Leo (Javier Bardem) lies in bed, confused and lost in his thoughts preoccupied by the uneasy sense that people no longer take him seriously. With proverbial tender loving care, his daughter Molly (Elle Fanning), accompanies him to New York. Even though her job is on the line, she sticks with her chaotically minded father who […]
Continue readingA Quiet Place Part II
After the captivating 2018 concept-horror, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) return in their post-apocalyptic world of silence, this time to face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the blind creatures that hunt by sound and who have killed much of the […]
Continue readingYa No Estoy Aquí (I’m No Longer Here)
Mexican filmmaker Fernando Frias de la Parra’s fresh take on this coming-of-age narrative sees the rough road of growth collide with issues of identity. From the streets of Mexico to the immigrant communities of New York City, the film tracks the lives of a group of young men brought together around a measured, melancholic local […]
Continue readingFlowers & a Switchblade, Part 1
Two women meet in a New York park for the first time. This everyday scene is transformed into a reflection on the digital textures of everyday life, composed as a fractured collage of iPhone footage. The real-life conversation becomes a 360° Cubist world, a hyper-stimulating environment where Nic Koller and Weston Rio Morgan push the […]
Continue readingThe Key
“The Key” is the newest virtual reality experience from acclaimed storyteller and directorCeline Tricart. It brings together her distinctive aesthetics, documentary edge, and eye for humanism. Viewers must help to solve challenges to unlock the mystery of “The Key.” Through dreamscapes and interactive tasks, the narrative prompts difficult reflections and decisions around loss. Animated […]
Continue readingThe Personal History of David Copperfield
Starring Oscar nominee Dev Patel with an exceptional supporting cast, including Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, and Ben Wishaw, this is a gloriously entertaining careening through 19th-century England, tracking its hero’s zigzag destiny. Born six months after the death of his father, David (Patel) is lucky to be raised by a loving mother. But when Mum […]
Continue readingThe Last Vermeer
Dan Friedkin’s engrossing directorial debut is based on the true story of the 20th century’s most ingenious art forger. It follows Han van Meegeren (Guy Pearce), a famous socialite, who is said to have profited from the sale of a Vermeer painting to Hermann Göring, one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi party. […]
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Khairy Beshara on Khairy Beshara, an autobiography introducing the director, the artist, and the man, which also explores the challenges and problems of the next generation, as represented by his son Robert. Tracing Beshara’s family migration to the United States through a surreal narrative, with Robert discovering his father has turned into a black dog. […]
Continue readingMalcolm X
“Malcolm X” is Spike Lee’s epic biopic of one of the most remarkable figures in American 20th-century history. At its heart, an incredible performance by Denzel Washington who portrays three personalities in one body, Malcolm Little, Malcolm X, and El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. The story tells how Malcolm Little, a young black hoodlum in jazz age […]
Continue readingResistance
‘Chaplin, not Hitler’ is the refrain of an unexpected resistance, inspired by a spirit of imagination. The story of aFrench secret network which saved the orphaned children of Jewish families from the Nazis, and the legendary mime who was part of its ranks. Marcel Marceau (Jesse Eisenberg) is the iconic silent hero, who sustained children’s […]
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