Here are the movies to see in theaters on January 8: Pedro Almodovar’s The Room Next Door, Crime Squad 2 with Gerard Butler…

Pedro Almodovar’s room next door

With Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro…

what are you talking about Ingrid and Martha, longtime friends, began their careers at the same magazine. When Ingrid becomes a successful novelist and Martha a war reporter, their paths diverge. But years later, their paths cross again under disturbing circumstances…

did you know This is Pedro Almodovar’s first feature film in English. Nevertheless, the director signed two short films in English, including one already with Tilda Swinton, La Voix Humaine.

Criminal Squad: Panther Christian Gudegast

With Gerard Butler, Oshie Jackson Jr., Bob Jennings…

what are you talking about Continuing the adventures of “Big Nick” O’Brien, who hunts bad guys on the streets of Europe and comes close to capturing Donnie. During this time, the latter got into the dangerous world of diamond thieves and panther mafia.

did you know With a budget of $30 million, Crime Squad grossed $80 million worldwide. So Lionsgate decided to move on.

Daughter of Great Love by Agnes de Sasse

With Isabel Carré, Francois Damien, Claire Dubourg…

what are you talking about Anna and Yves loved each other passionately, then they broke up. Years later, their daughter Cecile made a documentary about their meeting. They meet again today. Still haunted by their past love, they search for a way to get back together…

did you know La Fille d’un grand amour takes as its matrix Agnes de Sassi’s own short documentary, made in 1992, at the end of her studies at FEMIS. He followed his parents, divorced fifteen years earlier, and asked each of them questions about their date.

Three years after the short film, his parents remarried, “thanks to the film”. However, it was the revelation of his father’s repressed homosexuality that prompted the filmmaker to invent.

Winter in Sokcho de Koya Kamura

Roshdi with Zem, Bella Kim, Park Mi-hyun…

what are you talking about In Sokcho, a small seaside town in South Korea, 23-year-old So-ha leads a routine life between visiting her mother, a fishmonger, and dating her boyfriend, Joon-oh. The arrival of a Frenchman, Ian Keran, at the small pension where So-ha works awakens her questions about her own identity and about her French father, about whom she knows almost nothing.

did you know Winter in Sokcho is adapted from the novel of the same name by Elisa Shua Dusapin and was first published in 2016. While filmmaker Koya Kamura was struggling to make his first feature film, his producer recommended he read from this book: “The latter was about identity, about mixed race, and it resonated strongly with my own personal history.”

Nobody understands anything about Yannick Kergout

what are you talking about Democracy and dictatorship. Presidential campaign and dark money. War and death. “No one understands anything,” reassures Nicolas Sarkozy about his ties to Colonel Gaddafi.

As the Libyan funding trial begins, here’s a film that will finally let you know all about one of the Fifth Republic’s most high-profile scandals.

Bernie Richard Linklater

With Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey…

what are you talking about In a small town in Texas, Bernie Tidd, a funeral attendant who is appreciated by everyone, becomes close to a rich, grumpy widow, Marjorie Nugent. Their relationship will quickly take a tragic turn…

did you know Bernie tells us a real and macabre story that happened in 1997 in the small town of Carthage, Texas.

While some residents of the town (where the production team in particular packed their suitcases) had a dim view of the film adaptation of the drama, believing it to be disrespectful to families, others were delighted. Ram, hoping for a tourism boom associated with the film’s release!

Jia Zhanke’s wild fire

With Zhao Tao, Zhubin Li, Jianlin Pan…

what are you talking about China in the early 2000s Qiaoqiao and Bin live a passionate but fragile love story. When Bin disappears to try his luck in another province, Qiaoqiao decides to go looking for him.

Following the romantic fortunes of his lifelong protagonist, Jia Zhang-ke delivers a unique cinematic epic spanning all his films and spanning 25 years of a country in the midst of change.

did you know The first pictures of Les Feux Sauvages were taken in… 2001! Other scenes were filmed over the past two decades, leading up to Datong in 2023.

In this way, Jia Zhangke’s camera allows us to observe the transformation of China, be it the coal mines or the evolution of the youth, by capturing the journey of these young people over several decades.