Julie (Renate Reinsve) is a young woman who feels stuck as she drifts through life trying to find out who she wants to be. Through multiple relationships, jobs, and friendships, she slowly begins to find her path, but it does not come easy. She has to leave some people behind her in order to grow,…
Tag: Neon
Memoria
Jessica (Tilda Swinton), travels to Columbia to meet her sister Karen (Agnes Brekke) who has fallen ill. One morning, Jessica is jolted awake by a loud, singular bang that rattles through her body, yet only she can hear. She meets with Hernán (Juan Pablo Urrego), a sound technician, who helps recreate the sound. Her journey towards discovery…
Flee
Jonas Poher Rasmussen is a Danish documentarian, and while he is featured in Neon’s Flee, this is not his story. Rather, it is the story of Amin Nawabi, a childhood friend of Rasmussen who opens up to the filmmaker about his youth. He recounts what life was like growing up in Afghanistan in the 1980s, fleeing to Russia and eventually Denmark, as…
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…
Titane
After suffering a head injury as a child in a car accident, Alexia (Agathe Rouselle) still shows the scars from where a titanium plate was fused into her skull. Making a living as a dancer at car shows, one night a male fan follows her to her car and forces himself on her. This encounter triggers a…
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Released by Neon for a premiere at Cannes in 2021, The Year of the Everlasting Storm brings together seven auteurs of world cinema to reflect on the tumultuous year that was 2020 through works of fiction, documentary, and experimentation. Anthology films are always difficult to process as they live and die on how engaged we are with the material of…
Pig
Deep in the Oregon Wilderness, Rob (Nicolas Cage) lives alone, off-the-grid, with his prized pig. During the day, the pair searches the woods for fine truffles and by evening, Rob cooks up delectable mushroom tarts to share with his suidae companion. One night, however, robbers break into their cabin and steal the pig. Rob joins his business partner, a city-slick…
The Marquee Topic 