The Neon Demon *1/2 When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will use any means necessary to get what she has in The Neon Demon, the new horror thriller from Nicolas Winding Refn. Certificazione definitiva di una crisi o quantomeno di… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. The Neon Demon
Risk * Quinzaine The Oscar-winning director of Citizenfour turns her camera on another controversial figure, WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, in this immersive documentary, which continues Poitras’ courageous examination of voices who question authority in an era of ever-increasing surveillance and state secrecy. Modesto, modestissimo lavoro quello di Laura Poitras su Julian Assange, nonostante un impegno… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Risk
Un padre una figlia - Bacalaureat *** Romeo Aldea, a physician living in a small mountain town in Transylvania, has raised his daughter Eliza with the idea that once she turns 18, she will leave to study and live abroad. His plan is close to succeeding -Eliza has won a scholarship to study psychology in the UK.… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Un padre una figlia – Bacalaureat
E' solo la fine del mondo ***1/2 After 12 years of absence, a writer goes back to his hometown, planning on annoucing his upcoming death to his family. As resentment soon rewrites the course of the afternoon, fits and feuds unfold, fuelled by loneliness and doubt, while all attempts of empathy are sabotaged by people's incapacity… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. E’ solo la fine del mondo
Ritratto di famiglia con tempesta - After the Storm ** Un certain regard Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. After the death of his father, his aging mother and beautiful ex-wife seem to be… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Ritratto di famiglia con tempesta – After the Storm
La ragazza senza nome ** One evening, after closing her practice for the day, Jenny, a young doctor, hears the doorbell ring but doesn't answer it. The next day, the police inform her that an unidentified young woman has been found dead close by. Il nuovo film dei fratelli Dardenne, due Palme d'oro a Cannes, racconta l'indagine… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. La ragazza senza nome
Ma' Rosa **1/2 Ma’ Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenient store in a poor neighborhood of Manila where everybody likes her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband, Nestor, resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. One day, they get arrested. Rosa and her children are ready to do anything… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Ma’ Rosa
Aquarius ** Clara, a 65 year old widow and retired music critic, was born into a wealthy and traditional family in Recife, Brazil. She is the last resident of the Aquarius, an original two-story building, built in the 1940s, in the upper-class, seaside Avenida Boa Viagem, Recife. All the neighboring apartments have already been acquired… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Aquarius
Captain Fantastic **1/2 Un certain regard Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society, a devoted father dedicates his life to transforming his six young children into extraordinary adults. But when a tragedy strikes the family, they are forced to leave this self-created paradise and begin a journey into the outside world… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Captain Fantastic
Julieta **1/2 Julieta lives in Madrid with her daughter Antía. They both suffer in silence over the loss of Xoan, Antía’s father and Julieta’s husband. But at times grief doesn’t bring people closer, it drives them apart. When Antía turns eighteen she abandons her mother, without a word of explanation. Julieta looks for her in… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Julieta
Personal Shopper ** Maureen, mid-20s, has a job she hates: seeing to the wardrobe of a media celebrity. She couldn’t find anything better to pay for her stay in Paris. And wait. Wait for a sign from the spirit of her twin brother, who died a few months earlier. Until then, her life will stay… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Personal Shopper
Hell or High Water**1/2 Un certain regard Two brothers, an ex-con and a divorced father face the foreclosure of their family's farm and decide to team up for a string of adrenaline filled heists. A seasoned lawman tracks their bank-robbing spree and is determined to take them down. Il nuovo film di David Mackenzie (Young… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Hell or High Water
