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Dune: Part Two (2024)

Posted by Gui on March 8, 2024

Review 166min Genre:       Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-fi Director:     Denis Villeneuve Cast:         Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson… and more Writers:     Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts & Frank Herbert -Synopsis- Paul Atreides continues his mystical journey to become one with the Fremen and fulfil the prophecy of the “Kwisatz Haderach”, while the jealous Emperor and the […]

The Zone of Interest (2023) (German Language)- BFI London Film Festival 2023

Posted by Gui on December 31, 2023

Review 105min Genre:       Fact-Based, Drama Director:     Jonathan Glazer Cast:         Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Freya Kreutzkam…and more Writers:     Jonathan Glazer and Martin Amis -Synopsis- During War War II in the house and garden next to Auschwitz, the camp commandant tries to build an idyllic family life in the shadow of the horror he oversees, only to […]

The Book of Clarence (2023)- BFI London Film Festival 2023

Posted by Gui on December 22, 2023

Review 136min Genre:       Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama Director:     Jeymes Samuel Cast:         LaKeith Stanfield, RJ Cyler, Omar Sy…and more Writers:     Jeymes Samuel -Synopsis- In Jerusalem of 33 AD an aimless highfalutin hustler sees an opportunity in the rise of Jesus Christ where others see salvation, as he carves out a piece of the worship and adulation […]

All of Us Strangers (2023)- BFI London Film Festival 2023

Posted by Gui on December 6, 2023

Review 105min Genre:       Drama, Fantasy, Romance Director:     Andrew Haigh Cast:         Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy…and more Writers:     Andrew Haigh and Taichi Yamada -Synopsis- A lonely gay screenwriter begins to develop a bond with an enigmatic neighbour in London while some visits back to his childhood home spark an unexpected reunion with his long-deceased parents, […]

Maestro (2023)- BFI London Film Festival 2023

Posted by Gui on November 10, 2023

Review 129min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama, Music, Romance Director:     Bradley Cooper Cast:         Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Maya Hawke…and more Writers:     Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer -Synopsis- The life of acclaimed larger-than-life American conductor-composer and cultural icon Leonard Bernstein is revisited through the prism of his complicated marriage to wife and fellow artist Felicia Montealegre, as the […]

The Killer (2023)- BFI London Film Festival 2023

Posted by Gui on October 27, 2023

Review 118min Genre:       Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller Director:     David Fincher Cast:         Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell…and more Writers:     Andrew Kevin Walker, Alexis Nolent, Luc Jacamon -Synopsis- A skilled and meticulous assassin who finally fails to stick to the plan is forced into hiding when an assignment goes wrong, only to be drawn into a […]

Poor Things (2023)- BFI London Film Festival 2023

Posted by Gui on October 22, 2023

Review 221min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-fi Director:     Yorgos Lanthimos Cast:         Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo…and more Writers:     Tony McNamara and Alasdair Gray -Synopsis- In a surrealist Victorian Britain, a tragically deceased young woman is re-born and given a second shot at life when she’s re-animated by an eccentric mad scientist, as her […]

Saltburn (2023)- BFI London Film Festival 2023

Posted by Gui on October 17, 2023

Review 127min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Thriller Director:     Emerald Fennell Cast:         Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike…and more Writers:     Emerald Fennell -Synopsis- A young outsider from humble origins studying at Oxford University becomes drawn into high society when he befriends a charming aristocratic fellow student, and is invited to spend a fateful summer at his eccentric […]

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)- BFI London Film Festival 2023

Posted by Gui on October 12, 2023

Review 206min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama, Romance Director:     Martin Scorsese Cast:         Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro…and more Writers:     Martin Scorsese, Eric Roth and David Grann -Synopsis- In 1920s Oklahoma a series of unexplained murders and exploitation of the oil-rich Osage Nation sparks an FBI investigation which uncovers a sobering conspiracy, triggering the breakdown […]

Monster (2023) (Japanese Language)- BFI London Film Festival 2023

Posted by Gui on October 6, 2023

Review 126min Genre:       Drama, Thriller Director:     Hirokazu Kore-eda Cast:         Soya Kurokawa, Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama…and more Writers:     Yûji Sakamoto -Synopsis- A young Japanese boy’s single mother takes matters into her own hands when his behaviour takes a turn towards the odd and disturbing and she suspects his school life to be the cause, as she […]

Hit Man (2023)- BFI London Film Festival 2023

Posted by Gui on October 2, 2023

Review 113min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Romance Director:     Richard Linklater Cast:         Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio…and more Writers:     Richard Linklater, Glen Powell, Skip Hollandsworth -Synopsis- A mild-mannered straight-laced American professor who moonlights as a contractor for the cops unexpectedly ends up deep undercover as a fake hitman to catch those who order the killings, taking […]

Oppenheimer (2023)

Posted by Gui on July 28, 2023

Review 180min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama, War Director:     Christopher Nolan Cast:         Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr.…and more Writers:     Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin -Synopsis- An American physicist at the height of World War II reluctantly becomes the destroyer of worlds as his relentless drive to beat the Nazis in the development […]

Asteroid City (2023)

Posted by Gui on June 25, 2023

Review 105min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Wes Anderson Cast:         Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Jake Ryan…and more Writers:     Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola -Synopsis- A quirky collection of astronomers, students and their guardians of the mid-1950s gather in the American desert for a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention, only for it to take on a whole new […]

The Flash (2023)

Posted by Gui on June 19, 2023

Review 144min Genre:     Comic-book, Action, Adventure, Fantasy Director:   Andy Muschietti Cast:       Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle …and more Writers:   Christina Hodson and Joby Harold -Synopsis- When quirky speedster Barry Allen’s abilities take him beyond his universe to a chance at changing his past, he teams up with alternative versions of familiar heroes . […]

The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (2023) (French Language)

Posted by Gui on May 8, 2023

Review 121min Genre:       Action, Adventure, Fact-based Director:     Martin Bourboulon Cast:         François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Eva Green…and more Writers:     Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de La Patellière and Alexandre Dumas -Synopsis- A skilled young 17th century swordsman’s dreams of joining the legendary Musketeers sends him on an unexpected adventure when he becomes embroiled in a pan-European […]

Infinity Pool (2023)

Posted by Gui on March 24, 2023

Review 117min Genre:     Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller Director:   Brandon Cronenberg Cast:       Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman…and more Writers:   Brandon Cronenberg -Synopsis- An idyllic beach vacation at an exclusive island resort for a young couple turns into a surrealist nightmare when the husband is sentenced after a tragic accident, only to be offered a disturbing […]

The Fabelmans (2022)

Posted by Gui on January 27, 2023

Review 151min Genre:       Drama Director:     Steven Spielberg Cast:         Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano…and more Writers:     Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner -Synopsis- In post war suburban America, a boy with big dreams is beguiled by the magic of the pictures and nurtured by his free-spirited mother to become a storyteller himself, as he […]

Tár (2022)

Posted by Gui on January 13, 2023

Review 158min Genre:       Drama, Music Director:     Todd Field Cast:         Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss…and more Writers:     Todd Field -Synopsis- Reeling from the pressure of being the first musical director of a prestigious German orchestra, a world-renown classical composer-conductor is plunged into an existential crisis when she struggles to balance the expectations of her […]

Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths) (Spanish Language) (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on December 11, 2022

Review 161min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Alejandro G. Iñárritu Cast:         Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Íker Sánchez Solano… Writers:     Nicolás Giacobone and Alejandro G. Iñárritu -Synopsis- A Mexican filmmaker/journalist who made his name with acclaimed socially-conscious work has his identity challenged and is plunged into an existential crisis upon his celebratory return home after 20 […]

The Wonder (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on November 4, 2022

Review 103min Genre:       Drama, Mystery, Thriller Director:     Sebastián Lelio Cast:         Florence Pugh, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Tom Burke…and more Writers:     Emma Donoghue, Sebastián Lelio and Alice Birch -Synopsis- A pragmatic English nurse with a painful past is sent to an Irish village in the mid-1800s tasked with observation of a special patient, which soon turns into […]

The Whale (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on October 28, 2022

Review 117min Genre:       Drama Director:     Darren Aronofsky Cast:         Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau…and more Writers:     Samuel D. Hunter -Synopsis- Stuck in his apartment with little human contact and the scars of grief weighing him down, an ailing and obese reclusive English teacher eating himself to an early grave takes the painful step of […]

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on October 23, 2022

Review 139min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Mystery Director:     Rian Johnson Cast:         Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe…and more Writers:     Rian Johnson -Synopsis- A mysterious invitation brings renowned detective ‘Benoit Blanc’ and a rag-tag group of “disruptors” to a luxurious coastal getaway and the Greek private island home of a tech billionaire, where a seemingly friendly […]

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on October 18, 2022

Review 109min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Martin McDonagh Cast:         Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon…and more Writers:     Martin McDonagh -Synopsis- A lifelong friendship on an isolated island off the Irish coast is unexpectedly ended when one shuns the other for an incomprehensible reason, and the other refuses to accept it, leading to a feud which […]

Triangle of Sadness (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on October 16, 2022

Review 147min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Ruben Östlund Cast:         Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Woody Harrelson…and more Writers:     Ruben Östlund -Synopsis- In the lap of luxury on a swanky private cruise, a young model couple find themselves trapped with an array of morally questionable mega rich passengers when disaster strikes, as cliques and hierarchies are turned […]

White Noise (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on October 14, 2022

Review 136min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Thriller Director:     Noah Baumbach Cast:         Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Raffey Cassidy…and more Writers:     Noah Baumbach and Don DeLillo -Synopsis- A quirky academic and his anxious wife struggle to lead their paranoid young family through the turmoil of everyday life in suburban 1980s America, only to be forced onto a […]

Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on October 10, 2022

Review 117min Genre:       Comedy, Family, Musical Director:     Matthew Warchus Cast:         Alisha Weir, Lashana Lynch, Emma Thompson…and more Writers:     Dennis Kelly and Roald Dahl -Synopsis- Sent by her spiteful neglectful parents to a notorious school run by a monstrous headmistress with an iron fist, a young English girl genius is nurtured by a loving teacher and […]

Holy Spider (2022) (Persian Language)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on October 7, 2022

Review 116min Genre:       Crime, Drama, Thriller Director:     Ali Abbasi Cast:         Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani…and more Writers:     Ali Abbasi and Afshin Kamran Bahrami -Synopsis- In the streets of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad, a dogged female journalist plunges into the dark underbelly of society to track down an elusive serial killer preying on […]

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

Posted by Gui on July 8, 2022

Review 118min Genre:       Comic-book, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance Director:     Taika Waititi Cast:         Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale…and more Writers:     Taika Waititi and Jennifer Kaytin Robinson -Synopsis- Fresh from helping the Avengers resurrect half the universe, a newly in-shape God of Thunder’s misadventures with the Asgardians of the Galaxy are cut short by […]

The Batman (2022)

Posted by Gui on March 9, 2022

Review 175min Genre:       Comic-book, Action, Crime, Drama Director:     Matt Reeves Cast:         Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano…and more Writers:     Matt Reeves, Peter Craig and Bob Kane -Synopsis- Struggling with his dual role as reclusive billionaire and caped protector of a rotting city whose corruption hits uncomfortably close to home, ‘Bruce Wayne’ forms an unlikely […]

House of Gucci (2021)

Posted by Gui on November 28, 2021

Review 157min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:     Ridley Scott Cast:         Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino…and more Writers:     Becky Johnston, Roberto Bentivegna and Sara Gay Forden -Synopsis- Built on generations of wealth, power, and glamour, the Italian fashion powerhouse is steadily plunged into turmoil and scandal when one of their heirs marries an ambitious […]

Lamb (2021) (Icelandic Language)- BFI London Film Festival 2021

Posted by Gui on November 11, 2021

Review 106min Genre:     Drama, Horror, Mystery Director:   Valdimar Jóhannsson Cast:       Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson… Writers:   Valdimar Jóhannsson and Sjón -Synopsis- On an isolated Icelandic sheep farm, a grieving farmer couple form an unnatural connection to a particularly special newborn lamb, but their fixation with their new lambkin soon blends with their […]

The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)- BFI London Film Festival 2021

Posted by Gui on October 31, 2021

Review 105min Genre:       Drama, Thriller Director:     Joel Coen Cast:         Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand , Bertie Carvel…more Writers:     Joel Coen and William Shakespeare -Synopsis- A medieval Scottish lord and his ambitious wife execute a dastardly plan to ruthlessly seize power in the land after the prophecy of three weird witch sisters, only to be plunged into […]

Dune (2021)

Posted by Gui on October 25, 2021

Review 155min Genre:       Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-fi Director:     Denis Villeneuve Cast:         Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac…more Writers:     Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts, Eric Roth & Frank Herbert -Synopsis- The talented son and heir of a galactic noble family is sent to a dangerous planet with his people to bring peace and protect their […]

Belfast (2021)- BFI London Film Festival 2021

Posted by Gui on October 23, 2021

Review 98min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Kenneth Branagh Cast:         Jude Hill, Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan…and more Writers:     Kenneth Branagh -Synopsis- The political tumult, social and cultural change of late 1960’s Britain and Northern Ireland is seen through the eyes of a young boy and his working-class family, as the joy, pain and innocence of […]

The French Dispatch (2021)- BFI London Film Festival 2021

Posted by Gui on October 15, 2021

Review 108min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Romance Director:     Wes Anderson Cast:         Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright…and more Writers:     Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola…more -Synopsis- A picturesque fictional mid-20th century French town brings together a collection of colourful journalists and their stories, published by a French outpost of an American paper on the […]

Titane (2021) (French Language)- BFI London Film Festival 2021

Posted by Gui on October 12, 2021

Review 126min Genre:       Crime, Drama, Thriller Director:     Julia Ducournau Cast:         Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Garance Marillier…and more Writers:     Julia Ducournau -Synopsis- A detached and fearsome exotic dancer with a scarring past and morbid present goes on the run, plunging into gender fluidity and a new identity when she forms a curious deceptive bond with a […]

The Power of the Dog (2021)- BFI London Film Festival 2021

Posted by Gui on October 11, 2021

Review 126min Genre:       Drama, Romance, Western Director:     Jane Campion Cast:         Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons…more Writers:     Jane Campion and Thomas Savage -Synopsis- In early 20th century rural Montana, a domineering rancher ruthlessly rules his roost only for his life to be upended by the arrival of his brother’s new widower wife and her son, […]

Last Night in Soho (2021)- BFI London Film Festival 2021

Posted by Gui on October 10, 2021

Review 116min Genre:       Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller Director:     Edgar Wright Cast:         Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith…and more Writers:     Edgar Wright and Krysty Wilson-Cairns -Synopsis- A young small town aspiring British fashion designer heads to the capital and mysteriously drifts between the present day and the swinging London of the 1960s, where she forges […]

The Harder They Fall (2021)- BFI London Film Festival 2021

Posted by Gui on October 8, 2021

Review 130min Genre:       Action, Thriller, Western Director:     Jeymes Samuel Cast:         Idris Elba, Regina King, Jonathan Majors…and more Writers:     Jeymes Samuel and Boaz Yakin -Synopsis- In the old American west, a vengeful outlaw assembles his rag-tag crew for some payback on his fearsome recently-released enemy and his own gang, in this classic yet modern ensemble […]

Annette (2021)

Posted by Gui on September 1, 2021

Review 141min Genre:       Drama, Musical, Romance Director:     Leos Carax Cast:         Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg…and more Writers:     Ron Mael and Russell Mael -Synopsis- A mysterious musical chronicle of the relationship between an intense and troubled stand-up comedian and a celebrated opera singer, whose glamorous lives are turned upside down by the arrival of […]

Pig (2021)

Posted by Gui on August 18, 2021

Review 92min Genre:       Drama, Mystery Director:     Michael Sarnoski Cast:         Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin…and more Writers:     Michael Sarnoski and Vanessa Block -Synopsis- When his companion and prized truffle pig is kidnapped, a reclusive forager is forced to leave the peace of the Oregonian wilderness for the bustle of the city and is plunged back […]

Zola (2021)

Posted by Gui on August 4, 2021

Review 86min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Drama Director:     Janicza Bravo Cast:         Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Colman Domingo…and more Writers:     Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris and A’Ziah King -Synopsis- A young Detroit stripper embarks on a saucy road trip to Florida with a fellow exotic dancer and her two companions, only for things to take a turn […]

The Father (2020)

Posted by Gui on June 9, 2021

Review 97min Genre:       Drama Director:     Florian Zeller Cast:         Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Rufus Sewell…and more Writers:     Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton -Synopsis- When an elderly British man refuses to let his cognitive condition control his life and denies help from his worried daughter, his deteriorating mind begins to cast doubt over his loved ones as […]

Minari (2020) (Korean & English Language)

Posted by Gui on March 28, 2021

Review 115min Genre:       Drama Director:     Lee Isaac Chung Cast:         Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Alan S. Kim…and more Writers:     Lee Isaac Chung -Synopsis- In 1980s rural Arkansas, a young Korean immigrant family toils to make a living in their isolated farmstead and carve out their place in a strange land, while the young son and daughter […]