Gradually, the consequences of last year’s strike of actors and screenwriters are no longer noticeable in new theatrical releases. After a strong start to 2024 and a post-Oscars hangover, we’ve had a few months where powerful offers have been trickling in bit by bit. The pace picked up again in the second half of April, although with some ups and downs depending on the week.
Fortunately, the offer of billboards in Spain is now quite diverse. From big budget action films to very intimate dramas. Horror films from the new stars of the industry and films from the great masters of the last decade.
And above all, proposals from Hollywood, but also from other places such as Spain, France, Italy or Japan. These are our five recommendations to watch this week, depending on your taste.
Great premieres
Irreproachable
The main premiere of the week was Irreproachable. Diamond Films has dared to bring us this horror film helmed by none other than Sydney Sweeney, woman of the moment. The actress is sweet and arranges one premiere after another. Only in recent months have we seen her in a failed Madame Web and in the much more famous Anyone but you. Now she’s making the jump to another genre again to become the new non-exploitation muse.
Young translator Euphoria And White Lotus gives life to sister Cecilia, a new nun at a convent in rural Italy. At first everything seems perfect, but soon very strange things begin to happen. The first and most incredible of them is that she became pregnant, despite the fact that she was a virgin. Obviously, she will be treated like a saint. But from there, deaths, murders and other misfortunes will begin to shake the seemingly cursed monastery. A festival of religious terror that also has a Spanish twist thanks to Alvaro Morte -Professor Money robbery– who plays the Father Sal Tedeschi. A real treat for those who like to have a bad time.
Specialist
If horror isn’t your thing, you can still catch one of the best non-franchise blockbusters in recent months at the cinema. Specialist a very gangster and spectacular action movie from David LeitchDirector Deadpool 2, high-speed train or Atomic (Atomic blonde). On this occasion his great hero Ryan Goslinganother figure of the moment thanks to his now eternal Ken from Barbie. Next to him he is also incredibly charismatic Emily Bluntnominated for an Oscar Oppenheimer.
Specialist it’s a wild and fun film that pays homage to stuntmen. And its main character, Colt Seavers (Gosling) was one of the best in the industry until he had an accident. Now he is very reluctant to return to the ring in order to reconcile with his beloved. Jodi Moreno (Blunt), recently became a film director. But in the middle of filming foal you will have to complete a real mission: find the missing actor Tom Ryder. A path that will take you down the path of crime, mafia, murder and conspiracy. Explosions, gunshots, fights and car chases combined with the absurd humor and charm of these two actors create one of the most entertaining films of this year.
Alternative offers
evil doesn’t exist
Movie lovers don’t live only on big stars. AND evil doesn’t exist This is a big weekly premiere of auteur cinema. Because the person behind the work is Japanese. Ryusuke Hamaguchimostly known Drive my car. Released in 2021, the film has received over 30 awards and four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Finally, it won the award for Best International Film. Now his new feature film has already won the Grand Jury Prize.
This contemplative drama focuses on the nature of Japan. Takumi He is a reserved man who lives in the city with his daughter. There he is responsible for maintaining the village. He chops wood, collects water from the river, and generally maintains a simple daily routine. But he and the rest of the local residents will have to deal with a company that intends to set up luxury camping in their mountains. Your job will be to explain to them why the program must be perfectly designed otherwise it will be completely harmful. According to this premise, Hamaguchi It explores such a fundamental thing as that good and evil are human constructs that do not exist in nature, where everything moves by impulses and balance.
We will always have tomorrow
Many consider it one of the best films of 2023. We will always have tomorrow The film premiered in Spain at the end of April and is still showing in almost a hundred cinemas. Italian actress Paola Cortellesi makes her directorial debut with the feminist comedy-drama that has received high praise in recent months. Its original approach to talking about gender-based violence and its setting in depressed post-war Italy in 1946 are two of its strengths.
Main character Delia, a mother who suffers constant abuse from her husband. Women are looking for ways to escape from everyday life through work, low-paying jobs and curious friendships. On the other hand, his eldest daughter, Marcella, despises her for allowing herself to be treated so poorly. A young woman is about to marry her fiancé and dreams of finally escaping her family. Customs and the fight for women’s rights are the great themes of this film, which captivated every viewer who came to see it.
Spanish cinema
House
Released on the national stage last week House. This is the third film Alex Montoyawhich takes an important step forward after Assembly (2019) and Luke (2021). There was great desire to see this proposal because at the last festival in Malaga it not only received excellent reviews, but was also nominated for the Biznaga de Oro and won four awards. First for best original screenplay. Montoya And Joana M. Ortueta. Then the audience award. Also won Best Original Score and Feroz Critics Award. In short, he was very convincing during his stay at one of the most important events in Spanish cinema.
House is an adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name by the author Paco Roca. Combining comedy and intimate drama, this story brings together three brothers. Their father has just died, and the main characters must decide what to do with the house where they spent summers as children. A much more difficult task than it might seem a priori.
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