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Leonor Will Never Die Leonor Will Never Die
Leonor Will Never Die and RoboCop
Crimes Of The Future (Country: Canada, Greece, France; Year: 2022; Director: David Cronenberg; Writer: David Cronenberg; Stars: Kristen Stewart, Léa Seydoux, Viggo Mortensen, Scott Speedman, Tanaya Beatty, Denise Capezza, Lihi Kornowski, Yorgos Karamihos, Don McKellar, Nadia Litz, Ephie Kantza, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Welket Bungué, Jason Bitter)
In a near-future human evolution has accelerated, a situation embraced by a performance artist.
Full Review See: Cronenberg, Mortensen, Stewart and Seydoux on Crimes Of The Future in Cannes
Everything Everywhere All At Once (Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert; Writer: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert; Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis)
A science fiction action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman who can't seem to finish her taxes.
Full Review See: Q&A with Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan about Everything Everywhere All At Once
Leonor Will Never Die (Country: Philippines; Year: 2022; Director: Martika Ramirez Escobar; Writer: Martika Ramirez Escobar; Stars: Sheila Francisco, Rocky Salumbides, Bong Cabrera, Anthony Falcon)
Fiction and reality blur when Leonor, a retired filmmaker, falls into a coma after a television lands on her head, compelling her to become the action hero of her unfinished screenplay.
Full Review See: Martika Ramirez Escobar chats about Leonor Will Never Die
Men (Country: UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Alex Garland; Writer: Alex Garland; Stars: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Gayle Rankin, Paapa Essiedu)
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, a woman retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her.
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RoboCop (Country: US; Year: 1987; Director: Paul Verhoeven; Writer: Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner; Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Robert DoQui, Ray Wise, Felton Perry, Paul McCrane, Jesse D. Goins)
Cyborg cop tackles bad guys on the streets and in the boardrooms of Detroit.
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Smoking Causes Coughing Smoking Causes Coughing
Smoking Causes Coughing and Everything Everywhere All At Once
Saloum (Country: Senegal; Year: 2021; Director: Jean Luc Herbulot; Writer: Jean Luc Herbulot, Jean Luc Herbulot, Pamela Diop; Stars: Yann Gael, Evelyne Ily Juhen, Roger Sallah, Mentor Ba, Bruno Henry, Marielle Salmier, Babacar Oualy, Ndiaga Mbow, Cannabasse, Renaud Farah, Alvina Karamoko)
Three mercenaries manage to capture a drug dealer along with his loot but as they flee they are forced to make an emergency landing in a mystical island region filled with violence and supernatural forces.
Smoking Causes Coughing (Fumer Fait Tousser, Smoking Makes You Cough) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Quentin Dupieux; Writer: Quentin Dupieux; Stars: Oulaya Amamra, Alain Chabat, Anaïs Demoustier, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Julia Faure, Jules Dhios Francisco, Blanche Gardin, Vincent Lacoste, Gilles Lellouche, Grégoire Ludig, David Marsais, Jérôme Niel, Benoît Poelvoorde, Raphaël Quenard, Anthony Sonigo)
Tobacco Force are superhero avengers, preparing for their clash with the mighty Lezardin. But what if the real horrors are the stories they tell to each other along the way?
Full Review See: Quentin Dupieux on Smoking Makes You Cough
Zalava (Country: Iran; Year: 2021; Director: Arsalan Amiri; Writer: Arsalan Amiri, Tahmineh Bahramalian, Ida Panahandeh; Stars: Navid Pourfaraj, Pouria Rahimi Sam, Baset Rezaei, Hoda Zeinolabedin, Navid Pourfaraj, Pouria Rahimi Sam, Baset Rezaei, Hoda Zeinolabedin)
In 1978, the inhabitants of a small village claim there is a demon among them. When sergeant arrests the exorcist, the villagers fear and anger escalates.
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