“Elvis” arrives in streaming. Discover 10 new movies to watch at home

The programming of the films arriving on VOD (digital rental) and subscription streaming highlights the arrival of “Elvis”, a rock show that can be seen both ways. In addition, there is a true international film festival for cinephiles and lovers of the best films, with the availability of several award-winning titles, from the winner of the past Venice Film Festival to this year’s César winner (the French Oscar). . Not all of them are dramas. There’s also award-winning horror.

Fans of the most popular humor can also check out Leandro Hassum’s new comedy on Netflix. But those who have so many options can choose better: the “neighbors” have had a bad reception abroad.

Check out the 10 digital highlights of the week below.

| ELVIS | HBO MAX and VOD *

The biopic King of Rock directed by Baz Luhrmann (“The Great Gatsby”) has everything fans could wish for, covering every stage of the singer in exquisite recreation, with attention to detail. Furthermore, Luhrmann connects the extremes, finding in the awakening of boy Elvis Presley’s interest in musical performance and fervent Black Shepherd services the inspiration for his sexual trance in early shows and the gospel repertoire of the end of his career.

Many of the scenes reflect the hysteria aroused by his performances, closely followed by the conservative backlash that tried to censor him. To embody the fury, Austin Butler (“Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood”) transforms, perfectly displaying the singer’s bold, redneck accent. More than that: because the story arc is ambitious, he needs to rapidly evolve on screen, from young rocker in the mid-1950s to mature man to his triumphant return in 1968 until he enters the final stage of his career, in the mega show of the 1950s 1970. To top it off, his performance is so complete that, instead of dubbing, the actor sings the songs he presents in the film.

“Elvis” also highlights actor Tom Hanks (“Finch”), quite transformed into the role of Colonel Tom Parker, manager of the King of Rock, who tells the story, trying to seem less evil than the plot proves, besides to Olivia DeJonge (Ellie from “The Society”) as Priscilla, the singer’s wife, and Maggie Gyllenhaal (Candy from “The Deuce”) as Gladys, Elvis’ mother.

| THE EVENT | HBO MAX

The winner of the Leone d’Oro at the Venice Film Festival 2021 addresses a topic that has dominated current affairs: the right to abortion. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Annie Ernaux, it tells the story of a brilliant university student of the early 1960s, who sees her emancipation threatened when she becomes pregnant with her. Determined to finish school and escape the social restrictions of her working-class family, she finds herself with no legal options available and tries to find a way to have an illegal abortion.

In addition to the Golden Lion, the second feature film directed by Audrey Diwan (screenwriter of “The French Connection”) won 13 international awards, including the César for Most Promising Actress, awarded to the young drama star, Anamaria Vartolomei (“Exchange di regine “)”). It also received the Critics’ Award in Venice and this year achieved one of the highest ratings by American critics: 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, with a total of 154 positive reviews and one only negative.

| ILLUSIONS LOST | VOD *

Big winner of the César 2022 (French Oscar), the film by Xavier Giannoli (“Marguerite”) is an adaptation of the famous novel of the same name by Honoré de Balzac. The protagonist is Lucien, a young man from 19th century France who dreams of becoming a poet, but ends up being a journalist, losing the illusions of the title when he finds himself in a world condemned to the law of profit and falsehood, where everything is bought and it sells, from literature to the press, from politics to sentiments, from reputations to souls.

In addition to the trophy for best film, he won five other categories at César 2022, including the most promising screenplay and the actor for Benjamin Voisin (“Summer 85”), the interpreter of Lucien. The cast also includes Cécile de France (“The French Chronicle”), Vincent Lacoste (“Amanda”), Xavier Dolan (“It – Chapter 2”), Jeanne Balibar (“Cold War”), André Marcon (“The Official and the spy “) and veteran Gérard Depardieu (” Welcome to New York “).

| LITTLE JOE | VOD *

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Emily Beecham (“Into the Badlands”) was awarded Best Actress at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival for her role as a scientist in this biological horror. In the plot, the flowers genetically modified to give the feeling of happiness prove to be a danger, starting to spread paranoia and influence unexpected behavior.

Written and directed by Austria’s Jessica Hausner (“Lourdes”), the film also stars Ben Whishaw (“No Time to Die”), Kerry Fox (“Revenge Is Hot”) and Kit Connor (“Rocketman”).

| Trapped IN VENICE | VOD *

Alex de La Iglesia’s provocative new horror (“Ballad of Love and Hate”) explores xenophobia as a justification for serial killings. When a group of young Spanish tourists arrive in Venice for a bachelor party, they end up angering the locals who have grown tired of foreigners invading their city and have to fight to survive a bloodbath.

The story was written by award-winning screenwriter Jorge Guerricaechevarría, winner of two Goya trophies (the Spanish Oscar) for best non-original screenplay, for “Cela 211” (2009) and “As Leis da Fronteira” (2021). This is their fourteenth collaboration with Iglesia, having debuted together in the cult “Ação Mutante”, in 1993.

| WITHOUT IDENTITY | STARZPLAY

Cary Joji Fukunaga, the director of the blockbuster “007: No Time to Die”, has already shown enormous talent in his youth, as evidenced by the arrival of his first feature film in streaming. Immigration drama with criminal ingredients, “Without Identity” follows a young Honduran woman and a Mexican gangster as they team up on a journey across the American border. With critically acclaimed realism, the 2009 production won 14 international awards, including the trophy for best director at the Sundance Film Festival.

| FATIMA – THE STORY OF A MIRACLE | VOD *

The Catholic drama tells the story of the three children who allegedly saw Our Lady on the outskirts of the small Portuguese village of Fátima in 1917. Many doubted the veracity of their testimonies, but others went on pilgrimage to the place in the hope of witnessing the miracle of Fatima. in a world haunted by the First World War and eager for peace.

A co-production between Portugal and the United States, the main attraction of the film is the participation of American Harvey Keitel (“The Irishman”) and Brazilian Sônia Braga (“Bacurau”) – she plays the older version of one of the children, Lúcia , who became a famous nun. But there is another curiosity in this project: the fact that the direction was signed by the Italian Marco Pontecorvo, director of photography of “Game of Thrones” and son of the famous director Gillo Pontecorvo (1919-2006), who he was labeled a dangerous atheist. Communist by the Brazilian military dictatorship – thanks to films like “The Battle of Algiers” (1966), “Queimada” (1969) and “Orco” (1979).

| THE TREE OF WILD FRUITS | MUBI

The drama by renowned Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan (“Once Upon a Time in Anatolia”, “Winter Sleep”) has a slow pace but makes up for it with exquisite photographs and content, using the experience of a young man returning to his baby. community after college, as a reflection on life in modern Turkey and in the world. It has won 10 international awards and earned a 94% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

| ANCIENT HOUSE | VOD *

Screened at the Cannes and Toronto festivals and awarded in Stockholm and Chicago, director João Paulo Miranda Maria’s debut film portrays the life of a black worker in an imaginary city of Germanic colonization in southern Brazil. Born in the Brazilian hinterland, the man feels alone, ostracized by cultural and ethnic differences and invisible to his bosses. One day he discovers an abandoned house full of objects that remind him of his origins. He slowly settles into this house and more and more objects start to appear.

Played by veteran Antônio Pitanga (“Ganga Zumba”, “Rio Babilônia”, “Irmãos Freitas”), the drama tackles structural racism and was filmed in Treze Tílias, a Santa Catarina town that has given strong support to the president-elect in 2018.

| NEIGHBORS | NETFLIX

In his third Netflix comedy, Leandro Hassum (“Amor Sem Medida”) plays a stressed-out man who discovers, after a nervous breakdown, that he risks dying if he hears too loud noises. On the advice of the doctor, he leaves Rio de Janeiro and seeks peace in a small town, surrounded by peace and nature. However, plans to relax go awry due to his new neighbor (Maurício Manfrini, from “No Gogó do Paulinho”), who is a drum master at a samba school. International critics found it very jarring indeed.

In addition to the comic duo, the cast of the production includes Júlia Rabello, Marlei Cevada, Julia Foti, Lucas Leto, Vilma Melo, Nando Cunha, Dja Martins, Hélio de la Peña, Sophia Guedes and Yves Miguel. Directed and written by Roberto Santucci and Paulo Cursino, Hassum’s longtime partner, who have signed the successful franchises “Até Que a Sorte Nos Separe” and “O Candidato Honesto”.

Source: Terra

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