When Pope Gregory XVII dies of a heart attack, the Catholic cardinals gather in Rome to appoint a new pope. The selection process, led by Dean Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes), soon turns out to be much more complicated than first thought.
Does liberal American Cardinal Aldo Bellini (Stanley Tucci) have the support needed? And if he can't be elected Pope, who has the best chance? Is it possibly the conservative Italian Cardinal Goffredo Tedesco (Sergio Castellitto)? A man who, according…
Two young Mormon missionaries make a big mistake when they knock on the wrong door. Hugh Grant is brilliant in the lead role as the unpleasant Mr. Reed who terrorizes the young women. Halfway through, the film loses a bit of pace, but it is picked up in the raucous final part. Directors and screenwriters Scott Beck and Bryan Woods ("A Quiet Place") succeed in the art of scaring the shit out of moviegoers while throwing in a lot of religious criticism.
In my opinion, this is Hitchcock's very best film. Which says a lot. A movie with such depth that can be interpreted in so many different ways. Add to that the fantastic colors filmed in Technicolor, the music and the cinematography. A masterpiece in the true sense of the word. It endes up in second place in Sight & Sounds poll of the best films of all time 2022.
Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami makes films like no other. This film, about a man who cons a family by falsely pretending to be a famous film director, was praised by directors like Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese and ranked as number 42 in the film magazine Sight & Sound’s latest critics poll of the best films of all time. The film is based on a true story about a man who pretended to be the famous film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf and…
