In the early 20th century in Mexico City, there was a secret, high-society social club where gay men could meet and live openly. The club, of which membership was highly guarded, catered to men in the upper echelons of society. One of its high-profile members was Ignacio de la Torre (Alfonso Herrera), the son-in-law of Porfirio…
Category: 2021
Spencer
Christmas Eve, 1991. Queen Elizabeth II (Stella Gonet) has arrived at Sandringham Estate to celebrate the holiday. Notably late to the festivities is Diana, Princess of Whales (Kristen Stewart). Spencer follows the fated princess during her three-day holiday visit as she endures the pressures of tradition, being in the public eye, and all the expectations and obligations that come with having…
Belfast
In the late 1960’s, in Belfast, lives Buddy (Jude Hill). His imaginative playtime is interrupted by the onset of The Troubles, a decades-long socioeconomic clash that consumed Northern Ireland. Back at home, his mother (Caitriona Balfe) struggles to run the house with her husband (Jamie Dornan) in England for weeks at a time on a job. After school,…
Last Night in Soho
Eloise (Thomasin McKenzie) is an aspiring fashion student excited to be spending her first semester in London. After moving into a spare room in an old house owned by Ms. Collins (Diana Rigg, in her final role) she begins having strange, reoccurring dreams about a young singer, Sandie (Anya Taylor-Joy), and her sometimes violent manager, Jack…
Antlers
In an Oregon refinery town, an old mine is set to be reopened to help revive the fading coal industry. Still showing the scars of being stripped of resources, a malevolent spirit is unleashed by mother nature and wreaks havoc on the small community. Antlers, directed by genre-hopper Scott Cooper and produced by Guillermo del Toro among…
The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch is a literary magazine and the only beacon of class and culture for its readers in Liberty, Kansas. After the death of its editor Arthur Howitzer Jr. (Bill Murray), the staff adheres to his wishes in publishing one farewell edition before shutting down operations. The film that follows delves into a short travel section, three…
Dune: Part 1
Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac) is granted leadership over the desert planet Arrakis; a hard environment with harsher natives, the Fremen, but the only place where the valuable melange spice – a necessary element for intergalactic travel – can be harvested. He brings with him his wife, Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), a sister in the…
Halloween Kills
It is Halloween night and Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) has finally trapped Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney) to kill him in a fiery inferno. As she makes her own escape, the fire department heads to the house to extinguish the flames, much to her dismay. Michael survives the fire, and he continues on his bloody path for revenge through the…
The Mad Women’s Ball
Eugénie Cléry (Lou de Laâge) can talk to spirits. These claims, however true they may be, lead her upper-class Parisian father (Cédric Kahn) to admit her to Pitié-Salpêtrière, the premier neurological clinic at the time. Under the strict care of the head nurse, Geneviève Gleizes (Mélanie Laurent), Eugénie slowly finds her place at the institution, but she never gives up the…