Films as of October 4th
Your films as of October 4th.
OCTOBRE ROSE
Le Chemin d’Emilie”, new season “La vie d’après mode d’emploi” (Life afterwards, how to use it)
Directed by Martin Le Gall – Produced by Agence Pinkanova
With Lise Laffont (Emilie), Mathilde Dromard (Peggy), Mikaël Alhawi (Mathieu), François Muller (Bruno), and the participation of Maguelone Pontier and Dr Thomas Méresse, oncoplastician at IUCT-Oncopole.
With institutional support from Lilly, Novartis, Seagen, SPIE, AstraZeneca, MSD, Daiichi-Sankyo.
Episode 1 :
William Friedkin’s last film, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Clarke, Jake Lacy, Monica Raymund, Lewis Pullman, Jay Duplass, Tom Riley And Lance Reddick, as of Oct 6 on Paramount.
Dream scenario, by Kristoffer Borgli, starring Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, Dylan Gelula and Dylan Baker.
All of us strangers, by Andrew Haigh, starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy
Io Capitano, Matteo Garrone
The Hunger games, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Francis Lawrence, starring Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Jason Schwartzman, and Viola Davis.
Priscilla, Sofia Coppola
New Miyazaki film, The boy and the heron
Ferrari, next film by Michael Mann starring Adam Driver & Penelope Cruz, next Christmas.
FESTIVALS
October
Women Make Waves International Film Festival
Created in 1993, the Women Make Waves International Film Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary in France, the cradle of cinema and feminism, at the Forum des images from September 19 to October 8!
30 women directors from different generations are in the spotlight, with fiction, documentary, animation and experimental films.
At a time when the international situation remains tense and Taiwan’s place is more crucial than ever in the global geopolitical balance, it’s the perfect time to present the diversity of its faces through 30 films directed by women.
Eight of them, along with festival members, will accompany their films and take part in two round-table discussions.
Festival War on Screen – From October 2 to 8 – Châlons-en-Champagne.
2023 Selection (CNC) – Festival website
Festival MyMetaStories – From October 6 to 29.
Programme
Festival de Nice Cineroman – From October 2 to 7.
Premiere Programme
Festival du Film Féministe. Du 11 au 15 octobre.
Expected films
She came to me, Rebecca Miller, with Anne Hathaway, Marisa Tomei, Peter Dinklage.
Bob Marley: One Love, Reinaldo Marcus Green with Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch.
ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT FILMS & SERIES
The Creator, Gareth Edwards (“Rogue One,” “Godzilla”)
In the near future, humans and artificial intelligence (AI) fight a merciless war. As an American soldier undercover in Asia, Joshua is tasked with tracking down an AI-created weapon and destroying it. But he discovers that the weapon in question is none other than a 6-year-old girl.
It’s happening tomorrow!
In the year 2065, the American army is fighting for the survival of humanity against an advanced artificial intelligence which, although designed to serve and protect, dropped a nuclear bomb on Los Angeles ten years earlier. The situation is made all the more worrying by the fact that it is based in the immense New Asia (which covers the whole of the Far East), whose inhabitants live alongside an abundant population of intelligent robots known as “simulants”.
The American army has developed the USS Nomad, a prodigious and expensive ship with extremely precise strike capabilities. It ensures American supremacy. However, The Creator, the enigmatic architect of the AI, nicknamed “Nirmata” (“creator” in Nepali) by his followers, is developing a mysterious weapon capable of destroying the Nomad and thus threatening the whole of humanity.
Joshua (John David Washington), a former Special Forces operative, seasoned but deeply affected by the disappearance of his wife, Maya (Gemma Chan), pregnant with their child, is recruited by Colonel Jean Howell (Allison Janney). He is given a crucial mission: to track down and eliminate The Creator and his secret weapon. But he finds himself strangely confronted by a six-year-old android girl, whom he names Alphie (Madeleine Yuna Voyles). This encounter will put his convictions to the test.
Gareth Edwards outdoes Christopher Nolan and James Cameron in this science-fiction film on the hotly debated subject of artificial intelligence.
The action takes place in South-East Asia, and many of the scenes are reminiscent of films made about the Vietnam War.
John David Washington plays Joshua, a man in love shattered by grief at seeing the woman he loved, daughter of the creator of the most powerful AI weapon, die before his very eyes. The weapon is none other than a six-year-old female robot. He is ultimately unable to do so and finds himself caught in the crossfire between the Americans and the A.I. supporters.
The debate is on. Can we get rid of artificial intelligence today? Will it defeat us? How do we deal with it?
The sublime images and sets were created after the film was shot, which meant that it cost “only” 80 million dollars. The film was shot in natural settings (Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, Japan) and everything was edited in reverse.
Read Écran Large’s fascinating article on the filming: here
Fascinating from start to finish, captivating all the way, The Creator is certainly a landmark film on the subject.
Making-Of
Trailer. Still in theaters.
Dreaming Whilst Black, Adjani Salmon
Kwabena dreams of making a film. His reunion with Amy, who works in a film company, is a dream come true.
Go for it!
The 9-episode first season comedy, created by award-winning filmmaker Adjani Salmon, tells the story of a young director from a Jamaican family who works in recruitment while dreaming of one day becoming a screenwriter and director.
Hilarious, moving and lucid, the series deals with daily British racism in the workplace and in relationships, a subject never tackled before – apart from in Steve MacQueen’s Small Axe – and of self-confidence, identity, love and fatherhood.
The secondary characters are hilarious, and this series is a real wake-up call for an audiovisual landscape that’s been rather smooth.
Intelligent, smart and honest.
Can’t wait for season 2!
Streaming on Canal + & OCS.
FILMS IN MOVIE THEATERS AS OF OCTOBER 4TH
Le Règne animal, Thomas Cailley
With Romain Duris, Paul Kircher, Adèle Exarchopoulos
In a world plagued by a wave of mutations that are gradually transforming some humans into animals, François does everything in his power to save his wife, who has been affected by this mysterious phenomenon. As the region becomes populated by creatures of a new kind, he embarks Emile, their 16-year-old son, on a quest that will change their lives forever.
Bernadette, Léa Domenach.
With Catherine Deneuve, Denis Podalydès, Michel Vuillermoz
When she arrives at the Elysée Palace, Bernadette Chirac expects to finally get the place she deserves, having always worked in her husband’s shadow to make him president. Shunned as too old-fashioned, Bernadette decided to take her revenge.
Lost In The Night, Amat Escalante
With Juan Daniel García Treviño, Ester Expósito, Bárbara Mori
In a small Mexican town, Emiliano searches for those responsible for his mother’s disappearance. An environmental activist, she opposed the local mining industry. With no help from the police or the justice system, his search leads him to the wealthy Aldama family.
Entre les lignes, Eva Husson
With Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth
England, 1924. Maid to an aristocratic couple, Jane is secretly seeing Paul, the son of the owners of the neighboring manor. Jane instinctively knows that their different backgrounds, and Paul’s future marriage to another woman, doom their passionate affair to failure. She clings to these stolen embraces as future memories to nourish her pen as an aspiring writer.
L’Autre Laurens, Claude Schmitz
With Olivier Rabourdin, Louise Leroy, Kate Moran
Gabriel Laurens is a weary private detective specializing in marital affairs. When his niece Jade comes into his life and asks him to investigate the death of her father, Gabriel’s twin brother, he finds memories resurfacing that he thought had been buried forever.
L’Air de la mer rend libre, Nadir Moknèche
With Youssouf Abi-Ayad, Kenza Fortas, Saadia Bentaïeb
Rennes, nowadays. Saïd is still living with his parents. He is having a secret affair with Vincent. Unable to face his family, he agrees to an arranged marriage with Hadjira. After an unhappy love affair and a few run-ins with the law, she too has resigned herself to obeying her mother.
Notre corps, Claire Simon
At the hospital, I had the opportunity to film the epic story of women’s bodies, in all their diversity, singularity and beauty, as they make their way through the stages of life. A journey of desires, fears, struggles and unique stories that each woman is alone in experiencing. One day I had to get in front of the camera.
Je vous salue salope : La misogynie au temps du numérique, Lea Clermont-Dion, Guylaine Maroist
On two continents, four women are victims of extreme cyber-violence. Abandoned by the police, the political class and the web giants who make billions from hatred, they decide to fight back and no longer remain silent.
Des idées de génie ?Brice Gravelle
Philippe Ginestet, 67, is the owner of the GIFI and TATI retail chains. But in the closed club of France’s top bosses, he stands out. Brice Gravelle puts his camera where no one else usually goes, to meet this great boss.
AND STILL IN THEATERS
Classified People, Yolande Zauberman
With Doris, Robert
In 1948, a racial classification law was proclaimed in South Africa. Robert was judged to be of mixed race by the administrative court, while his wife and children were classified as white and rejected him. With Doris, his second wife, black, with whom he has lived for 25 years, he recounts the violence of apartheid.
Movies to come (and we are looking forward to it):
The Color Purple, Blitz Bazawule (“Black Is King,” “The Burial of Kojo”) and produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones.
Expected December 25th.
Bottoms, Emma Seligman
Wonka, Paul King, in December.
TIPS ON MOVIE WRITING
Scott Myers : Go into the story
FILMS & SERIES PROGRAM ON TV
Mercredi – Wednesday 4
Arte : Les patriotes
CStar : Happiness therapy
Jeudi – Thursday 5
Canal + : Tehran
Arte : Sous Contrôle
TMC : Coup de foudre à Notting Hill
TFX : Hunger Games
Chérie 25 : Et au milieu coule une rivière
Vendredi – Friday 6
Arte : Meurtres à Sandhamm
Dimanche – Sunday 8
Arte : Blade Runner final cut
W9 : L’arnacoeur
Lundi – Monday 9
France 3 : Les Frères Sisters
Canal + : 66-5
Arte : Operation Dragon
Mardi – Tuesday 10
Canal + : The Fabelmans
C8 : The Singing club
TFX : Joséphine
Mercredi – Wednesday 11
Canal + : Golda
Arte : Un amour impossible
Parlement series season 3 on France TV
ARTE ‘ FILMS & SERIES AS OF OCT 4TH
Films
Les lèvres rouges
Valérie and Stefan, two newlyweds, cross paths with Countess Bathory, a woman of indefinable beauty… A fantastic tale for adults, starring Delphine Seyrig as a lesbian vampire, the reincarnation of Countess Bathory. A cult film with a venomous atmosphere, enhanced by the spellbinding music of François de Roubaix.
Péril en la demeure
Hired to give private lessons to a young girl, a naive guitar teacher becomes the victim of a plot… Who is manipulating whom? Starring Christophe Malavoy, Nicole Garcia, Michel Piccoli and Anémone, Michel Deville’s beautifully crafted psychological thriller.
Docs
Women’s health: from ignorance to recognition, Ursula Duplantier & Marta Schröer
Wrong diagnoses, inappropriate treatments, persistent shortcomings in higher education… The medical field, whose benchmark remains the male body, still too often neglects the physiological particularities of women.
Procès climatiques : et si les juges sauvaient la planète ? By Jutta Pinzle
The legal journey of plaintiffs who denounce the inertia of governments and the environmental damage caused by multinationals.
Brainwashed
Through a rigorous analysis of over 175 film extracts, Nina Menkes shows that a systemic sexism guides the representation of women in cinema. Is the seventh art “the common language of rape culture”?
Series
Sous contrôle, by Charly Delwart, with Léa Drucker
Promoted to Minister of Foreign Affairs, a respected NGO director discovers how diplomacy and politics are played out in the real world. A political comedy series, Sous contrôle features a joyful Léa Drucker as an idealistic leading lady confronted with the exercise of power, the codes of which she is unfamiliar with.
Your films and series to watch as of October 4th on Netflix
SERIES
Lupin, saison 3, by George Kay et François Uzan , as of October 5th.
Sex Education, season 4, Laurie Nunn, now.
The Diplomat, season 2
FILMS
May December, by Todd Haynes, starring Cory Michael Smith, Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, as of Dec 1st.
Yellow Door:’90s Lo-fi Film Club, Bong Joon-Hoo, as of Oct 27th
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar : Wes Anderson, now.
Fair Play, Chloe Domont, as of October 6th.
I want to do it, Cuba to Florida! , Annette Bening & Jodie Foster. As of Nov 3rd.
The Killer, David Fincher, as of November 10th
Maestro, by and with Bradley Cooper, and Carey Mulligan, as of December 27th.
Your films and series to watch as of October 4th on Prime Video
SERIES
Wilderness, by Marnie Dickens, starring Jenna Coleman & Will & Oliver Jackson-Cohen, now.
The Lost flowers of Alice Hart, Sarah Lambert.
FILMS
All The light we cannot see, Shawn Levy, as of November 2nd.
Awareness, Daniel Benmayor , as of Oct 11th
The Burial, by Maggie Betts, on Oct 13th
Saltburn, Emerald Fennell, Nov 24
Your films and series to watch as of October 4th on Canal+
SERIES
66-5, dès le 18 sept, Anne Landois.
The undeclared war, Peter Kosminsky : a must-see.
FILMS
She said, Maria Schrader (I’m Your Man, Unorthodox limited series), now.
Your films and series to watch as of October 4th on Apple TV & Canal+
SERIES
The Morning show, S3, now!
Monarch : legacy of monsters, Chris Black & Matt Fraction, as of Nov 17th
The Changeling, Anders Engström, now!
Lessons in chemistry, by Lee Eisenberg with Brie Larson (Elizabeth Zott), Aja Naomi King (Harriet Slone), as of October 13th
FILMS
Fingernails, by Christos Nikou, avec Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, and Jeremy Allen White, as of Nov 3rd.
Killers of the flower moon, Martin Scorsese, on October 18th.
Flora & son, John Carney , as of September 29th.
Your films and series to watch as of October 4th on Disney Plus
FILMS
Quiz Lady, Jessica Yu with Awkwafina, Sandra O, on Nov 3
SERIES
Irrésistible, Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat avec Camélia Jordana (Adèle), Théo Navarro-Mussy (Arthur), now.
The Bear, season 2, Christopher Storer.
Ahsoka, Jon Favreau & Dave Filoni.
The other black girl, as of September 13th, series by Danielle Henderson, adapted from eponymous novel by Dalila Harris.
Tout va bien, by Camille de Castelnau, starking Virginie Efira, Nicole Garcia, Sara Giraudeau, Bernard Le Coq, Aliocha Schneider, Yannik Landrein, Eduardo Noriega et Mehdi Nebbou, as of Nov 15.
Percy Jackson & les Olympiens, Chris Columbus, as of December 20th.