Jordan Peele's much-discussed sci-fi thriller «Nope» (titled «Ούτε καν» in Greece), a man, a woman, the relationship between art and family, and «Bergman Island,» Gérard Depardieu as Inspector Maigret, directed by Patrice Leconte, and Carla Simón's «The Peach Trees of Alcáras,» the film that won the Golden Bear at this year's Berlinale.
In addition, two famous films are being re-released: Orson Welles« »Mr. Arkadin« and Milos Forman's »One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher.
Not even
Oscar-winning director Jordan Peele, creator of the films Get Out and Us, returns to the realm of fantasy cinema with a new pop nightmare: the cosmic horror epic It Comes at Night. « and »Us,« returns to fantasy cinema with a new pop nightmare: the cosmic horror epic titled »Nope.«.
«Oute Kan» takes place just outside Los Angeles, in Southern California's Santa Clarita Valley, where siblings OJ and Emerald have inherited a horse ranch from their father. The siblings take over the business, training horses for film and television productions. Next to the ranch is a park and zoo run by a former child prodigy who carries his own traumas.
When OJ and Emerald begin to notice inexplicable phenomena on the ranch, which lead them to incredible discoveries that come from above, they decide to capture the mysteries on camera. Events escalate as the siblings enlist the help of an electronics store employee and a veteran filmmaker.
As their efforts pass a point of no return, the heroes find themselves in the eye of an irreparable storm.
The film grossed $44 million in its first three days of release in the US.
Like Get Out and Us, Nope is another ingenious reflection on fear and wonder—at times strange, but full of terror and always alert to the threat of racial hostility. New Yorker.
Starring Daniel Kaluga, Kiki Palmer, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott, Brandon Perea.
Bergman's Island
An American couple, famous director Tony and screenwriter Chris, seek inspiration in the wild and evocative landscape of Sweden's Fårö Island, where Bergman lived for years and shot his most important films.
At first, everything seems idyllic. However, as the days go by, the island seems to have a catalytic effect on both of them. Concerns about their art, but also their personal lives, begin to cast a shadow over their daily routine.
The woman is more affected. As the image of the young couple starring in her new script crystallizes within her, she seems to sink into memories of her first love. Memories, repressed feelings, and unspoken desires come to the surface. All «those invisible things that circulate in a couple» and inspire her husband suddenly become more visible between them. Bergman's island begins to resemble a prison, Bergman himself (and his artistic shadow) seems to follow them everywhere, and the atmosphere of Före begins to affect the couple's relationship.
Mia Hansen-Løve competed for the Palme d'Or at Cannes with this film, which is set on the most famous island in cinema and is largely autobiographical, as she and her long-time partner, the famous Olivier Assayas, had traveled to and lived in Foret for a short time, just like the heroes of her film.
Although already well known in Cannes, the director, who won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival for her film «The Future,» participated for the first time in the Festival's Official Competition with Bergman's Island.
In her film, which in a way refers to Bergman's «Scenes from a Marriage» (one of the films the director shot on the island of Fårö), she questions the relationship between art and family. It is worth mentioning that Ingmar Bergman, father of nine children from six different partners, faced many divorces during his long stay on the island of Fårö.
Starring Tim Roth, Vicky Krieps, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie.
The peach trees of Alkaras
The Sole family spent every summer picking peaches from their orchard in Alcarras, a small village in Spain. But this year's harvest will likely be their last, as they face the prospect of eviction. New plans for the land include uprooting the peach trees and installing solar panels, causing a rift in the once close-knit extended family. For the first time, the future is uncertain as they risk losing much more than their home.
The film by award-winning screenwriter and director Carla Simón (who grew up in the small Catalan village of Alcaràs) won the Golden Bear at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival and was praised for its performances by both children and actors in their eighth decade of life.
Starring Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Ana Otin, Xenia Roset, Albert Bosch.
Inspector Maigret and the Mystery of the Dead Girl
The 1950s. A young woman is found dead in a Paris square, wearing an evening gown. She has five stab wounds, all from close contact. Inspector Maigret must first discover her identity and then reconstruct the last days of her life in order to find the murderer.
Patrice Leconte adapts Georges Simenon's novel «Maigret and the Dead Girl» (1954) – he is a fan of the famous Belgian author – with Gérard Depardieu (instead of Daniel Auteuil, as originally announced) in the role of Inspector Maigret.
As for the difference between Maigret and the two famous detectives of literature, Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, as Leconte stated, the answer is modesty. «Maigret is willing to admit when he is wrong. This trait makes him more human.».
Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Mélanie Bernier, Aurore Clément, Hervé Pierre.
After 4: Forever Together
The fourth installment of the «After» franchise, directed by Castille Landon and starring Josephine Langford and Hiro Fiennes Tiffin, finds Tessa and Hardin at a difficult crossroads. Will Tessa continue to save him while trying to save their relationship, or is it time for her to save herself? While Hardin is in London for his mother's wedding, he sinks deeper and deeper into darkness, while Tessa returns to Seattle in a tragic state. If they want their love to survive, they must first work on themselves, each separately. But will their paths bring them back together?;
Reissues
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
The life and mysterious past of tycoon Gregory Arkadin piques the curiosity of an adventurer who has just been released from prison. His investigation into Arkadin's past will soon get him into trouble and put his own life in danger.
Orson Welles signs a variation of Citizen Kane, keeping the role of Arkadin for himself. The cast also includes Peter Van Eyck, Michael Redgrave, and Katina Paxinou.
In the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
When Randle McMurphy is transferred to a psychiatric institution in Oregon in 1963 for evaluation, he assumes he will be in a less restrictive environment. But Nurse Mildred Ratched runs their psychiatric ward with strict discipline, keeping patients submissive through abuse, medication, and electroshock therapy. When McMurphy discovers that the patients fear the nurse, their confrontation will ultimately affect all the patients.
Reissue of Milos Forman's exceptional film—shot at the Oregon State Psychiatric Hospital and winner of five Oscars in major categories—in a new digital copy, 60 years after the publication of Ken Kesey's novel and 45 years after the release of the film that earned Jack Nicholson his first Oscar, as well as the then-unknown Louise Fletcher.
