• Disclosure Day ⭐⭐
by Steven Spielberg | American film | 2:25 a.m. | Science fiction
Steven Spielberg returns to theaters with Disclosure Day, the third part of his trilogy on extraterrestrials after Close Encounters of the Third Kind and ET. Inspired by the 2023 US Congressional hearings on UFOs, the film follows two “messengers” responsible for revealing to the world the evidence of extraterrestrial life hidden by the Pentagon.
Our opinion: Between self-quotations and simplistic morality, Spielberg recycles his favorite themes without rediscovering the poetry of his past works, delivering a visually rich show but lacking in inspiration.
» READ THE FILM REVIEW: “Disclosure Day”: Steven Spielberg returns to science fiction
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• Vertigo ⭐⭐⭐
by Quentin Dupieux | French animated film, 1:07 a.m. | Comedy
Taken by an urgent desire to speak to his friend Bruno (Jonathan Cohen), Jacques (Alain Chabat) arrives at his house to tell him of his recent discovery: nothing of the world in which they live is real…
Our opinion: A funny animated film that lives up to its title, as the technique used highlights its subject, a humorous questioning of the porosity between reality and virtuality. Vertigo is all the more offbeat and funny because it uses a tinkered animation technique, the characters resembling puppets in poorly constructed computer-generated images worthy of old reality simulation video games. Quentin Dupieux continues to explore, with a consummate sense of nonsense, his favorite themes: the border between fiction and reality, the mercantile excesses of an individualist society and, of course, the vertigo of existence.
» READ OUR ARTICLE: Quentin Dupieux and Alain Chabat, two animation enthusiasts: “It’s magical whatever happens”
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• The Christophers⭐⭐
by Steven Soderbergh | American film, 1h48 | Drama comedy
Lori (Michaela Coel) is recruited to be the assistant of Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen), 86, a London pop art painter who rose to fame at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s. But in reality, it is her children, Barnaby and Salli Milton Sklar (James Corden and Jessica Gunning) who hired her with a specific idea in mind: to use her talents as a forger to that she completes eight paintings from a series by their father, The Christophers, and sells them at a high price upon his death.
Our opinion: With a refined production, Steven Soderbergh creates an intimate scam film and a gripping portrait of a brilliant, all-powerful and fallen artist. The performance of Ian McKellen, sacred monster of the stage and of the British 7th art, is breathtaking in its vindictive energy and scathing humor. Haughty, Michaela Coel rises to the level of the interpretation of Ian McKellen with whom she forms a powerful acting duo.
» READ THE FILM REVIEW: “The Christophers”, with Ian McKellen: the portrait of an all-powerful and fallen artist
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• An Italian year ⭐⭐⭐
by Laura Samani | Italian film, 1h42 | Drama comedy
Frederika, a 17-year-old Swedish girl, arrives in Trieste and does not go unnoticed in this northern Italy with its still very macho culture. In a technological final year class, surrounded by boys, his integration is difficult. The director follows the boys’ interested gaze on Fred’s body and her way of trying to fit in.
Our opinion: Laura Samani offers a fine chronicle of the end of adolescence and the delicate transition to adulthood, where one must leave the group to assume one’s individual destiny. She renews the “teen movie” genre with skill and intelligence, and we let ourselves be carried away with great pleasure by this universal story in which everyone can recognize themselves.
» READ THE FILM REVIEW: “An Italian Year”: a charming adolescent chronicle
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• From one world to another ⭐⭐
by Jérémie Renier | French documentary, 1 hour 15 minutes
After the tragic loss of his best friend, actor and director Jérémie Renier undertakes an extreme journey in the company of adventurer Loury Lag, on the Arctic ice floe. They traveled together nearly 3,400 kilometers on skis, in a quest that combines physical challenges and spirituality; in the middle of a splendid and harsh nature, the physical pains are not silenced and the images lead us to feel the emotions and this impossible mourning.
Our opinion: The quest for new meaning in his life for Jérémie Renier after a bereavement, an attempt at production fraud for Loury Lag: the beautiful images of this documentary do not alleviate the discomfort that appears throughout the film.
» READ THE FILM REVIEW: “From one world to another”, Jérémie Renier endures grief and ice floes
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