Cinema releases by week

, 1h26
Directed by Stan Winston
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Lance Henriksen, Jeff East, John D'Aquino, George Buck Flower, Joel Hoffman, Lee de Broux
Rating62%
In the prologue set in 1957, Tom Harley waits inside his farm cabin with his wife and young son, Ed. A doomed man seeks sanctuary at Tom's cabin, but Tom refuses and threatens to shoot him if he does not leave. Watching through a window, Ed witnesses the man caught and killed by a grotesque monster.

, 1h29
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Kim Delaney, Timothy Bottoms, Miles O'Keeffe, JoAnn Willette, Bruce Vilanch
Rating48%
Julia Robbins (Kim Delaney) is an emerging fashion designer returning home to Los Angeles after a sales trip in northern California. She passes a hitchhiker named Trey (Miles O'Keeffe) on her way back to the 5. During lunch at a diner, she notices a mysterious man eating by himself. The hitchhiker enters the diner, and they make eye contact. Outside, he asks her for a ride, but Julia declines. As she drives off, she notices a flat tire. Trey fixes it for her, and she decides to give him a ride.

, 30minutes
Directed by Frédéric Back
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Environmental films, Feminist films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Philippe Noiret, Christopher Plummer
Rating84%
Au cours d'une de ses promenades en Haute-Provence, le narrateur a un jour rencontré un personnage extraordinaire, un berger solitaire et paisible qui plantait des arbres, des milliers d'arbres. Au fil des ans, le vieil homme a réalisé son rêve : la lande aride et désolée est devenue une terre pleine de vie.

Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Donna Mills, Andrew Clarke, Nina Foch, John Meillon, John Schneider, Robert Harper
Rating57%

, 1h35
Directed by Raphaël Rebibo
Origin Israel
Genres Drama
Actors Alon Abutbul
Rating58%
Perla (Anat Zahor) une ancienne call-girl et son petit ami Gaby (Alon Aboutboul) qui vient de sortir de prison pour un crime qu'il n'a pas commis, veulent démarrer une nouvelle vie.

Directed by Tinto Brass
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Crime
Actors Giancarlo Giannini, François Negret, Raffaella Baracchi, Giorgio Tirabassi, Tinto Brass, Philippe Léotard
Rating41%
A disbarred lawyer (Giancarlo Giannini) is working as a debt collector for his partner Sapo (Philippe Léotard). Escorting prostitute Milena (Raffaella Baracchi) impregnated by Sapo to an unnamed sea resort of grotesque atmosphere (filmed in Lido di Ostia), he encounters the ambitious young ringleader Molecola (François Negret) who has bought several old recreational sites in the environs to turn the town into an "Italian Las Vegas" but the hotel-bar named Snack Bar Budapest run by a man (Carlo Monni) and his family remains an obstacle. Molecola needs a lawyer to legitimise forceful evacuation of Snack Bar Budapest and the lawyer agrees. However, a murder he commits brings him at odds with Molecola.

, 1h51
Directed by Jonathan Kaplan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Feminist films, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Political films
Actors Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Leo Rossi, Bernie Coulson, Carmen Argenziano, Ann Hearn
Rating70%
One night at a bar, a working-class woman, Sarah Tobias (Foster), is gang raped by several drunk bar patrons, while drunken onlookers cheer them on. The assistant district attorney, Kathryn Murphy (McGillis), who is assigned to the rape case wants to drop the case. After a heated argument, she is admonished by her superior to enter a plea bargain with the rapists requiring some jail time. Sarah is enraged by the deal, mostly because she did not get to tell her story in court.

, 1h18
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about families
Actors Gena Rowlands, Ian Holm, Mia Farrow, Gene Hackman, Blythe Danner, Betty Buckley
Rating71%
Marion Post (Gena Rowlands) is a New York philosophy professor past the age of 50 on a leave of absence to write a new book. Due to construction work in their building, she sublets a furnished flat downtown to have peace and quiet.

, 1h31
Directed by Zhang Yimou
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musiques du monde, Musical films, Political films
Actors Gong Li, Jiang Wen, Zhang Yimou
Rating72%
The film takes place in a rural village in China's eastern province of Shandong during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It is narrated from the point of view of the protagonist’s grandson, who reminisces about his grandmother, Jiu'er (S: 九儿, T: 九兒, P: Jiǔ'ér). She was a poor girl who was sent by her parents into a pre-arranged marriage with an old man, Li Datou, who owns a distillery.

, 1h50
Directed by Vassili Pitchoul
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Yuriy Nazarov, Natalia Negoda, Alexander Lenkov
Rating68%
Young Vera lives with her mother and her alcoholic father, Kolya, who are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with her choice of friends and what they consider her decadent lifestyle. They wonder why she can’t be more like her brother Victor, a doctor living in Moscow. At an underground dance party that is broken up by police, she meets Sergei, and they immediately fall in love. It turns out Sergei is an old friend of Victor, who, in town for a visit, calls on his friend only to find him alone with his sister.

, 1h41
Directed by Pen Densham
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Joanna Pacuła, Meredith Salenger, Mimi Kuzyk, Jan Rubes, Shawn Levy, Dorian Joe Clark
Rating54%
Un court prologue en 1963 au Congo belge nous présente les sœurs, Hilary (Talya Rubin) et Felice (Priscilla Mouzakiotis) Dunbar, qui seront séparées durant leur enfance. Felice est renvoyée dans un train avec sa tante qui possède un totem maudit ressemblant à un serpent. En route vers l'Europe, sa tante possédée par le talisman attaque Felice, l'embrassant violemment alors que le sang s'échappe de sa bouche. Le chef de train trouve le cadavre déformé de sa tante, et Felice quitte le train avec le talisman.

, 1h17
Directed by Rashid Nugmanov
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Viktor Robertovich Tsoi, Peter Mamonov
Rating68%
The film follows the story of Moro, a drifter who tracks down a drug-dealer who had made his girlfriend into an addict. Moro has nowhere to live so Dina allows him to live in her house. Spartak owes Moro money so they meet in a cafe which Spartak refers to as "Parliament". Spartak is revealed to owe a large quantity of people money. Moro also finds that her boss is selling her drugs. In an attempt to save Dina, Moro takes her away to the Aral Sea, turned into a barren desert by the time they arrive. There Dina seems cured, but back in town everything starts anew. Almost desperate, Moro decides to fight the drug dealers, led by a hospital doctor (played by another rock 'n' roll star, eccentric leader of the "Sound of Mu" band and the future star of Taxi Blues , Pyotr Mamonov), when one of them stabs him in a deserted park.

, 2h2
Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Musical
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Navin Chowdhry, Shabana Azmi, Peggy Ashcroft, Twiggy, Geoffrey Bayldon
Rating65%
Sushila et son fils Manek, des immigrés indiens, vivent chichement en Grande-Bretagne. Le jeune Manek a des dispositions pour le piano et sa mère confie son apprentissage à Madame Sousatzka, un professeur d’origine russe. Celle-ci pousse l’adolescent à exercer son art avec intransigeance en même temps qu’elle lui inculque ses propres valeurs morales, ce qui contrarie les attentes de Sushila…

, 1h44
Directed by Donald Petrie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, Vincent D'Onofrio, William R. Moses, Adam Storke
Rating62%
The film is about the coming of age of two sisters and their friend through the romantic lives of the three main characters: Kat Arujo (Annabeth Gish), Daisy Arujo (Julia Roberts), and Jojo Barbosa (Lili Taylor), who are waitresses at Mystic Pizza in Mystic, Connecticut. In the film, Mystic is represented as a fishing town with a large Portuguese-American population. The film also touches on an Old World work ethic.

, 1h30
Directed by Kevin Tenney
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Demons in film, Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Amelia Kinkade, Cathy Podewell, Linnea Quigley, Don Jeffcoat, Kevin Tenney, Frank Welker
Rating61%
Stooge, Helen, and Roger are driving to a party thrown by outcast Angela Franklin and her friend, Suzanne at Hull House, an abandoned local mortuary. The car passes by an elderly man who is carrying apples and razor blades.