Posted by Gui on November 9, 2024
Review 124min Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Music Director: Pablo Larraín Cast: Angelina Jolie, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher…and more Writers: Steven Knight -Synopsis- During her final days in 1970s Paris, the great Maria Callas recounts her life whilst struggling with her health and a hallucinatory pill addiction, reflecting on her loves and losses and on an incredible […]
Posted by Gui on November 1, 2024
Review 120min Genre: Drama, Thriller Director: Edward Berger Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow…and more Writers: Peter Straughan and Robert Harris -Synopsis- After the unexpected death of the Catholic church’s leader, a respected cardinal is charged with leading the Conclave in its secretive effort to select a new Pope only to be drawn […]
Posted by Gui on October 26, 2024
Review 122min Genre: Fact-based, Drama Director: Ali Abbasi Cast: Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova…and more Writers: Gabriel Sherman -Synopsis- In the 1970s through the ’80s, a young Donald Trump’s star rises through New York real estate and beyond as his personality and life ethos is shaped by his close relationship with a questionable mentor—US […]
Posted by Gui on October 20, 2024
Review 219min Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance Director: Sean Baker Cast: Mikey Madison, Mark Eidelshtein, Karren Karagulian…and more Writers: Sean Baker -Synopsis- A spirited young New York exotic dancer and working girl finds a seemingly fairytale way out of the sex industry when she beguiles and swiftly marries a wild and wealthy young Russian, only […]
Posted by Gui on October 13, 2024
Review 120min Genre: Drama, Thriller, War Director: Steve McQueen Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Elliott Heffernan, Paul Weller…and more Writers: Steve McQueen -Synopsis- In the midst of the Nazi bombings of the British capital, a young East End mother struggles to track down the son she sent to the country for safety, but who decided to return […]
Posted by Gui on October 7, 2024
Review 90min Genre: Comedy, Drama Director: Jesse Eisenberg Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Jennifer Grey…and more Writers: Jesse Eisenberg -Synopsis- Two estranged and very different American cousins come together on a trip to Poland to honour their grandmother’s origins and re-connect with their Jewish roots, only to get on each other’s last nerve and […]
Posted by Gui on April 19, 2024
Review 109min Genre: Drama, Thriller, War Director: Alex Garland Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura… and more Writers: Alex Garland -Synopsis- In a dystopian and mortally divided near-future America torn apart by ideology and secessionist coalition states, a group of war correspondents embark on a dangerous odyssey across a ramshackled country towards Washington […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]