The Blues Room

Is This Thing On?     HD720p 28MB
Trailer for a comedic drama directed by Cooper (Maestro, A Star Is Born). As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifices she made for their family - forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form. Andra Day, Amy Sedaris, Sean Hayes, Christine Ebersole, Ciarán Hinds and also Cooper are also part of the cast.

Bugonia     HD720p 34MB
Full trailer for the latest movie directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite, Dogtooth). It's another dark satire in which two conspiracy obsessed young men (Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis) kidnap the high-powered CEO (Emma Stone) of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. Alicia Silverstone is also part of the cast.
Looks pretty insane. It's clear the two men did their own research in the internet. Premiered this week in Venice and received very favourable reviews. Since I previously mentioned the movie could be three hours long, I want to correct it's only just exactly two.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple     HD720p 29MB
Violent trailer for another instalment of the horror franchise. In a continuation of the epic story, Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's (Alfie Williams) encounter with Jimmy Crystal (Jack O'Connell) becomes a nightmare he can't escape. In the world of The Bone Temple, the infected are no longer the greatest threat to survival - the inhumanity of the survivors can be stranger and more terrifying. Again written by Alex Garland, but this time directed by Nia DaCosta (The Marvels, Little Woods, Candyman).
Apparently shot back-to-back with 28 Years Later, there are plans to make a third one.

The Woman in Cabin 10     HD1080p 22MB
Mystery thriller based on crime novel by Ruth Ware. While on board a luxury yacht for a travel assignment, a journalist (Keira Knightley) witnesses a passenger thrown overboard late at night, only to be told that it didn’t happen, as all passengers and crew are accounted for. Despite no one believing her, she continues to look for answers, putting her own life in danger. Guy Pearce, David Ajala, Art Malik, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Kaya Scodelario, David Morrissey, Hannah Waddingham and Amanda Collin are also part of the cast. Directed by Simon Stone (The Daughter, The Dig).
Will start streaming on Netflix October 10th.

Megadoc     HD1080p 36MB
Fly-on-the-wall documentary about Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-long journey in creating his self-financed passion project, Megalopolis. It weaves together archival material, unfiltered cast interviews, and a close-up view of how the legendary filmmaker drew from Roman history, political allegory, and his own singular vision to shape the world of Megalopolis. Directed by Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas, Stormy Monday, Internal Affairs).
Festival reviews confirm the doc is more interesting than the movie itself. Though you probably should've seen it in order to put things in perspective.

Anemone     HD720p 25MB
Emotionally charged family drama that gets a lot of attention because after eight years Daniel Day-Lewis takes a break from his acting retirement for this film. It's set in Northern England and begins as a middle-aged man (Sean Bean) sets out from his suburban home on a journey into the woods, where he reconnects with his estranged hermit brother (Day-Lewis). Bonded by a mysterious, complicated past, the men share a fraught, if occasionally tender relationship - one that was forever altered by shattering events decades earlier. Samantha Morton also stars. It marks the directorial debut of Ronan Day-Lewis, it's also written by the father and son.
The father-son connection made me wonder if all the hoopla is justified. But so far it's an impressive looking trailer. Will Sean Bean survive?

Swiped     HD1080p 24MB
Biographical drama about Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder of online dating platform Bumble, who became the youngest female self-made billionaire. It is 2012. The tech industry remains a boy’s club. But 22-year-old Whitney (Lily James) refuses to observe Silicon Valley’s glass ceiling. In the wake of a failed startup, she joins the development team at MatchBox, a company she would rebrand as Tinder. As vice president of marketing, she cracks Tinder’s college campus market and sees its user base explode. She's on top of the world — until tensions between her and her male counterparts burgeon, and she finds herself subject to sexual harassment.
Will start streaming on Disney+ and Hulu September 19th.

Peter Hujar's Day     HD720p 25MB
A richly cinematic rendering of a conversation recorded in 1974 between photographer Peter Hujar (Ben Whishaw) and writer Linda Rosenkrantz (Rebecca Hall). Their talk that day focused on a single 24 hours in the life of Hujar, the famously uncompromising artist who was one of the most important figures in downtown New York’s legendary cultural scene of the 70s and 80s. Set entirely in Linda’s Manhattan apartment, the film freely and imaginatively recreates that long-ago afternoon and the wonderfully discursive exchange between these two singular individuals.
An interesting concept. Festival reviews are very favourable.

It Was Just An Accident - Yek tasadef sadeh     HD720p 22MB
Tense moral thriller from Iran in which Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his former sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, he gathers several former prisoners, all abused by that same captor, to try and confirm Eghbal's identity. As the bickering group drives around Tehran with the captive, they must confront how far to take matters into their own hands with their presumed tormentor.
Written and directed by Jafar Panahi who won the Golden Palm this year in Cannes. Another movie from him that's unlikely to ever be shown in his home country.

Anniversary     HD720p 29MB
Thriller drama in which a close-knit family is caught in the turmoil of a controversial rising movement known as “The Change.” Ellen and Paul (Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler) witness their lives fall apart when Ellen’s former student, Liz (Phoebe Dynevor), reappears and starts dating their son (Dylan O’Brien). As Liz becomes a part of the the family, tensions rise and loyalties are tested. Zoey Deutch, Madeline Brewer and Mckenna Grace are also part of the cast.