Best of 2021
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- DirectorKazik RadwanskiStarsLisa AitkenPat BiancoTiffany BlomA volatile young woman challenged by everyday social and professional encounters.8/10
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsEthan HawkeCristina ChiriacPhil NeilsonAn American soldier stationed in Rome with the Vatican blown up, embarks on a hero's journey to uncover and defend against an unknown enemy threatening the entire world.8/10
- DirectorVadim KostrovA film-concert about Nizhny Tagil's rock group Lazy Comet's trip to Moscow at the end of 2020 for two concerts in one night. The closing part of the trilogy started with Narodnaya, where director Vadim will participate as vocalist.8/10
- DirectorJoanna HoggStarsTilda SwintonHonor Swinton ByrneJames Spencer AshworthIn the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.8/10
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsBenicio Del ToroAdrien BrodyTilda SwintonA love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine".8/10
- DirectorVadim KostrovStarsGosha GordienkoVova KaretinMira TalanovaSet in Nizhny Tagil, Russia, Summer journeys nostalgically through the warm middle-Ural summer with eight-year-old Vadim and his half-sister Christina. They enjoy evening festivities with their older teenage friends by the fire, go on mellow skateboard rides, and have a quiet daytime nap in the garden house. Caressed by the sun and the warmth of his relatives, hidden in the quiet tranquillity of the garden and far away from the cruelty of the outside world, Vadim enjoys his childhood days. Acting as a serene lullaby that mimics the movements of a gentle breeze, Summer provides warmth, joy and solace, offering hope and strength for the future.8/10
- DirectorAleksandre KoberidzeStarsAni KarseladzeGiorgi BochorishviliOliko BarbakadzeA chance encounter on a street corner has Lisa and Giorgi fall in love at first sight, but an evil spell is cast on them. Will they ever meet again?7/10
- DirectorVadim KostrovMiddle Ural, winter. A time of silence and hibernation. The bright future is anticipated yet covered with a thick layer of snow, hidden by the blizzard. Spring and summer lie somewhere very far, beyond the obliterating winter.7/10
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsOscar IsaacTiffany HaddishTye SheridanWilliam Tell is an ex-military interrogator living under the radar as a low-stakes gambler. When he encounters a young man looking to commit revenge against a mutual enemy, he takes him on the casino circuit to set him on a new path.7/10
- DirectorEkaterina SelenkinaStarsDenis UrvantsevA sprawling meditation on the choreography of bodies in Moscow's urban landscape, Detours depicts a new way of dealing illicit drugs via the Darknet, the layering of the physical and the virtual realities, as well as a poetics, and politics, of space. Taking place in sleepy neighbourhoods, among the concrete walls of high-rises, behind garages and amidst abandoned railroads, the film alternately follows and loses track of Denis, the treasureman who hides stashes of drugs all over the city.7/10
- DirectorMahiro MaedaKatsuichi NakayamaKazuya TsurumakiStarsMegumi OgataMegumi HayashibaraYûko MiyamuraMisato and her anti-NERV group WILLE arrive in Paris, a city now red from core-ization. Crew from the flagship Wunder land on a containment tower.7/10
- DirectorOrson OblowitzStarsIsidora GoreshterRoger Guenveur SmithMike FergusonAn enterprising ex-convict overcomes tragedy by designing a modern-day guide to success for a society that failed him.7/10
- DirectorJim CummingsPJ McCabeStarsJim CummingsVirginia NewcombPJ McCabeA married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lying, murder and infidelity.7/10
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsGael García BernalVicky KriepsRufus SewellA vacationing family discovers that the secluded beach where they're relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly, reducing their entire lives into a single day.7/10
- DirectorMike CahillStarsOwen WilsonSalma HayekNesta CooperA mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is a computer simulation.7/10
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsDon CheadleBenicio Del ToroDavid HarbourA group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways.7/10
- DirectorJon LazamStarsMichelle Jane CansicoDenis CrooksJet FlorentinoIn the nighttime two lovers are quiet and too exhausted to look back, or ahead. The dust of the day hasn't settled yet but the present already feels as elusive as memory.7/10
- DirectorMia Hansen-LøveStarsVicky KriepsTim RothMia WasikowskaA couple retreat to the island that inspired Ingmar Bergman to write screenplays for their upcoming films when the lines between reality and fiction start to blur.7/10
- DirectorPhilip BarantiniStarsStephen GrahamVinette RobinsonAlice FeethamEnter the relentless pressure of a restaurant kitchen as a head chef wrangles his team on the busiest day of the year.7/10
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsYû AoiIssei TakahashiMasahiro HigashideA Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism. His subsequent actions cause misunderstanding, jealousy and legal problems for his wife.7/10
- DirectorJane SchoenbrunStarsAnna CobbMichael J RogersTheo AnthonyAlone in her attic bedroom, teenager Casey becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, wherein she begins to document the changes that may or may not be happening to her.7/10
- DirectorStephen DaldryJustin MartinStarsJames McAvoySharon HorganSamuel LoganA husband and wife are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality of the COVID-19 lockdown.7/10
- DirectorLeos CaraxStarsAdam DriverMarion CotillardSimon HelbergA stand-up comedian and his opera singer wife have a two-year-old daughter with a surprising gift.7/10
- DirectorDavid LoweryStarsDev PatelAlicia VikanderJoel EdgertonA fantasy retelling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.7/10
- DirectorPete DocterKemp PowersStarsJamie FoxxTina FeyGraham NortonJoe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.7/10
- DirectorKristoffer BorgliStarsAlia ShawkatAl WarrenKristoffer BorgliTakes a poke at our cultural climate of paranoia and fake news.7/10
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsKim Min-heeHong Sang-sooIt may sound odd to say this about a thank you message: But if you like snails, you'll love this. Only the great Hong Sangsoo can deliver thanks like this.7/10
- DirectorDavide Rapp7/10
- DirectorYuliya KogolStarsVolha HarnastayevaYuliya KogolLina MiadzvedzevaYuliya's last 7 days of 2020 were filled with echoes of the past, fears and hopes for the future, an impossible weight and time that never waits, isolation and revelations, and light that you can always find in the heart of the darkness.7/10
- DirectorGuillaume BracStarsEric NantchouangSalif CisséÉdouard SulpiceAn unlikely oddball trio bond during an impromptu trip to the French countryside on a foolhardy romantic mission.6/10
- DirectorQuentin DupieuxStarsGrégoire LudigDavid MarsaisAdèle ExarchopoulosWhen simple-minded friends Jean-Gab and Manu find a giant fly trapped in the boot of a car, they decide to train it in the hope of making a ton of cash.6/10
- DirectorMarjorie ConradStarsAmy DeannaOtto von SchirachAndrew BanewiczA young woman walks down a desire path next to her house and invites a demonic figure into her life in this vampire film with an elliptical plot, minimal dialogue, and characters that are defenseless against their drives.6/10
- DirectorBen HozieStarsPeter VackJulia FoxKeith PoulsonJack is an internet gambler living in NYC who becomes fixated on Scarlet - a cam girl from San Francisco. His obsession reaches a boiling point when fantasy materializes in reality and Jack sees Scarlet on a rainy Chinatown street.6/10
- DirectorJanicza BravoStarsTaylour PaigeRiley KeoughNicholas BraunA stripper named Zola embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.6/10
- DirectorEvan MorganStarsKaitlyn Chalmers-RizzatoAdam BrodyKaleb HornA once-celebrated kid detective, now 32, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity; until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.6/10
- DirectorAnna DenViktor LebedevStarsViktor LebedevAnna DenAlem KulakhmedovVladimir Krasnov is an unpopular vlogger. He has no friends, he lives with his sister and he recently broke up with his girlfriend. But the most important question for him is: "Who implanted cameras in his eyes?"6/10
- DirectorOleg MavromattiStarsKana SeMaksim ShalkoAleksey MakeevThe young vlogger Maxim shares revelations about his life, women and capitalism before making the decision of sex change. Already a woman, she talks about the transformation and how life as a woman is not what she expected.6/10
- DirectorIvan KavanaghStarsAndi MatichakEmile HirschLuke David BlummWhen a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.6/10
- DirectorKitao SakuraiStarsEric AndréMichaela ConlinLil Rel HoweryThis mix of a scripted buddy comedy road movie and a real hidden camera prank show follows the outrageous misadventures of two buds stuck in a rut who embark on a cross-country road trip to NYC. The storyline sets up shocking real pranks.6/10
- DirectorAndrey KonchalovskiyStarsYuliya VysotskayaVladislav KomarovAndrey GusevWhen the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.6/10
- DirectorRose GlassStarsMorfydd ClarkCaoilfhionn DunneJennifer EhleA pious nurse becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient.6/10
- DirectorShunji IwaiStarsTakumi SaitôShinji HiguchiMoeka HoshiAn actor who has lost his job due to the coronavirus buys capsule monsters online and begins to raise them.6/10
- DirectorVadim KostrovA big party on January 2, 2020, in the outskirts of Nizhny Tagil with the artists from ZHKP who made Narodnaya in the summer. Why do they prefer isolation, having almost no connection with art institutions?6/10
- DirectorAngelina NikonovaStarsAnya ChipovskayaAleksandr GorchilinViktoriya IsakovaSergei and Kira were considered the most beautiful bohemian couple among cinema lovers of Saint Petersburg in the early 90's. Their fantastic love affair ended with Kira leaving town, fleeing for new life, new relationship. Sergei has died shortly after. Only after a few years does Kira realize that she never stopped loving Sergei. And that she's doomed to stay in a never-ending dialogue with a dead lover.6/10
- DirectorJane CampionStarsBenedict CumberbatchKirsten DunstJesse PlemonsCharismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.6/10
- DirectorAlexandre BustilloJulien MauryStarsCamille RoweJames JaggerEric SavinWhile diving in a remote French lake, a couple who specialize in urban exploration videos discover a house submerged in deep waters. Their dive turns into a nightmare when they discover the house was the scene of atrocious crimes.6/10
- DirectorChristopher SmallStarsPoppy Rivers-VincentOlivia ForrestIsabelle HaydenA filmmaker, Sacha Roth, unthinkingly attempts to turn a real-world assault into art, more or less obliterating all of her relationships in the process.6/10
- DirectorSimon BarrettSteven KostanskiChloe OkunoStarsAnna HopkinsChristian PotenzaBrian PaulA police S.W.A.T. team investigate a mysterious VHS tape and discover a sinister cult that has pre-recorded material which uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.6/10
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsTimothée ChalametRebecca FergusonZendayaA noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.6/10
- DirectorAzazel JacobsStarsMichelle PfeifferLucas HedgesTracy LettsAn aging Manhattan socialite existing on the last of her inheritance moves to a small Paris apartment with her son and cat.6/10
- DirectorShaka KingStarsLaKeith StanfieldDaniel KaluuyaJesse PlemonsOffered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.6/10
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsLincoln MaazelHarry AlbackerPhyllis CasterwilerAn elderly gentleman goes for what he assumes will be an ordinary day at the amusement park, only to find himself in the middle of a hellish nightmare.6/10
- DirectorYonfanStarsSylvia ChangWei ZhaoAlex Tak-Shun LamZiming, a University undergraduate, is entangled between his amorous feelings for a self-exiled mother Mrs Yu from Taiwan and her beautiful daughter Meiling, in the era coincides with Hong Kong's turbulent times of 1967.6/10
- DirectorDarius MarderStarsRiz AhmedOlivia CookePaul RaciA heavy metal drummer's life is turned upside down when he begins to lose his hearing and he must confront a future filled with silence.6/10
- DirectorJamie BabbitStarsDrew BarrymoreSarah Jes AustellMichael ZegenA disaffected comedy actress and her ambitious stand-in trade places.6/10
- DirectorValdimar JóhannssonStarsNoomi RapaceHilmir Snær GuðnasonBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonA childless couple discovers a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.6/10
- DirectorDusty MancinelliMadeleine Sims-FewerStarsMadeleine Sims-FewerAnna MaguireJesse LaVercombeA troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on a vicious crusade of revenge.6/10
- DirectorAnthony Scott BurnsStarsJulia Sarah StoneLandon LiboironCarlee RyskiA teenage runaway takes part in a sleep study that becomes a nightmarish descent into the depths of her mind and a frightening examination of the power of dreams.6/10
- DirectorJack CloughStarsAllan MustafaHugo ChegwinSteve StampKurupt FM, innit. The rest is irrelevant. After Brentford's largest pirate radio station has ended, the boys from Kurupt FM find their way to Japan on an epic adventure in search of fortune and fame.6/10
- DirectorSeth A SmithStarsAnna HopkinsSimon MutabaziMichael IronsideAs the world faces a deadly plague, humanity's hope for a cure lies with a scientist who awakens imprisoned in a metal chamber. She desperately works to escape her confined cell to save the last of humanity.6/10
- After his neighbor's real life murder, an unemployed man goes down the rabbit hole investigating what he believes to be a conspiracy.6/10
- DirectorPenny LaneStarsClive DavisCraig FergusonKenny GAn examination of the most popular instrumentalist of all time, Kenny G, and why he is polarizing to so many.6/10
- DirectorCarlson YoungStarsCarlson YoungUdo KierDermot MulroneyDecades after the accidental drowning of her twin sister, a self-destructive young woman returns to her family home, finding herself drawn to an alternate dimension where her sister may still be alive.6/10
- DirectorOnur TukelStarsKevin CorriganMax CasellaThomas Jay RyanIn a locked-down NYC, two priests reluctantly open their church doors to parishioners seeking salvation, leading to a series of enchanting encounters with some of the city's sweetest, wildest and weirdest6/10
- DirectorStephen KaramStarsRichard JenkinsJayne HoudyshellAmy SchumerDuring one evening, the Blake family gathers to celebrate thanksgiving in a broken-down flat newly rented by the daughter and her new man. As the darkness falls, we find that all have less to be thankful about.6/10
- DirectorAmalia UlmanStarsAle UlmanAmalia UlmanNacho VigalondoAmidst the devastation of post-crisis Spain, mother and daughter bluff and grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over common tragedy and an impending eviction.6/10
- DirectorMichael M. BilandicStarsTheodore BouloukosJason GrisellKeith PoulsonAn emerging performance artist finally gets a coveted show at a Manhattan gallery BUT right as he begins his durational, provcative piece, the entire city shuts down for COVID-19. Unswayed, he locks himself in a white cube space to continue his performance for an audience of none.6/10
- DirectorJon WattsStarsTom HollandZendayaBenedict CumberbatchWith Spider-Man's identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.6/10
- DirectorAaron SorkinStarsNicole KidmanJavier BardemJ.K. SimmonsFollows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers--and another that could end their marriage.