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Jay Kelly and Below The Clouds
At Work
(À pied d’œuvre)
(Country: France; Year: 2025; Director: Valérie Donzelli; Writer: Valérie Donzelli, Gilles Marchand; Stars: Bastien Bouillon, André Marcon, Virginie Ledoyen)
The true story of a successful photographer who gives up everything to devote himself to writing - and discovers poverty.
Below The Clouds
(Sotto Le Nuvole)
(Country: Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Gianfranco Rosi; Writer: Gianfranco Rosi)
Documenting Vesuvius, featuring traces of history, the excavation of time, the remains of everyday life.
Bugonia
(Country: Ireland, South Korea, Canada, United States; Year: 2025; Director: Yorgos Lanthimos; Writer: Jang Joon-hwan, Will Tracy; Stars: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Alicia Silverstone, Stavros Halkios)
Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Duse
(Country: Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Pietro Marcello; Writer: Letizia Russo, Guido Silei, Pietro Marcello; Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fanni Wrochna, Noémie Merlant, Fausto Russo Alesi, Edoardo Sorgente, Vincenzo Nemolato, with the participation of Noémie Lvovsky)
Eleonora Duse’s legendary career seems over, but in the ferocious times between the Great War and the rise of fascism, the Divina feels a call stronger than any resignation and returns to where her life began: on stage.
Elisa
(Country: Italy, Switzerland; Year: 2025; Director: Leonardo Di Costanzo; Writer: Leonardo Di Costanzo, Bruno Oliviero, Valia Santella; Stars: Barbara Ronchi, Roschdy Zem, Diego Ribon, Valeria Golino)
Elisa, thirty-five, has been in prison for ten years, convicted of killing her older sister without apparent motive and burning her body. She claims to remember little to nothing of the crime, as if she had drawn a veil of silence between herself and the past. But when she decides to meet with criminologist Alaoui and take part in his research, in a tense and relentless dialogue memories begin to take shape.
The Smashing Machine and Duse
Father Mother Sister Brother
(Country: US, Ireland, France; Year: 2025; Director: Jim Jarmusch; Writer: Jim Jarmusch; Stars: Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Sarah Greene, Indya Moore, Luka Sabbat, Françoise Lebrun)
Three stories all concern the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents) and each other. Each of the three chapters takes place in the present, and each in a different country.
Frankenstein
(Country: Mexico, US; Year: 2025; Director: Guillermo Del Toro; Writer: Guillermo Del Toro, based on the book by Mary Shelley; Stars: Ralph Ineson, Mia Goth, Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz, Oscar Isaac, Charles Dance, Christian Convery, David Bradley)
A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation
Girl
(Country: China; Year: 2025; Director: Shu Qi; Writer: Shu Qi; Stars: Roy Chiu, 9m88, Bai Xiao-Ying)
A young girl finds solace in her friendship with another girl of a similar name, who embodies the dreams she has suppressed. However, her aspirations are challenged by her mother’s past, which mirrors her own struggles and traps her in a cycle of despair.
A House Of Dynamite
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Kathryn Bigelow; Writer: Noah Oppenheim; Stars: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, Jason Clarke)
When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
Jay Kelly
(Country: US, UK, Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Noah Baumbach; Writer: Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer; Stars: George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Greta Gerwig, Patrick Wilson, Riley Keough, Emily Mortimer)
Famous movie actor Jay Kelly and his devoted manager Ron embark on a whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journey. Both are forced to confront choices they've made, their relationships with loved ones and the legacies they'll leave behind.
Bugonia and A House Of Dynamite
No Other Choice
(Eojjeol suga eopda)
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2025; Director: Park Chan-wook; Writer: Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Jahye Lee; Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Son Yej-in, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, Cha Seung-won)
When man loses his job he finds himself drifting before deciding to take things into his own hands...
Orphan
(Country: Hungary; Year: 2025; Director: László Nemes; Writer: László Nemes, Clara Royer; Stars: Bojtorján Barábas, Andrea Waskovics, Grégory Gadebois, Elíz Szabó, Sándor Soma, Marcin Czarnik)
1957. In Budapest, after the uprising against the Communist regime, a young Jewish boy, Andor - raised by his mother with idealised tales of his deceased father - has his world turned upside down when a brutish man appears, claiming to be his true father.
Silent Friend
(Country: Greece, France, Hungary; Year: 2025; Director: Ildikó Enyedi; Writer: Ildikó Enyedi, Tina Kaiser; Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Léa Seydoux, Sylvester Groth, Yun Huang)
Tales told from the perspective of a lonely old tree standing in the middle of a botanical garden.
The Smashing Machine
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Benny Safdie; Writer: Benny Safdie; Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt)
The story of legendary mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Mark Kerr.
The Stranger
(L'Etranger)
(Country: France; Year: 2025; Director: François Ozon, based on the book by Albert Camus; Writer: François Ozon; Stars: Benjamin Voisin, Rebecca Marder, Pierre Lottin, Swann Arlaud, Denis Lavant)
Algiers, 1938. Meursault, a quiet and unassuming employee in his early thirties, attends his mother's funeral without shedding a tear. The next day, he begins a casual affair with Marie, a work colleague. He quickly slips back into his usual routine. However, his daily life is soon about to be disrupted by his neighbor, Raymond Sintès, who draws Meursault into his shady dealings.
Frankenstein and At Work
The Sun Rises On Us All
(Country: China; Year: 2025; Director: Cai Shangjun; Writer: Han Nianjin, Cai Shangjun; Stars: Xin Zhilei, Zhang Songwen, Feng Shaofeng)
He sacrificed himself for love, taking the blame for a crime she committed. Unable to repay him for the sacrifice he made, she leaves to start a new life. Many years later, the former lovers meet again, but their estranged yet intertwined daily lives gradually unveil their tragic past.
The Testament Of Ann Lee
(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Mona Fastvold; Writer: Mona Fastvold, Brady Corbet; Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Stacy Martin, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Abbott, Matthew Beard, Scott Handy, Jamie Bogyo, Viola Prettejohn, David Cale)
An epic fable inspired by the life of Ann Lee, the founder of the Shakers, a radical religious movement that began in the late 1700s.
Un Film Fatto Per Bene
(Country: Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Franco Maresco; Writer: Franco Maresco, Claudia Uzzo, con Umberto Cantone, Francesco Guttuso; Stars: Franco Maresco, Umberto Cantone, Bernardo Greco, Francesco Conticelli, Marco Alessi, Francesco Puma, Antonio Rezza)
The shooting of Franco Maresco’s film about Carmelo Bene is abruptly interrupted after yet another accident on set. Pulling the plug is the producer Andrea Occhipinti, frustrated by the endless takes and constant delays. Meanwhile, Maresco accuses the production of “filmicide” before vanishing without a trace.
The Voice Of Hind Rajab
(Country: Tunisia, France; Year: 2025; Director: Kaouther Ben Hania; Writer: Kaouther Ben Hania; Stars: Saja Kilani, Motaz Malhees, Clara Khoury, Amer Hlehel)
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A six-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.
The Wizard Of The Kremlin
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Olivier Assayas; Writer: Olivier Assayas, Emmanuel Carrère, based on the novel by Giuliano Da Empoli; Stars: Paul Dano, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander)
Russia, early 1990s. Amid post-Soviet chaos, a brilliant young man, Vadim Baranov, charts his path. First an artist, then a reality show producer, he becomes the spin doctor to a rising KGB agent: Vladimir Putin.
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