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A Real Pain (2024)- BFI London Film Festival 2024

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Indignation (2016)

Posted by Gui on November 17, 2016

Review 110min Genre:       Drama, Romance Director:    James Schamus Cast:         Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts…and more Writer:      Philip Roth and James Schamus -Synopsis- An American 1950s period drama adaptation of the Philip Roth novel set during the Korean War; following a Jewish teenager and his existential struggles with the world around him and the consequences […]

American Pastoral (2016)

Posted by Gui on November 13, 2016

Review 108min Genre:       Drama Director:    Ewan McGregor Cast:         Ewan McGregor, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Connelly…more Writer:      Philip Roth and John Romano -Synopsis- Ewan McGregor makes his directorial debut and stars in an adaptation of Philip Roth’s prize-winning novel; following the fate of a respected and successful Jewish-American man, whose idyllic life unravels after his daughter becomes […]

Café Society (2016)

Posted by Gui on September 4, 2016

Review 96min Genre:      Comedy, Romance Director:   Woody Allen Cast:        Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell…and more Writer:     Woody Allen -Synopsis- A wide-eyed, awkward young New Yorker moves to Los Angeles to try and find a place alongside his big-shot movie agent uncle, among the glitz & glamour of 1930s Hollywood; only to be caught up […]