Ahead of The Oscars on Monday the weekend is the perfect time to catch up on the key films you may have missed.
BEST PICTURE NOMINEES
ANORA
AVAILABLE TO BUY OR RENT AT HOME NOW. ALSO IN SELECT CINEMAS.
Starring: Mikey Madison, Paul Weissman, Yura Borisov, Lindsey Normington
Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled. ANORA is a love story from Sean Baker.
THE BRUTALIST
AVAILABLE TO BUY OR RENT AT HOME FROM MARCH 11. ALSO IN SELECT CINEMAS.
Starring: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola
When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
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Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Norbert Leo Butz, Dan Fogler, Scoot McNairy
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN follows 19-year old Minnesota musician BOB DYLAN’s (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.
CONCLAVE
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Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, Isabella Rossellini
CONCLAVE follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence finds himself at the centre of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of the Church.
DUNE: PART TWO
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Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Charlotte Rampling, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux
DUNE: PART TWO will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavours to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
EMILIA PÉREZ
AVAILABLE TO BUY OR RENT AT HOME FROM MARCH 4. ALSO IN SELECT CINEMAS.
Starring: Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz
Overqualified and undervalued, Rita is a lawyer at a large firm that is more interested in getting criminals off the hook than bringing them to justice. One day, she is given an unexpected way out, when cartel leader Manitas hires her to help him withdraw from his business and realise a plan he has been secretly preparing for years: to become the woman he has always dreamt of being.
I’M STILL HERE
IN CINEMAS FEBRUARY 27.
Starring: Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro
A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence during the tightening grip of a military dictatorship in Brazil, 1971.
NICKEL BOYS
STREAMING NOW on Prime Video
Starring: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, “Nickel Boys” chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
THE SUBSTANCE
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Starring: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid
A fading celebrity decides to use a black-market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself. What could possibly go wrong?
WICKED
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Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum
Elphaba, a misunderstood young woman because of her green skin, and Galinda, a popular girl, become friends at Shiz University in the Land of Oz. After an encounter with the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads.
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