The Terminator
Disguised as a human, a cyborg assassin known as a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) travels from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton). Sent to protect Sarah is Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), who divulges the coming of Skynet, an artificial intelligence system that will spark a nuclear holocaust. Sarah is targeted because Skynet knows […]
The Secret Agent
Winner of multiple prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, Kleber Mendonça Filho (“Bacurau”)’s sly, genre-bending political thriller, “The Secret Agent”, stars Wagner Moura (“Civil War”) as Marcelo, a technology expert seeking refuge in Recife during Brazil’s 1977 military dictatorship. The film, structured in three parts and shifting between timelines, unveils its plot through a puzzle-like […]
Staff Picks: Kiss Me Deadly
For this month’s staff pick, we’re celebrating one of film’s great narrative devices — coined by screenwriter Angus MacPhail and popularized by Alfred Hitchcock — and we guarantee you won’t want to miss this nuclear-age Noir that’s so nasty and nihilistic it’s positively radioactive. “I chose Robert Aldrich’s “Kiss Me Deadly”, released in film noir’s turbulent […]
One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson’s political thriller “One Battle After Another” is among the most acclaimed films of the year, receiving countless rave reviews that celebrate it as a masterpiece. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, the film is inspired by the 1990 novel “Vineland”. It follows a washed-up revolutionary named Bob (played by DiCaprio), who exists in a state […]
It Was Just An Accident
What begins as a simple act of kindness transforms into a powerful journey of revenge in Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or winning film is morally complex thriller. After aiding Eghbal (Ebrahim Azizi) following a car accident, Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri) becomes convinced that he recognizes the stranger’s voice as that of his former torturer. Motivated by a […]
Eyes Wide Shut
Come and celebrate a very Kubrick Christmas with us! Stanley Kubrick’s final film, starring then-real-life couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, relationship is tested when Alice (Kidman) reveals she almost slept with another man. Driven by doubt, William (Cruise) wanders New York until he encounters a secret gathering where sex and danger walk hand in […]
Die Hard
Hoping to spend Christmas reconciling with his estranged wife, police detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) arrives in Los Angeles at the tower block where she works. However, during the office’s holiday party, a group of thieves posing as terrorists seize control of the building and turn the partygoers into hostages – except for McClane. Armed […]
Bugonia
Renowned director Yorgos Lanthimos, acclaimed for his unique storytelling in films such as “Dogtooth” and “Poor Things,” teams up once again with frenquent collaborator Emma Stone for “Bugonia” based no the 2003 South Korean cult classic “Save the Green Planet.” The story revolves around two eccentric young men consumed by conspiracy theories, who embark on […]
