Kinds of Kindness

Kinds of Kindness

Yorgos Lanthimos directs a triptych fable in Kinds of Kindness. In The Death of R.M.F., Robert (Jesse Plemons) refuses to do a task for his friend and benefactor Raymond (Willem Dafoe) and his wife Vivian (Margaret Qualley). This results in Raymond cutting off Robert, resulting in his life falling apart, including losing his wife Sarah…

Handling the Undead

Handling the Undead

A freak electromagnetic pulse in Oslo results in the recently deceased awakening, affecting three families in Handling the Undead. On a dreary summer’s day in Oslo, a freak electromagnetic event passes through the city causing massive migraines in the living and causing the bodies of the recently deceased to awaken. This includes the son of…

Inside

Inside

An art thief is trapped in an art collector’s penthouse in Inside. Nemo (Willem Dafoe) is a high-end art thief who breaks into the penthouse apartment of a private collector to steal some priceless works from the collection. However, the alarm malfunctions during his escape, and Nemo finds himself trapped in the penthouse. With limited…

Crimes of the Future

Crimes of the Future

David Cronenberg makes his return to body horror in Crimes of the Future. Sometime in the future, humanity has evolved to the point where they can no longer feel pain, which has resulted in body mutilations becoming a perverse form of performance art. Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen) is one such performance artist, who regularly performs…

Poster for the movie "Antigone"

Antigone

A teenage woman sacrifices her freedom to save her brother in Antigone. Antigone (Nahéma Ricci) is the youngest child of an immigrant family living in Montreal, who fled to Canada with their grandmother Ménécée (Rachida Oussaada) following the murder of Antigone’s parents. Despite being a Grade A student and a budding relationship with Hémon (Antoine…

XY Chelsea

XY Chelsea

A trans whisleblower becomes an activist upon her release from prison in XY Chelsea. Chelsea Manning is a former US Army intelligence analyst, who was charged with uploading over 750,000 documents pertaining to the Iraq War to Wikileaks. In addition, Chelsea decided to come out as a trans woman while she was in the middle…

Her Smell

Her Smell

The future of a once-successful all-female punk band is threatened by the self-destructive behaviour of its lead singer in Her Smell. Becky Something (Elisabeth Moss) is the lead singer and guitarist of the punk rock band Something She, along with bassist Marielle Hell (Agyness Deyn) and drummer Ali van der Wolff (Gayle Rankin). While at…

The Founder

The Founder

An entrepreneurial salesman turns a family owned burger stand into the world’s largest fast food chain in The Founder. Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) is a traveling milkshake machine salesman, who becomes curious when an unusually large order to made by a burger stand in San Bernardino, California. Travelling to the stand, Ray meats brother Dick and Mac…