Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.
OK, it’s weird, but I will compare this movie to the Passengers. Both trailers wanted the movies to look more mainstream. Both movies are just the perfect balance of everything.…
A man casually sets up for a fishing trip at the water’s edge. Evening comes and a tug on his line presents him with the body of a woman.
This is what a great director can do with an iPhone. A pure audiovisual art with a meaning.
England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah’s cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen’s favourite.
A very successful mix of Lanthimos’ earlier works and Hollywood’s movies. That’s why it got mass appeal and recognition. And it isn’t necessarily bad for the quality of this film.…
A college student starts to experience extreme seizures. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable abilities.
This mysterious drama immediately went to the top of my list. In the beginning, it's a cold minimalistic Scandinavian cinema with a perfect portrayal of schizophrenic atmosphere. As it approaches…
A couple’s relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
It was almost too patrician to understand. It’s a mysterious show of weirdos in a house. You feel like sitting in the top floor and watching their lives until you…
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
Didn’t expect it to be so good. Not sure what I like more: this one or the original Blade Runner. The cinematography is absolutely worth the Oscar it got, Gosling…
Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.
Oh yes. This little erotic thriller plays in the top league. To begin with, the cinematography is absolutely stunning. Then you get great performances and a successful mix of genres.…
Li Xuelian, a woman from the countryside is falsely accused by her husband of having an affair. To defend herself, Li moves from her small town to the big city until she reached the capital.
The first minutes felt ambiguous. Good cinematography and interesting concept, but the jokes a bit cheesy. These and the runtime are the only concerns, because other than that this movie…
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
Extremely underrated movie. Maybe because it isn’t an action sci-fi as the trailer suggests. I thought to watch the beginning and turn it off if it seems too mainstream. But…
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a young woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese count to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. […]
A strong movie from one of my favorite directors. As of this post, it’s the latest movie of Park Chan-wook, but I’d say it’s a good introduction if you’re new…