A nossa segunda Mesa Quadrada do ano é sobre o evento que mais movimenta os cinéfilos e até os não tão cinéfilos assim: o nosso glorioso (ou nem tanto…) Oscar. Será que o Oscar 2019 promete muitas surpresas ou já está tudo definido? Quais são os nossos preferidos e quais os favoritos a ganhar o […]

Oscar não é exatamente sinônimo de qualidade. Muito fatores para além dos aspectos técnicos são levados em conta, leia-se principalmente a campanha dos estúdios ou até se algum envolvido não fez parte de polêmicas. Ainda assim, muitos filmes excelentes são indicados, porém alguns fora da categoria principal.  52 Filmes foram indicados nas mais diversas categorias. E […]

I am mother / Australia (Director : Grant Sputore; Screenwriter : Michael Lloyd Green; Producers: Kelvin Munro, Timothy White; Principal Cast : Clara Rugaard, Rose Byrne, Hilary Swank). Shortly after humanity’s extinction, in a high-tech bunker deep beneath the earth’s surface, a robot named Mother commences her protocol. Designed to repopulate the earth with humans […]

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile / USA (Director: Joe Berlinger; Screenwriter: Michael Werwie; Producers: Nicolas Chartier, Michael Costigan, Ara Keshishian, Michael Simkin; Principal Cast: Zac Efron, Lily Collins, Haley Joel Osment, Kaya Scodelario, John Malkovich, Jim Parsons). 1969. Ted (Zac Efron) is crazy-handsome, smart, charismatic, affectionate. And cautious single mother Liz Kloepfer (Lily Collins) ultimately cannot […]

The hole in the groung / Ireland, Belgium, Finland (Director: Lee Cronin; Screenwriters: Lee Cronin, Stephen Shields; Producers: John Keville, Conor Barry; Principal Cast: Seána Kerslake, James Cosmo, Kati Outinen, Simone Kirby, Steve Wall, James Quinn Markey). Sarah moves her precocious son, Chris, to a secluded new home in a rural town, trying to ease his apprehensions […]

Blinded by the light / United Kingdom (Director: Gurinder Chadha; Screenwriters: Sarfraz Manzoor, Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges; Producers: Gurinder Chadha, Jane Barclay, Jamal Daniel; Principal Cast: Viveik Kalra, Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon, Kulvinder Ghir, Nell Williams, Aaron Phagura). 1987, Margaret Thatcher’s England. Javed, a 16-year-old British Pakistani boy, lives in the town of Luton. His father’s recent job termination and the neighborhood […]

Depois de uma longa e intensa cobertura, chegamos ao final do Festival de Sundance 2019. Hora de anunciar os vencedores. (ENG) After a long and intense coverage, it’s time to announce the winners of the sundance festival 2019. O júri do festival foi formado por Desiree Akhavan, Damien Chazelle, Dennis Lim, Phyllis Nagy, Tessa Thompson, […]

Dolce Fine Giornata / Poland (Director: Jacek Borcuch; Screenwriters: Jacek Borcuch, Szczepan Twardoch; Principal Cast: Krystyna Janda, Kasia Smutniak, Vincent Riotta, Antonio Catania, Lorenzo de Moor, Robin Renucci). Maria Linde, a free-spirited, Jewish Polish Nobel Prize winner, lives in Tuscany surrounded by warmth and chaos in her family’s villa. A loving mother and grandmother, she also fosters […]

Imaginary Order / USA (Director and Screenwriter: Debra Eisenstadt; Producers: Debra Eisenstadt, Cosmos Kiindarius;  Principal Cast: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Christine Woods, Max Burkholder, Steve Little, Catherine Curtin, Kate Alberts) For Cathy, life as she’s always known it seems to be slipping away. Her sense of significance is crumbling as she worries that her husband is having an affair and her 13-year-old […]

Corporate animals / USA (Director: Patrick Brice; Screenwriter: Sam Bain; Producers: Keith Calder, Jess Wu Calder, Mike Falbo, Ed Helms;  Principal Cast: Demi Moore, Ed Helms, Jessica Williams, Karan Soni.   Lucy (Demi Moore) is the egotistical, megalomaniac CEO of Incredible Edibles, America’s premier provider of edible cutlery. In her infinite wisdom, Lucy leads her staff, including her long-suffering assistants, Freddie […]