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- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsChanning TatumSalma HayekAyub Khan-DinMike takes to the stage again, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can't refuse.10/10
- DirectorDustin Guy DefaStarsMichael CeraHannah GrossSophia LillisThe plan to make a trip back home as short as possible begins to unravel as Eric finds himself balancing the challenging relationship with his two sisters and his addiction to a local poker game.9/10
- DirectorSean Price WilliamsStarsTalia RyderEarl CaveSimon RexA picaresque journey through the cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard of the U.S undertaken by Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina. She gets her first glimpse of the wider world on a class trip to Washington, D.C.8/10
- DirectorSebastián SilvaStarsJordan FirstmanCatalina SaavedraSebastián SilvaSebastián Silva is detached from life, struggling to succeed in the art world and habitually taking ketamine. When he meets social media influencer Jordan Firstman at a nudist beach, the two discuss collaborating, but fate has other plans.8/10
- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsMichelle WilliamsHong ChauAndré 3000A sculptor preparing to open a new show tries to work amidst the daily dramas of family and friends.8/10
- DirectorMatt JohnsonStarsJay BaruchelGlenn HowertonMatt JohnsonThe story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.8/10
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioRobert De NiroLily GladstoneWhen oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one - until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.8/10
- DirectorJon RafmanIntersecting fortunes of two young men, Billy and Minor Daemon, who share an extraordinary gift for virtual reality gaming and go through a series of nightmarish events, including slavery, crime, and incarceration.8/10
- DirectorRadu JudeStarsIlinca ManolacheOvidiu PîrsanNina HossAn overworked and underpaid production assistant drives around Bucharest to shoot the casting for a workplace safety video commissioned by a multinational company.7/10
- DirectorQuentin DupieuxStarsGilles LelloucheVincent LacosteAnaïs DemoustierA group of vigilantes called the "tobacco-forces" is falling apart. To rebuild team spirit, their leader suggests that they meet for a week-long retreat, before returning to save the world.8/10
- DirectorJesse EisenbergStarsJulianne MooreFinn WolfhardBilly BrykEvelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other as Evelyn desperately tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, while Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school.7/10
- DirectorQuentin DupieuxStarsAlain ChabatLéa DruckerBenoît MagimelAlain and Marie moved to the suburb house of their dreams. But the real estate agent warned them: what is in the basement may well change their lives forever.7/10
- DirectorJian LiuStarsZijian DongDongyu ZhouXu ChangchuSet in China in the 1990s, takes a look at youth featuring a group of art students.7/10
- DirectorRobbie BanfitchStarsRobbie BanfitchAngela BasolisScott SchamellFour travelers encounter menacing phenomena while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert.7/10
- DirectorVlad PetriStarsIlinca HarnutVictoria StoiciuTwo women separated by political revolutions find connection through letters, defying distance and turmoil.7/10
- DirectorGrant SingerStarsBenicio Del ToroJustin TimberlakeEric BogosianTom Nichols is a hardened New England detective, unflinching in his pursuit of a case where nothing is as it seems and it begins to dismantle the illusions in his own life.7/10
- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsJafar PanahiVahid MobasseriBakhtiyar PanjeeiTwo parallel love stories in which the partners are thwarted by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition, and the mechanics of power.7/10
- DirectorDemián RugnaStarsEzequiel RodríguezDemián SalomónSilvina SabaterIn a remote village, two brothers find a demon-infected man just about to "give birth" to evil itself. They decide to get rid of the body, only to end up unintentionally spreading chaos.7/10
- DirectorRoman MikhaylovStarsFyodor LavrovYuliya MarchenkoKirill PolukhinHe works as a police officer and is looking for drug dealers. She is a preacher in a secret religious community. One day, he accidentally dials the wrong number and falls in love with the voice he hears. Thus begins this strange connection between two solitudes.7/10
- DirectorTina SatterStarsSydney SweeneyJosh HamiltonMarchánt DavisA former American intelligence specialist was given the longest sentence for the unauthorized release of government information to the media about Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections via an email operation.7/10
- DirectorShinji HiguchiIkki TodorokiStarsTakumi SaitôMasami NagasawaHidetoshi NishijimaAs the threat of giant unidentified lifeforms known as "S-Class Species" worsens in Japan, a silver giant appears from beyond Earth's atmosphere.7/10
- DirectorClay TatumStarsClay TatumWhitmer ThomasDeMorge BrownA misanthropic, struggling photographer just wants to watch TV and eat candy while his wife is out of town, but when a desperate old pal resurfaces, his plans are thwarted, with spooky consequences.7/10
- DirectorVasilis KatsoupisStarsWillem DafoeGene BervoetsEliza StuyckNemo, a high-end art thief, is trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist doesn't go as planned. Locked inside with nothing but priceless works of art, he must use all his cunning and ingenuity to survive.7/10
- DirectorIvan ProkopovichStarsIvan ProkopovichFragments from a YouTube channel called "Memento Mori" that was discovered under strange circumstances. The vlogger's favorite topic is death. By now the channel has been permanently deleted. The location of the vlogger is unknown.7/10
- DirectorJon RafmanA piece of a gamer's past vanishes without a trace, triggering a quest for answers. Along the way, he encounters uncanny obstacles and part-human avatars - meticulously crafted from found pixels and cyber history - which call his own recollections of youth into question. Early internet aesthetics collide with the dark edges of online folklore, creating an unsettling yet deeply funny commentary on how technology pervades and mediates our humanity, memory, and concept of self.7/10
- DirectorIlya MaddysonStarsIlya MaddysonHalf of the vlog is an absolute summer bliss: 20 hours on the train, the sea, buns on the platform, Staromin kvass, wife's shorts, narrow streets, slippers, summer dust, stupid T-shirts from the market. And then the body horror begins.6/10
- DirectorRoman MikhaylovStarsSergey AstakhovRegina BeketovaGennadiy BlinovThe young actress Sveta graduated from the theater academy, lives in St. Petersburg and dreams of starring not in casual TV series, but in serious films and playing serious roles. She is lucky, she ends up in a Bollywood project, which brings together movie stars, the best DJs and choreographers of the country. But everything turns out to be not very simple. Nobody knows the script, the actors live in a small hotel for months and do not understand what is happening. It turns out that in addition to the main filming, the actors, DJ and choreographers are involved in a strange game.6/10
- DirectorBetsey BrownStarsBetsey BrownPeter VackAndrew Ryder6/10
- DirectorAndrew CallaghanStarsAndrew CallaghanJoker GangGum GangFollows events and characters surrounding the January 6th, 2021 insurrection of the U.S. Capital Building in the days preceding the attack.6/10
- DirectorTynan DeLongStarsColin BurgessBrian FiddymentClare O'KaneJim and Dave, a dad and a step-dad, have trouble bonding during a 3-day weekend upstate with their son, Branson.6/10
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsDave BautistaJonathan GroffBen AldridgeWhile vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.6/10
- DirectorVahagn KhachatryanAren MalakyanThrough four protagonists aspiring to fulfil their dreams, three contrasting visions of Armenia are sketched out: there is the lift operator in a hospital, a kind of remnant of urban Sovietism, who wants to travel into space; the farmer in search of a perfect wife, revealing a rural social structure that is still dominated by the patriarchy; and finally, the young feminist and queer girls, who simply want to live their lives, enamoured with emancipation and symbolising the infiltration of Western societal changes, which are also bitterly contested on this side of the Ararat. The filmmakers observe without judgment, with precise framing at times revealing a certain amusement. Together they have made an elegant and visionary first feature-length film, conveying the mutation of a country and, implicitly, the questions faced by generations of young adults caught between their desire for change and their dreams of revolution. 5 DREAMERS AND A HORSE finishes on scenes of a beginning conflict and the worrying and ambiguous image of a crowd gathered on a public square... What does the 5th dreamer want?6/10
- DirectorIra SachsStarsFranz RogowskiBen WhishawAdèle ExarchopoulosA gay couple's marriage is thrown into crisis when one of them impulsively begins a passionate affair with a young woman.6/10
- DirectorMasao AdachiStarsSoran TamotoSatoko IwasakiYusuke TakahashiAbout the life of Tetsuya Yamagami, suspected assassin of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.6/10
- DirectorSoda JerkAssembling hundreds of film clips and media images, artist duo Soda Jerk's s narration about the changes undergone by American society since Trump, while relishing in reflecting on contemporary cultural values.6/10
- DirectorIvan SenStarsSimon BakerRob CollinsNatasha Wanganeen'Limbo' follows the investigation of a twenty year-old outback cold case murder by jaded detective Travis Hurley.6/10
- DirectorSasha Kulak6/10
- DirectorRandall ParkStarsJustin H. MinSherry ColaAlly MakiFollows a trio of young, Bay Area urbanites--Ben Tanaka, Miko Hayashi and Alice Kim--as they navigate a range of interpersonal relationships while traversing the country in search of the ideal connection.6/10
- DirectorHideaki AnnoStarsSôsuke IkematsuMinami HamabeTasuku EmotoHongo Takeshi awakens to discover he has been transformed into a grasshopper-hybrid cyborg. Becoming the Masked Rider, he must fight the mysterious evil organization SHOCKER to protect all of mankind.6/10
- DirectorAri AsterStarsJoaquin PhoenixPatti LuPoneAmy RyanFollowing the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.6/10
- DirectorTommaso SantambrogioStarsLav DiazGustavo FleitaMario LimontaA taxi driver and a passenger drive through Cuban villages and talk about travel, Heartbreak and human destiny. The passenger reveals taxi driver the shocking reason why he is in Cuba and asks for cooperation in his search.6/10
- DirectorThomas HardimanStarsLuke PasqualinoLilit LesserClare PerkinsA murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing contest. Extravagance and excess collide, as the death of a contestant sows seeds of division in a community whose passion for hair verges on obsession.6/10
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsMargaret QualleyJoe AlwynBenny SafdieA young American journalist stranded in present-day Nicaragua falls for an enigmatic Englishman who seems like her best chance of escape. She soon realizes, however, that he may be in even greater danger than she is.6/10
- DirectorDanny PhilippouMichael PhilippouStarsAri McCarthyHamish PhillipsKit Erhart-BruceWhen a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.6/10
- DirectorAbbas RezaieOn August 15, 2021, Kabul is captured by the Taliban, and journalists of Etilaat Roz, a daily newspaper of Afghanistan are faced with choices. Should they escape, or should they accuse the Taliban of its atrocities?6/10
- DirectorRoman LiubyiStarsAnastasiia AnykevychBridget FiskeSofiya GakhAn investigation into the circumstances surrounding the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014.6/10
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghMichelle YeohJamie DornanIn post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer.6/10
- DirectorAndy MuschiettiStarsEzra MillerMichael KeatonSasha CalleBarry Allen uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to save his family creates a world without super heroes, forcing him to race for his life in order to save the future.6/10
- DirectorTed GeogheganStarsAnne RamsayRon E. RainsJeremy HolmFive military veterans, best friends since childhood, gather together to support their troubled host, and the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all-too-literal.6/10
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsEmma StoneMark RuffaloWillem DafoeAn account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.
- DirectorGreta GerwigStarsMargot RobbieRyan GoslingIssa RaeBarbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.6/10
- DirectorJoanna ArnowStarsScott CohenBabak TaftiJoanna ArnowA mosaic-style comedy following the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family.6/10
- DirectorRoman MikhaylovStarsEvgeniy AlyokhinOleg ChugunovPavel DodonovLaw student Oleg, who lives with his mother and stepfather, learns that his father has been released from prison and wants to see him. Having met his dad, Oleg discovers that he is a passionate lover of gambling. So the young man plunges into the world of big poker, underground casinos and research laboratories. Having become part of this shadow reality, Oleg becomes infected with a gaming addiction.6/10
- DirectorQuentin DupieuxStarsRaphaël QuenardPio MarmaïBlanche GardinIn the middle of a performance of the play "Le Cocu", a very bad boulevard comedy, Yannick gets up and interrupts the show to take the evening back in hand.
- DirectorCarter SmithStarsCooper KochJena MaloneMark PattonFollows two best friends on their final night together, with a nightmare of drugs, bugs, and horrific intimacy.6/10
- DirectorEmerald FennellStarsBarry KeoghanJacob ElordiRosamund PikeA student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family's sprawling estate for a summer never to be forgotten.6/10
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsPaul GiamattiDa'Vine Joy RandolphDominic SessaA cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go.6/10
- DirectorJohn AdamsZelda AdamsToby PoserStarsToby PoserZelda AdamsJohn AdamsTraces a family of murderous sideshow performers as it travels around the world on the dying carnival circuit.
- DirectorKarim OuelhajStarsEline SchumacherBenjamin RamonHélène MoorMegalomaniac questions the invisible line between victim and executioner and how it is crossed. A film about the weight of patriarchy and the illusion of Manichaeism.6/10
- DirectorPatrick WilsonStarsTy SimpkinsPatrick WilsonRose ByrneThe Lamberts must go deeper into The Further than ever before to put their demons to rest once and for all.6/10
- DirectorKurtis David HarderStarsEmily TennantRory J SaperCassandra NaudWhile struggling on a solo backpacking trip in Thailand, social media influencer Madison meets CW, who travels with ease and shows her a more uninhibited way of living, but CW's interest in her takes a darker turn.6/10
- DirectorPablo BergerStarsIvan LabandaAlbert Trifol SegarraRafa CalvoThe adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in New York City during the 1980s.6/10
- DirectorOleksiy RadynskiDuring the Russian occupation of the Chernobyl Zone in early 2022, a local informant is clandestinely filming the Russian troops. We hear the workers of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station discuss their experiences during the Russian military takeover of their facility - an act of nuclear terror which threatened another global disaster at this site. Past and present catastrophic scenarios intertwine in this macabre episode of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.6/10
- DirectorVadim KostrovWhen the director accompanied young couple Katya and Kostya to a nearby lake, he couldn't foresee the political implications of these images. At the time Kostya was about to join the Russian military--a decision he came to regret later on.6/10
- DirectorAndrei KashperskyStarsDmitriy EsenevichAndrei KashperskyAndrei Korolevich6/10
- DirectorOlga AbramchikFollowing the 2020 protests, journalists call up "concerned citizens" who complained to police about protesters, according to a leaked document.6/10
- DirectorNeil CicieregaStarsGeorge LucasA pure godlike being by the name of George Lucas takes the viewer on the journey through latest digital video breakthroughs.6/10
- DirectorConner O'MalleyStarsAlix EliasReggie HenkeJohn MayerA short film about Tyler Joseph a young man from illinois who loves whose line is it anyway and the mask.6/10
- DirectorKristoffer BorgliStarsKristoffer BorgliGreer CohenA short film about.. what's his name again? That actor? Kristoffer Borgli tries hard to remember.6/10
- DirectorAlexei KuzmichStarsAlexei KuzmichThe controversial artist Alexei Kuzmich returns to Belarus for the first time in 3 years, makes a passport for himself "under the nose of the police," and goes away. But not before recording strange appearances of the alien Yoba.
- DirectorFrancesca ScorseseStarsMartin ScorseseMartin Scorsese gushes over a new muse he's found to star in his next film--after Leo and Bob comes Oscar the schnauzer.6/10