattering story about how there is absolutely nothing ordinary about a single, ordinary day. —ER Sign up for our newsletter to get the best of VICE delivered to your inbox daily.