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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Nomadland (2020)

Posted by Gui on February 17, 2021

Review 108min Genre:       Drama Director:     Chloé Zhao Cast:         Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May…and more Writers:     Chloé Zhao and Jessica Bruder -Synopsis- Alone and reeling from the loss of her way of life in the years following the financial crash of 2008, a free-spirited, hard-working middle-aged woman traverses the American Southwest and its heartland in […]

One Night in Miami… (2020)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on December 3, 2020

Review 110min Genre:       Drama Director:     Regina King Cast:         Eli Goree, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Leslie Odom Jr.…and more Writers:     Kemp Powers -Synopsis- During the aftermath of Cassius Clay’s historic heavyweight championship victory over Sonny Liston in 1964 and on the eve of his conversion to Islam, cultural icons and leaders of the black community Clay, Muslim minister […]

New Order (2020) (Spanish Language)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on November 25, 2020

Review 88min Genre:       Drama Director:     Michel Franco Cast:         Naian González Norvind, Diego Boneta, Fernando Cuautle… Writers:     Michel Franco -Synopsis- A wealthy Mexico City family wedding becomes a bloodbath when anarchy reigns after angry protests against corruption and inequality turn into a violent wave which rips through the fabric of society, while the aftermath for both […]

American Utopia (2020)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on November 11, 2020

Review 105min Genre:       Drama, Music, Musical Director:     Spike Lee Cast:         David Byrne, Angie Swan, Bobby Wooten III…and more Writers:     David Byrne -Synopsis- David Byrne gets the Spike Lee treatment as the veteran New York director captures the singular new wave star’s 2019 Broadway show in all its glory. An expertly executed minimalist concept featuring Byrne […]

Another Round (2020) (Danish Language)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on November 5, 2020

Review 117min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Thomas Vinterberg Cast:         Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang…and more Writers:     Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm -Synopsis- An indifferent, straight-laced pushover Danish high school teacher in an existential rut and his three scholarly colleagues think they have found the key to a successful and fulfilling life within […]

Supernova (2020)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on October 29, 2020

Review 93min Genre:       Drama, Romance Director:     Harry Macqueen Cast:         Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Pippa Haywood…and more Writers:     Harry Macqueen -Synopsis- A RV road trip home to rural England for a middle-age artist/intellectual long-term gay couple is made all the more precious and definitive when the one suffering with dementia begins to steadily decline, while the […]

The Painted Bird (2020) (Czech, German and Russian language)

Posted by Gui on September 7, 2020

Review 169min Genre:      Drama, War Director:    Václav Marhoul Cast:        Petr Kotlár, Udo Kier, Julian Sands…and more Writers:    Václav Marhoul and Jerzy Kosinski -Synopsis- In bleak rural Eastern Europe at the end of the second world war, a young Jewish peasant boy wanders from village to village after the death of his foster aunt, […]

Deerskin (2019) (French Language)

Posted by Gui on May 20, 2020

Review 77min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Horror Director:     Quentin Dupieux Cast:         Jean Dujardin, Adèle Haenel, Albert Delpy…and more Writers:     Quentin Dupieux -Synopsis- A curious French man develops an obsession with a brown suede deerskin jacket with its own personality, as he sequesters himself in a small country town and assumes the identity of a […]

Bacurau (2019) (Portuguese & English Language)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on March 1, 2020

Review 131min Genre:     Crime, Drama, Thriller Director:   Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho Cast:       Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Sônia Braga…and more Writers:   Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho -Synopsis- In the arid rural Northeast of Brazil, the residents of Bacurau begin to experience strange happenings after the death of the village’s elderly matriarch, only to […]

Parasite (2019) (Korean Language)

Posted by Gui on February 6, 2020

Review 132min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Drama Director:     Bong Joon Ho Cast:         Song Kang-ho, Jo Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik…and more Writers:     Bong Joon Ho and Jin Won Han -Synopsis- Struggling on the margins of Korean society, a young man and his unemployed family find their fortunes changed when they infiltrate an all-too-trusting wealthy local family, only to […]

Richard Jewell (2019)

Posted by Gui on February 2, 2020

Review 131min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:     Clint Eastwood Cast:         Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde…and more Writers:     Billy Ray, Marie Brenner, Kent Alexander… and more -Synopsis- During the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta, a humble Georgia security guard becomes an instant hero when he saves scores of people from a pipe bomb planted […]

Uncut Gems (2019)

Posted by Gui on January 30, 2020

Review 135min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Drama Director:     Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie Cast:         Adam Sandler, LaKeith Stanfield, Julia Fox…and more Writers:     Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie -Synopsis- When he smells a score that could solve all his financial woes, a wheeler-dealer New York jeweller takes a major gamble which ropes-in professional athletes, bookies, […]

The Lighthouse (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on January 27, 2020

Review 109min Genre:       Drama, Horror, Thriller Director:    Robert Eggers Cast:         Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman…and more Writers:     Robert Eggers and Max Eggers -Synopsis- The bleakness of a late 19th century New England island lighthouse holds the fate of its caretakers, one an ornery veteran seaman and the other his newly arrived Canadian apprentice, whose […]

A Hidden Life (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on January 1, 2020

Review 174min Genre:     Fact-based, Drama, Romance, War Director:  Terrence Malick Cast:      August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Karl Markovics…and more Writers:   Terrence Malick -Synopsis- In the picturesque valleys and mountains of wartime Austria, a devout Christian farmer and conscientious objector has a crisis of conscience when drafted to serve in the German Wehrmacht, refusing to fight for […]

Marriage Story (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on December 2, 2019

Review 136min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Romance Director:    Noah Baumbach Cast:         Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Azhy Robertson…and more Writers:     Noah Baumbach -Synopsis- When their personal relationship breaks down as they begin to grow apart, a stage actress returns to L.A. with her young son to restart a Hollywood career, while her estranged New York theatre director […]

Knives Out (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on October 30, 2019

Review 130min Genre:     Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery Director:  Rian Johnson Cast:       Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas…and more Writers:   Rian Johnson -Synopsis- When the wealthy author patriarch of a combative and dysfunctional American family unexpectedly dies at one of their gatherings, a police detective and a celebrated private investigator are sent to investigate, but […]

JoJo Rabbit (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on October 18, 2019

Review 108min Genre:     Comedy, Drama, War Director:  Taika Waititi Cast:       Roman Griffin Davis, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi… more Writers:   Taika Waititi and Christine Leunens -Synopsis- In the final days of Nazi Germany, a young boy deals with childhood strife and his struggles in the Hitler youth by turning to his imaginary friend and constant companion—Adolf […]

The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on October 15, 2019

Review 121min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Joe Talbot Cast:         Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Danny Glover…and more Writers:     Joe Talbot, Jimmie Fails and Rob Richert -Synopsis- In the modern day San Francisco Bay Area, a young black man teams up with his best friend to reclaim his family’s former large Victorian house in the Fillmore District, […]

The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on October 5, 2019

Review 97min Genre:     Adventure, Comedy, Drama Director:  Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz Cast:       Zack Gottsagen, Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson…and more Writers:   Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz -Synopsis- Armed with the ambition to break free and the dream of becoming a wrestler, a young man with Down’s Syndrome escapes his care home and embarks on an […]

Monos (2019) (Spanish Language)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on October 2, 2019

Review 102min Genre:       Drama, Thriller, War Director:    Alejandro Landes Cast:         Sofia Buenaventura, Moises Arias, Julianne Nicholson…more Writers:     Alejandro Landes and Alexis Dos Santos -Synopsis- In the remote mountains and jungles of Latin America, a small close-knit colony of armed, ritualistic young commandos lives wild and trains intensely while waiting for orders. But when a hostage […]

Ad Astra (2019)

Posted by Gui on September 19, 2019

Review 122min Genre:     Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-fi Director:  James Gray Cast:       Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga…and more Writers:   James Gray and Ethan Gross -Synopsis- Tasked with discovering the fate of his vanished space pioneer father while on top secret exploration mission with implications for the survival of humanity, an unflappable US Army major […]

Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (2019)

Posted by Gui on August 16, 2019

Review 161min Genre:     Comedy, Drama Director:  Quentin Tarantino Cast:       Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie…and more Writers:   Quentin Tarantino -Synopsis- Against the backdrop of the final years of Hollywood’s ‘Golden Age’ in the late 1960s, and the death of American innocence, a washed-up actor and his loyal stunt double to take one last shot at […]