Passages (2023)Director: Ira SachsScreenwriter: Mauricio Zacharias, Ira SachsStarring: Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw, Adèle Exarchopoulos First shown to the world at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, the latest feature from Little Men (2016) and Frankie (2019) director Ira Sachs, Passages, has been one of the most anticipated releases of 2023. Having received its UK premiere at […]
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Axiom (2022) Director: Jöns Jönsson Screenwriter: Jöns Jönsson Starring: Moritz von Treuenfels, Thomas Schubert Axiom, the latest film from upcoming Swedish director Jöns Jönsson, follows Julius, an eloquent young museum attendant, who invites his colleagues on a sailing trip. It is a simple story, but one that may not play out as you think. The
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Official Competition (2021) Directors: Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn Screenwriters: Gastón Duprat, Andrés Duprat, Mariano Cohn Starring: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Oscar Martínez Continuing his late career resurgence, thanks in no small part to Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory, Antonio Banderas stars alongside Penélope Cruz and Oscar Martínez in the Spanish dark comedy Official Competition. Millionaire
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Flux Gourmet (2022) Director: Peter Strickland Screenwriter: Peter Strickland Starring: Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie, Ariane Labed, Fatma Mohamed, Makis Papadimitriou Peter Strickland, the infamous director behind some of the weirdest films you’ve never seen, follows his giallo-inspired horror film In Fabric (in which a haunted red dress torments its various owners) with his latest sure-to-be-divisive
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Aftersun (2022) Director: Charlotte Wells Screenwriter: Charlotte Wells Starring: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall Met with critical acclaim after first premiering during Cannes Critic Week, Charlotte Wells’ feature directorial debut opened the 2022 Edinburgh International Film Festival in its UK premiere. The feature, from the Scotland-born director, follows the father-daughter duo of Calum (Paul Mescal)
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The Beta Test (2021) Directors: Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe Screenwriters: Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe Starring: Jim Cummings, Virginia Newcombe, PJ McCabe As a beacon of hope for the independent filmmaking community, there is nobody more suited to the job of exposing Hollywood’s underbelly of odious corporate sucklers than Jim Cummings. After winning Best Narrative Feature
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Pig (2021) Director: Michael Sarnoski Screenwriter: Michael Sarnoski Starring: Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin In recent years, Nicolas Cage movies have come to be met with particular expectations. YouTube personalities like Chris Stuckmann have become infamous for their videos on some of the actor’s most over-the-top performances, and Cage has since become something of
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The Sound of Silence (2019) Director: Michael Tyburski Screenwriter: Ben Nabors, Michael Tyburski Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Rashida Jones, Tony Revolori, Austin Pendleton, Bruce Altman Making his feature directorial debut with a sophisticated adaptation of his own short film of the same name, Michael Tyburski (in conjunction with co-writer Ben Nabors) offers a composed piece centring
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Firecrackers (2019) Director: Jasmin Mozaffari Screenwriter: Jasmin Mozaffari Starring: Michaela Kurimsky, Karena Evans, Callum Thompson, David Kingston, Tamara LeClair, Scott Cleland, Dylan Mask Jasmin Mozaffari’s strongly authored feature-length debut Firecrackers is filled with boundless energy and packs a hefty emotional punch, the result being one of the most personal coming-of-age dramas of the year, a
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L’Empereur de Paris (2019) Director: Jean-François Richet Screenwriters: Éric Besnard, Jean-François Richet Starring: Olga Kurylenko, Vincent Cassell, Freya Mavor, August Diehl, Denis Ménochet, Fabrice Luchini, Denis Lavant, William Sciortino, Patrick Chesnais French historical epic The Emperor of Paris, from Mesrine and Assault on Precinct 13 director Jean-François Richet, is an action-based chronicle of famed Napoleonic-era figure François Vidocq (Vicncent
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