Which movies should you not miss? A selection of the films that will be shown in cinemas and art houses this week. Read here the reviews and an interview with filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen, who based his ‘Las bestias’ on a true incident from 2010, in which a Dutchman who moved to Spain was killed.
narcosis
In this Dutch Oscar entry and three-time Golden Calf winner, director Martijn de Jong elaborates on the myth of Orpheus to portray the denial phase of grief.
Tori et Lokita
The young title heroes in this film are spared little. Once again, the Walloon directing duo Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne reports from the fringes of Belgian society, in the social-realist style that we know from them.
mrs. Harris goes to Paris
In the comedy mrs. Harris goes to Paris a working-class woman (a charming Lesley Manville) manages to buy her dream dress against all odds. The dress: a haute couture piece by Christian Dior. The price: 500 pounds, today about 10,000 pounds.
Wild port of Europe
Wild port of Europe shows the great diversity of meadow and water birds, rodents and reptiles that live around the ports of Rotterdam and Moerdijk. Brooding, nursing, foraging for food or a mate.
Black Adam
Since 2006 Black Adam the passion project of superstar Dwayne Johnson who with his charisma and physique seems born for the role. He plays Teth Adam, an ancient flying wizard who is brought back to life in the modern world.
Interview with filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen, creator of las bestias
In the hands of Spanish filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen, a quarrel between newcomers and locals forms the starting point for a blistering thriller with touches of a contemporary western, a modest investigation into the clash between progress and conservatism.