Who says Wednesday says cinema. Today, we offer you our selection of films for the week, to best guide you in the dark rooms.
1. Hurry Up Tomorrow โ Trey Edward Shults
A sensory and paranoid descent into the Los Angeles of pallid nights. Trey Edward Shults (Waves, 2019, It Comes at Night, 2017) orchestrates a tense thriller about fame, isolation, and manipulation. Jenna Ortega stars alongside Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd, who impresses in a dark role at the crossroads of fiction and self-portrait. A bold and stylish proposal.
Abel, a music star, is taken by one of his fans into an odyssey that will lead him to question the very foundations of his existence.
2. Final Destination: Bloodlines โ Zach Lipovsky
The famous horror franchise returns with a prequel, unveiling the macabre origins of ‘Death’ that never misses its target. Still just as inventive in its gory setups, Bloodlines promises guaranteed chills and absurd deaths โ fans’ favorite cocktail.
Haunted by a terrifying recurring nightmare, Stefanie, a university student, returns home to trace the only person capable of breaking this infernal cycle and saving her loved ones from the dire fate awaiting themโฆ
3. R.E.M. โ Christophe Deroo
An unconventional film, R.E.M. immerses us in a dreamlike universe, between lucid dream and waking nightmare. A sensory and experimental work, where boundaries blur. This kind of cinema will not appeal to everyone, but lovers of atypical stories should find pleasure in getting lost in it.
Independent short film
Following a mysterious phenomenon called the burst, the old monetary system is replaced by the BฤYฤH, an interconnected neural network, directly implanted into the human nervous system, where energy, in the form of a golden cerebrospinal liquid, becomes the new currency. Social interactions are the new economy and are now negotiated through this energy flow on the network, creating a society where those with strong energy access dominate those with weak energy. But everything changes when Ella Aster, the most important influencer of the BฤYฤH network, is found dead at an exclusive party marking Damsoโs return.
4. The Domain โ Giovanni Aloi
A tense and sultry rural thriller, in a French countryside as beautiful as it is unsettling. The Domain plays on class tensions and family secrets, in the vein of films like School’s Out, 2018, or Petit Paysan, 2017.
Damien, a drifting student, takes a job at a hunting lodge run by two local thugs. They use their domain to cover illegal activities where gambling and prostitution mix. Following the disappearance of an escort, Damien finds himself caught in a spiral of showdowns.
5. The Shameless โ Konstantin Bojanov
This hard-hitting and uncompromising Indian drama tackles forced prostitution and human trafficking. With great visual power, The Shameless shines a light on the courage of women silenced in a brutal system. A necessary, heart-wrenching, and superbly performed film.
In the night, Nadira flees Delhi after stabbing a policeman. She hides in a community of prostitutes in northern India where she meets Devika, a young girl her mother wants to force into marriage.
Together, at the risk of their lives, they decide to rebel against the religious institution and archaic traditions to achieve their freedom.
