Movies to watch in September 2023

Seydou and Moussa leave Dakar to reach Europe, traversing the traps of the desert, the horrors of Libyan detention centers and the perils of the sea. four years from PinocchioMatteo Garrone returns to tell the story of the journey of two migrants in his very dry and at the same time “picturesque” style. Let the brightest images and stories speak for you. At competitions in Venice 80.

An absurd law prevents Giovanni (Valerio Lundini), a son not recognized at birth, from knowing the identity of his biological parents before he is 100 years old. To attract public opinion, his only hope is to enlist the complicity of Gustavo (Sergio Castellitto), the only centenarian not recognized at birth who is still alive. Performance, unexpected couple, one drama unusual for our panorama.

Kenneth Branagh and Hercule Poirot, Act Three. After the Orient Express and the Nile, the detective To Agatha Christie, now retired, comes to Venice to investigate a murder that occurred during a séance. At the heart of this time is a novel, less well-known than the previous ones. Poirot and the Massacre of the Innocents. The cast, as usual, is luxurious: Michelle Yeoh, Tina Fey, Kelly Reilly, Jamie Dornan, Camille Cottin from Call my agent! and our Riccardo Scamarchio.

Straight from the last Cannes Film Festival, another film full of stars in the tradition of the author: from the new works of Tom Hanks and Margot Robbie (in a small cameo) to the usual Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, plus Scarlett Johansson, so far in the universe of Wesanderson only “voice” (inIsle of Dogs). 1950s in an American desert city: Aliens do arrive in a competition for young astronomers. Among the most anticipated films of the fall.

After Neruda, Jackie AND Spenceranother creative biography To amazing Pablo Larrain. Who this time pushes the pedal even further to make the figure of the dictator Augusto Pinochet, one of the most obscure in the history of Chile (and not only), the protagonist of a kind of very dark and weirdo. Indeed, the author imagines that Pinochet is still alive and that he is a 250-year-old vampire. A (dazzling) B-movie idea for a film shot with opulent elegance as always (and this time in black and white). At competitions in Venice 80.

Yann Mardenborough (Archie Madekwe) Midsommar – Village of the Damned), great player Gran Turismothanks to the skills developed in the game, he manages to win a series of Nissan competitions and become a professional race car driver under the expert guidance of Jack Salter (David “very strange thingsHarbour), a retired racing driver who teaches the boy how to drive. Directed by Neill Blomkamp District No. 9the cast also includes Orlando Bloom, Djimon Hounsou and… Geri Halliwell!

The directorial debut of Micaela Ramazzotti, presented at the latest Venice Film Festival, is the story of a “dishonest” family led by two selfish and manipulative parents, a two-headed monster that devours their children’s hopes for freedom. Desiree is the only one who can save her brother Claudio and she will continue to fight anything and everything for the only love she knows to achieve a little bit of happiness. The cast, in addition to Ramazzotti herself, also includes Max Tortora, Anna Galiena, Matteo Olivetti and Sergio Rubini.

Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Andy Garcia, Megan Fox and 50 Cent. Faces old and new in the fourth chapter of a saga that revived the glory of 1980s action movies. Armed with all the weapons they can get and the skills to use them, the Expendables are still the world’s last line of defense, and even this time the squad is called in when no other options are out of the question. Will the attracted “fresh blood” help to carry out the new mission better?

Pedro Almodóvar’s first western (first in theaters and then on MUBI after a preview at the last Cannes Film Festival) is more than just a short. About half an hour, which can be considered an even weirder (and obviously very wild) response. Secrets of Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee. At the heart of this love for you (at least for now) there’s Silva (Pedro Pascal), a man who crosses the desert on his horse to visit Sheriff Jake (Ethan Hawke), whom he hasn’t seen in twenty-five years. AND…

Trade union activist Maureen Kearney (Isabelle Huppert) is found tied to a chair in her home, with the letter A carved into her stomach. Distraught, she has no memory of the attack. The investigation is being conducted carefully, given the seriousness of the facts. But as new elements emerge, doubt begins to grow in the minds of the investigators, and Maureen, being the victim, turns out to be the prime suspect. Thriller a la Hitchcock between politics and the environment presented at Venice 79.

Saul Armendariz, an El Paso gay amateur wrestler, becomes world famous after creating the character Cassandro, “Liberace Lucha Libre”. But this turns not only the male world of wrestling: his life too. Biopic of Roger Ross Williams based on a true storyLife, Animation) relies on the excellent performance of Gael García Bernal. Which literally throws you off track.

Another round, another author’s short film. And a Wes Anderson double this month, at least in Italy. Presented at the last Venice Film Festival, a 40-minute film by asteroid city based on a story by Roald Dahl. A human and miraculous tale – the protagonist of the title learns his own technique of using magic to influence the world around him – starring the usual cult figures: Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Rupert Friend, Dev Patel and Oscar winner Ben Kingsley. .

Gareth Edwards, former director of the famous Rogue One: A Star Wars Storyreturns with a story set in a future ravaged by a war between humans and artificial intelligence. Joshua (John David Washington), a former Special Forces agent, is recruited for a very difficult mission: hunt down the Creator, the most ingenious and dangerous architect among artificial intelligences, and destroy his destructive creation, an apocalyptic weapon that looks like a little girl. Gemma Chan is also involved in the cast.

A curious “garronian” title for Luc Besson, who comes back after the last flops (Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 2017 and Anna 2019) to portray the extreme story of a young man (Caleb Landry Jones, Palme d’Or Cannes 2021 for a hitherto unpublished Nitram) was abused as a child by his father, who finds solace only in his love for dogs. Among the faces on the screen next to him is also the legendary Marisa Berenson.

After the death of Patriarch Gus, the Greek-American Portokalos family travels to Greece to find their origins. And it will again be (once) adventures and existential-sentimental chaos. Nia Vardalos returns to the hugely successful “brand” launched 21 years ago (already?) in which she is still the protagonist along with the usual John Corbett, also recently reviewed in And just like that… as Aidan Carrie Bradshaw/Sarah Jessica Parker. Respawns that win (or try) don’t change…

The unfairly opposed Roman Polanski returns (to Venice) with the blackest satire on a group of guests at a luxury hotel in the Swiss Alps on New Year’s Eve 2000. Hansueli (Oliver Masucci), the manager of the hotel, has to fulfill all the requests and vices of famous clients, but the absurdity and unpredictable degradation of the party are completely unpredictable factors … Strakult is already written on paper: Fanny Ardant, Mickey Rourke, John Cleese, Fortunato Cerlino and Luca Barbareschi, also a producer.