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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 […]

Judy & Punch (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on November 20, 2019

Review 105min Genre:       Crime, Drama Director:    Mirrah Foulkes Cast:         Mia Wasikowska, Damon Herriman, Benedict Hardie…more Writers:     Mirrah Foulkes -Synopsis- In puritanical 17th century England, an irresponsible father and manipulative self-centred puppeteer takes out his shortcomings and alcoholism on his wife and baby, only to face a reckoning when she returns with new purpose as an […]

Mid90s (2018)

Posted by Gui on April 10, 2019

Review 85min Genre:       Drama Director:    Jonah Hill Cast:         Sunny Suljic, Na-kel Smith, Lucas Hedges…and more Writer:      Jonah Hill -Synopsis- It ain’t easy to figure out who you are or want to be at thirteen, but for L.A. teen ‘Stevie’ life is about to get eventful in his mid 90s summer, as he balances a troubled […]

The Sisters Brothers (2018)

Posted by Gui on April 7, 2019

Review 122min Genre:       Crime, Drama, Western Director:    Jacques Audiard Cast:         Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Jake Gyllenhaal…and more Writers:     Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain and Patrick DeWitt -Synopsis- When their latest contract takes them across the unforgiving mid-19th century American West on a hunt for a gold prospector with a valuable secret, the notorious pair of […]

Serenity (2019)

Posted by Gui on March 1, 2019

Review 106min Genre:      Crime, Drama, Mystery Director:   Steven Knight Cast:        Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke…more Writer:     Steven Knight -Synopsis- A fishing boat captain’s tranquil existence on a tropical island is shattered by the re-emergence of his ex-wife, whose plea for help and sinister plan to deal with her abusive new husband plunges him into […]

Piercing (2019)

Posted by Gui on February 18, 2019

Review 81min Genre:     Horror, Thriller Director:  Nicolas Pesce Cast:       Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska, Laia Costa…and more Writers:   Nicolas Pesce and Ryû Murakami -Synopsis- When a family man leaves home on the false premise of a business trip to indulge in and mitigate his murderous fantasies, his plan is soon scuppered by a troubled prostitute and […]

Beast (2018)

Posted by Gui on April 23, 2018

Review 107min Genre:       Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance Director:    Michael Pearce Cast:         Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Geraldine James…and more Writer:      Michael Pearce -Synopsis- When a repressed young woman meets a mysterious stranger in an isolated island community, she becomes caught between duty towards her oppressive family and an infatuation with a man suspected of multiple murders […]