For this month of September, movie theaters will welcome quite a few small and big films from all horizons: there are notably projects that have been awaited for a very long time and others that promise to be nice surprises. So, all of this was well worth a small selection by us.
Summary
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
- The Thread
- Speak No Evil
- Megalopolis
- Emmanuelle
- Mother Land
- Weekend in Taipei
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
No need to introduce Tim Burton, one of the most distinguished directors of his era to whom we owe a lot of gems with a very particular tone. In the pile, we must mention Beetlejuice, released in 1988 and which here offers a proper sequel, signing the return of Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder in their respective roles in addition to the arrival of a few stars like Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe or Monica Belluci. We will see the Deetz family return to Winter River, the young Astrid accidentally opening a portal to the Beyond and forcing her parents to bring back the famous ghost Beetlejuice to restore the situation. A morbid comedy that fully flirts with horror: tell yourself that it’s a bit of Halloween in advance.
- Cinema release: September 11, 2024
- Director : Tim Burton
- With : Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara
The Thread
Daniel Auteuil can already boast of being one of the greatest actors in French history, but he also happens to sometimes go behind the camera: we already owe him some very good feature films and The Wire is perhaps one of his best, having been selected at the Cannes Film Festival. Here, the Frenchman is also an actor and plays Maître Jean Monier, a lawyer determined to return to work in the criminal sector to defend Nicolas Milik, a father accused of the murder of his wife, whom he believes to be profoundly innocent. A tough trial then begins and doubts and convictions violently collide: a story that promises great humanity and intense suspense, coupled with a very nice soundtrack and a few striking lines.
- Cinema release: September 11, 2024
- Director : Daniel Auteuil
- With : Grégory Gadebois, Daniel Auteuil, Sidse Babett Knudsen
Speak No Evil
James McAvoy tore it up in Split and Glass and it seems that the roles of unstable lunatics are his guilty pleasure: in Speaks No Evil, he plays a charming father who welcomes an American family into his home. The only problem is that he gradually shows some psychological failings with some slightly inappropriate, even downright aggressive gestures: the situation gradually gets worse and should turn into a tragedy… in any case, that’s what the trailer promises for this film directed by James Watkins, the author of the scary The Woman in Black with Daniel Radcliffe or the sordid Eden Lake. He’s no stranger to malaise and we’ll have a new cinematic demonstration of it on September 18.
- Cinema release: September 18, 2024
- Director : James Watkins
- With : James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy
Megalopolis
Certainly one of the most anticipated films of this year… or even of this decade and the one before. First of all, you should know that it is directed by Francis Ford Coppola, a living legend of the Seventh Art behind The Godfather, Apocalypse Now and Dracula. In addition, Megalopolis is a very long-standing project for the filmmaker, who has wanted to make it a reality for decades: inevitably, the hype is now at its peak now that the film is about to be released. And then, well, its unique concept largely arouses the intention since the context takes place in the city of New Rome, an urban and modern megalopolis directly resulting from Roman Antiquity, with science fiction thrown in. Between its completely crazy universe, its unique artistic direction, its truly impressive cast and Coppola’s talent, we can happily say that Megalopolis is under huge and promising construction.
- Cinema release: September 25, 2024
- Director : Francis Ford Coppola
- With : Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel
Emmanuelle
Originally, Emmanuelle was a French film released in 1974 that had carved out a sulphurous and worldwide reputation for its eroticism… let’s say, pronounced. So here we are in 2024 with a new interpretation by Audrey Diwan, a long-time screenwriter, but also a director who will therefore offer her vision for this protagonist now played by Noémie Marlant (Tár): here, Emmanuelle goes to Hong Kong for a business trip and multiplies encounters and experiences there. Then, she comes across Kei, a man who constantly eludes her… A torrid film that should play with beautiful photography and a masterful atmosphere, without forgetting the presence of some big guns like Naomi Watts or Jamie Campbell Bower all the same.
- Cinema release: September 25, 2024
- Director : Audrey Diwan
- With : Noémie Merlant, Will Sharpe, Naomi Watts
Mother Land
A mother, two sons, a house. What could go wrong? Absolutely everything, actually: in Mother Land, the famous Halle Berry plays a mother in a sinister world, where she and her two sons live connected to their home in the middle of the forest by a rope that must not be broken under any circumstances. In the surroundings, an evil presence that no one here below would want to encounter: heavy atmosphere, deadly mystery and jump scares are therefore on the program of a horror film by Alexandre Aja, not just anyone since we already owe him The Hills Have Eyes, Mirrors and Crawl. As a result, we await his next film with particular attention.
- Cinema release: September 25, 2024
- Director : Alexandre Aja
- With : Halle Berry, Matthew Kevin Anderson, Christin Park
Weekend in Taipei
There are more explosive couples than others: here, John Lawlor is a DEA agent who is particularly good at what he does (by which I mean: dangerous) while Joey Kwang is an outstanding pilot. Fifteen years after their abrupt separation, fate brings them together again in Taipei, while Joey has married a gigantic boss of the local mob and there is now a son in the equation. In short, nothing goes as planned and the couple reunites to better escape the clutches of organized crime while breaking jaws and drifting in the street: this solid action film promises to be really cool with a tone that we are told is halfway between The Transporter and Taken. Why not, especially with a good bucket of popcorn in your hands.
- Cinema release: September 25, 2024
- Director : George Huang
- With : Luke Evans, Gwei Lun Mei, Sung Kang
