Films to see in June 2024

Grotesque (and very cruel) satire on the needs and addictions of our time. Yorgos Lanthimos returns to the atmospheres of the first films (and in fact co-writes the faithful Efthimis Filippou of Alps And Dogtooth) and directs a disturbing and enlightening triptych. All the actors – excellent: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley and many others – play different roles in each episode. Award for best male performance at Cannes to Plemons.

A very strong and almost morbid relationship between a Colombian mother (Margarita Rosa de Francisco) and her son born and raised in Rome (Edoardo Pesce). On to the second work later The third half, Enrico Maria Artale signs a fresco “on the Tiber” suspended between family, drugs, dance, and perhaps impossible redemption. Two awards at Venezia 80 in the Orizzonti section: best actress and best screenplay.

On the occasion of Enrico Berlinguer’s funeral, many of the most famous Italian directors made a documentary on the event for Unitelefilm, The farewell to Enrico Berlinguer. Forty years after that day, Michele Mellara and Alessandro Rossi take a large part of that precious document and make a new film, on the legacy left by one of the greatest leaders of the Italian left.

In a world hit by a wave of mutations that are gradually transforming some humans into animals, François does everything he can to save his wife, stricken by this mysterious condition. While some creatures disappear in a nearby forest, he sets off with his sixteen-year-old son Émile on a quest that will change their lives forever. Dystopia à la French, starring Romain Duris and Adèle Exarchopoulos.

Officers Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett (Will Smith and Martin Lawrence) return with a new investigation into corruption within the Miami police force. They will discover that their former captain Conrad Howard (Joe Pantoliano), now deceased, is accused of working with drug cartels. But all this will backfire on them… Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah direct, with Eric Dane and Vanessa Hudgens also starring.

The normality of an ordinary family is shattered by a terrible discovery: both parents are seriously ill, but only one of the two can be saved. It is up to the children to decide whether to tell them and, above all, which of the two to keep alive. First work by Francesco Frangipane, directed by Edoardo Pesce (here we go again!), Vanessa Scalera, Anna Bonaiuto, Giorgio Colangeli and Elena Radonicich.

Directorial debut of Ishana Night Shyamalan, daughter of such a father. Whose atmosphere it seems to echo: Mina (Dakota Fanning) is a twenty-eight-year-old artist who remains trapped in a vast Irish forest. After finding refuge in a house with a large window, she discovers that three other people live there and that every night they are watched by mysterious creatures that live in the woods. We shudder…

From the director of Take Shelter, Midnight Special And Loving, the rise of a club of motorcyclists who in a decade go from being outsiders to a real gang. Kathy (Jodie Comer) is part of the Vandals and is married to a daredevil biker named Benny (Austin Butler). The woman must juggle her husband’s temper with the loyalty he owes to Johnny (Tom Hardy), the leader of the gang.

Great cults return. Riley is now a teenager, and is about to enter high school. Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust and Fear will therefore have to do with the new emotions of the adolescent crisis: Boredom, Embarrassment, Envy, Anxiety and Nostalgia. New entry Kelsey Mann is directing, while Meg LeFauve, who wrote the original as well as Arlo’s journey And My father’s dragon.

During a summer at the seaside, Pedro, openly gay, and Maxi, straight and single, begin an affectionate friendship that amazes all their friends. The two play at being boyfriends and the others fall for it: even Maxi’s ex-girlfriend, who arrives “at the crime scene”. But, little by little, Pedro and Maxi fall into the same net they cast. Argentinian Marco Berger’s film is defined as “an unashamedly happy gay story”. And that’s enough to make us like it.

Prequel/spin-off of the apocalyptic horror saga created by John Krasinski, sees Lupita Nyong’o, Oscar winner for 12 Years a Slave, and Djimon Hounsou, who returns to play the role of the man on the island, present in the second chapter. Three other new entries are Alex Wolff and Joseph Quinn, while Michael Sarnoski, author of the cult, takes over behind the camera Pig with Nicolas Cage.

Donya (the excellent Anaita Wali Zada) is a young Afghan refugee living in Fremont, California. She leads an empty and lonely existence, torn between her job as a fortune cookie prophecy writer and her therapy sessions with the eccentric Dr. Anthony. And in the meantime she’s looking for love… Co-written by Carolina Cavalli of Amanda and winner of an Independent Spirit Award. Also in the cast is Jeremy Allen White.

This hilarious film arrives in theaters almost a year (shame!) after Venezia 80 action comedy starring new star Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick, Everyone But You), aka a shy philosophy professor who works part-time as a computer consultant for the police department. One day he finds himself impersonating a hitman, and he gets upset… A Richard Linklater in great form for one of the truly unmissable films this summer.

Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron and Joey King in ‘A Family Affair’. Photo: Netflix

Superstar – and womanizer – Chris Cole (Zac Efron) falls in love with the mother (Nicole Kidman) of his assistant (Joey King). But the age difference between the two won’t be the only problem… Rom-com for the summer “made in Netflix” with an all-star cast. Richard LaGravenese, a director specializing in feelings, directs (Kiss, PS I Love You) as well as screenwriter of Love has two faces And The Horse Whisperer.