Permanent Midnight

This week's most rewarding drama pick in Australia on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels, and in the US on YouTube TV and Starz Apple TV Channel is Permanent Midnight. It says what it needs to say in one sitting, no filler. 125 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Ben Stiller leads a cast that never overplays its hand. Put it on tonight on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels and see for yourself.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Permanent Midnight earns its spot. Permanent Midnight takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. Juggling increasing career success and a growing heroin habit, a television comedy writer attempts to go down a path of improvement. The performances from Ben Stiller and Elizabeth Hurley give it more weight than the premise alone would suggest. Permanent Midnight came out in 1998. Permanent Midnight resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

For anyone looking for storytelling that takes its characters seriously, Permanent Midnight delivers. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Ben Stiller's work here is the kind that gets referenced in career retrospectives. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.

Permanent Midnight was released in 1998, directed by David Veloz. The full 88-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.