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Acclaimed since its debut, I'm Still Here is a Brazilian film starring Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello with a biographical nature, which narrates the events of the Paiva family at the time of the military dictatorship in Brazil. Rubens Paiva was a former deputy, kidnapped and killed by the military in 1971, and the film shows the peace of the home before this happened and also the family's journey dealing with this profound rupture in their history. Synopsis: At the beginning of the 1970s, Braz

The Iranian film The Seed of the Sacred Fig became one of the standout hits at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Initially added to the competition lineup as a latecomer, it faced a challenging screening schedule, slotted on the festival’s penultimate day when juries and media were already weary. Despite these unfavorable conditions, Sacred Fig managed to spark the festival's final crescendo: a 15-minute standing ovation following its credits, a gesture of respect for exiled director Mohammad Ra

It’s been nearly two decades since Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) burst onto the silver screen, delivering not only explosive action sequences but also one of the most captivating portrayals of outlaw lovers. This secret assassin couple, whose passion for each other reignites as they try to kill each other, has become a quintessential example of love being forged in the heat of danger. Mr. and Mrs. Smith lies excels at profoundly exploring modern marriage through the guise of an adrenaline-packed act

Well, dear readers, just like many of you, I grew up watching the most bizarre things on telly. I practically had a "VIP pass" to the weirdest and most varied content you could imagine. Honestly, there was zero supervision at home, so I could spend hours upon hours in front of the screen, and no one would bat an eyelid. Sad but true. I know I'm not the only one who lived like this, and while it might sound a bit dramatic now, the truth is it didn’t bother me that much at the time. Looking back a

Since its debut in 2003, Wicked, released by Universal Pictures and adapted from the classic Broadway musical of the same name, has journeyed from suffering heavy criticism to garnering widespread acclaim. At its premiere, critics were harsh. The New York Times headlined their review: THEATER REVIEW; There’s Trouble In Emerald City. The New Yorker commented, “The show’s twenty-two songs were written by Stephen Schwartz, and not one of them is memorable.” Despite its hefty $14 million production

White clouds drift idly underneath the blue sky as a group of blindfolded teenagers play football over the grounds filled with red vegetation... The Colombian film Monos (2019) looks surreal at the outset. The film tells the story of a group of teenage guerrillas guarding an American hostage (Doctora) and a milk cow on the top of an impossibly high mountain. The film’s atmosphere switches between astonishing beauty and extreme horror, and the audience witnesses how a small, isolated community tr

My Secret Christmas Movie: Finding Winter Warmth in Agnès Varda’s Kung-fu Master! December has always been the cruelest month for me. As darkness descends earlier each day and the year draws to a close, I find myself returning again and again to Agnès Varda’s 1987 film Kung-fu Master!. There are no twinkling lights or holiday celebrations in this story of Mary-Jane, a middle-aged single mother played by Jane Birkin, and Julien, a 14-year-old boy lost in the world of arcade games. Yet something a

DISCLAIMER: a warning companies put on their products or services to indicate the limit of its legal responsibility respectively. "Beware of narrative and form. Their power can bring us closer to the truth… They can also be a weapon with a great power to manipulate." These words are pronounced by the host of an award ceremony who grants the protagonist of this particular story an award for her work as a television journalist. The host's words feel like the ultimate possible disclaimer—in the bes

Elphaba and Glinda. Hello Peliplaters! While Wicked has received widespread acclaim since its release, it was a 161-minute ordeal for me—though I should note that I genuinely enjoyed its beauty for about 30 minutes. Though Wicked faithfully adapted its source material, it failed to consider the cinema audience's experience. In theater, every performance is unique. Your seat location, your mood, the actors' energy, audience reactions, and unexpected incidents all shape your experience. Until the

Watching Don't Move seemed to be a tense and captivating journey, but the result was a frustrating experience. The trailer promised a terrifying thriller, with characters trapped in a claustrophobic environment and threatened by a supernatural entity. But instead of exploring this scenario in depth, the movie chooses a much easier route: senseless violence and mutilation scenes that, clearly, lead nowhere. It's not that I have anything against explicit horror films—on the contrary. Classics like

Oh Venom. Will there ever come a day where I don’t love you? Well, maybe, but we’ll get to that in a bit. I remember the first time I watched Venom in theatres. It was intense, exciting, and dizzyingly dumb. What accent did Tom Hardy think he was doing? Why was the writing so cheesy and awkward? Intrigued, I watched the movie again - 7 more times, in theatres. Each time it got funnier, until the seventh time where it understandably started to get a little old. Venom was not a good movie then, an

From the moment Disclaimer was released, I was hooked onto it. It is bereft of exaggerated twists or fast-paced action. Instead, its slow-burn exploration of truth and perspectives enticed me. Presented through three distinctly different viewpoints, the series led me into a philosophical reflection on how we perceive reality. It has garnered significant online buzz, second only to The Penguin. Yet, its ratings on Peliplat (7.0 ) and IMDb (7.5) hover in the precarious watchable-but-not-essential

Have you noticed how TikTok has turned cinema into a global conversation? It's no longer just about watching movies, but about being part of a movement in which everyone—from studios to casual users—is shaping what will be successful. I, who have always loved films, can no longer ignore the platform's impact on the way movies reach us. TikTok has not only created a space to promote works, but it has also changed the rules of the game. Think of Mean Girls, for example. The classic has been given

November 9 marks the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. To commemorate this event which had a profound impact on world history and the current political landscape, the Goethe-Institut held various film screenings in cultural institutions of major cities worldwide. In some cities, German consulates also re-screened “Bornholmer Straße” (Bornholm Street), a film from 10 years ago that depicts the night the Wall came down. This drama-comedy stands out as an engaging political satire th

Last night, I found my way to the Vancouver Playhouse to see the final screening of Bird at the Vancouver International Film Festival. The Playhouse provided a unique and average viewing experience – the seats were uncomfortable; the screen needed an upgrade. But, Bird was on my list of movies to see because Barry Keoghan is in its supporting cast. I am happy to report that the acting throughout Bird is the movie’s strongest asset. However, Keoghan was not the movie’s best performer. His charact

In the last decades we have been able to see how Hollywood is increasingly betting in safe with sequels, prequels, remakes, spin offs, etc. But recently it is going further, releasing sequels that "pay homage" to the original so much that they become practically a covert remake. I don't know which movie was the pioneer in this, but I'm pretty sure that the culprit for the spread of this practice is "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens." This new installment of the saga was a complete succ

Glamour and glitz, fame and fortune, reality and the extreme subversion of it – welcome to your first lesson on Bollywood cinema. While you may have seen Hollywood in all its stardom, the timeless frames of French cinema, or even the poetic narratives from Japan, I can assure you that you will never see something quite as crazy as a Bollywood movie. I’m here to explain a few things to keep in mind before diving in ;) *Please note, all the images inserted are just humor! In my opinion, Bollywood