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 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 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 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 […]
Posted by Gui on January 29, 2019
Review 130min Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Drama Director: Peter Farrelly Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini…and more Writers: Peter Farrelly, Brian Hayes Currie and Nick Vallelonga -Synopsis- When a sophisticated African-American jazz and classical pianist recruits a gruff working-class Italian-American bouncer to be his driver for a tour of the early 1960s segregated American south, […]
Posted by Gui on January 25, 2019
116min Genre: Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director: Clint Eastwood Cast: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Dianne Wiest…and more Writers: Sam Dolnick and Nick Schenk -Synopsis- After falling on hard times and reeling from his failure as a father and husband, an elderly horticulturalist and US veteran becomes a drug mule for a notorious Mexican cartel, but struggles […]
Posted by Gui on July 2, 2018
Review 109min Genre: Drama Director: Debra Granik Cast: Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Foster, Dana Millican…and more Writers: Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini and Peter Rock -Synopsis- Forced to abandon their idyllic wild existence in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, an emotionally scarred father and his thirteen year-old daughter struggle to adapt to the society around them, […]
Posted by Gui on October 15, 2017
Review 105min Genre: Drama, Romance Director: Léa Mysius Cast: Noée Abita, Juan Cano, Laure Calamy…and more Writers: Léa Mysius and Paul Guilhaume -Synopsis- When 13-year-old loner ‘Ava’ is hit with the prospect of the impending loss of her eyesight while on a French beachside vacation with her family, the spirited teen decides to accelerate her […]
Posted by Gui on October 9, 2017
Review 121min Genre: Adventure, Drama Director: Andrew Haigh Cast: Charlie Plummer, Steve Buscemi, Travis Fimmel…and more Writers: Andrew Haigh and Willy Vlautin -Synopsis- Teenager ‘Charley Thompson’ is used to living a nomadic life, moving from town-to-town in the Pacific Northwest with his grifter dad, with their latest move giving him the chance to work the […]
Posted by Gui on September 6, 2017
In an ongoing effort to help aspiring filmmakers and promote independent films, particularly those struggling with distribution and releases, we periodically feature films in our ‘Indie Spotlight’ series for your consideration. Moon Dogs (2017) 93min Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music Director: Philip John Cast: Jack Parry-Jones, Christy O’Donnell, Tara Lee…and more Writers: Derek Boyle and Raymond […]
Posted by Gui on August 16, 2017
Review 118min Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime Director: Patrick Hughes Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman…and more Writer: Tom O’Connor -Synopsis- When an elite bodyguard gets an unwanted new assignment—protecting a former rival and veteran hitman who will testify against a brutal dictator in The Hague—he must put aside resentments and personality clashes to […]
Posted by Gui on October 8, 2016
163min Genre: Drama Director: Andrea Arnold Cast: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough…and more Writer: Andrea Arnold -Synopsis- 18-year-old Southern girl “Star” seems destined for a life of struggle in the poverty-stricken American heartland, when a chance encounter turns into a new life on the road with a ragtag group of youngsters, becoming the newest […]
Posted by Gui on April 9, 2016
Review 112min Genre: Sci-fi, Drama, Mystery Director: Jeff Nichols Cast: Jaeden Lieberher, Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton…and more Writer: Jeff Nichols -Synopsis- In a desperate attempt to protect his son who possesses mysterious supernatural powers; a man goes on the run from religious zealots and government forces with the help of his companions, on a mission […]
Posted by Gui on December 11, 2015
Review 79min Genre: Comedy, Drama Director: Paul Weitz Cast: Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden…and more Writer: Paul Weitz -Synopsis- When her newly pregnant teenage granddaughter turns up on her doorstep asking for help, a no-nonsense lesbian grandma sets out on a journey to help her grandchild with an abortion, while both teaching and […]
Posted by Gui on November 21, 2015
In a desperate attempt to protect his son who possesses supernatural powers, a man goes on the run from religious extremists and government agents with his gifted boy and companions by his side. Directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton and Jaeden Lieberher among others. Genre: Sci-fi, Drama, Thriller UK Release: 15th of […]