Aira's Movie Diary of 2024: a Cinematic Journey
Movies I watched for the first time in 2012 (with my somewhat-serious notes)
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- DirectorPaola CortellesiStarsPaola CortellesiValerio MastandreaRomana Maggiora VerganoSet in postwar 1940s Italy, it follows Delia breaking traditional family patterns and aspiring to a different future, after receiving a mysterious letter.
► JANUARY - DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsBradley CooperCate BlanchettToni ColletteA grifter working his way up from low-ranking carnival worker to lauded psychic medium matches wits with a psychologist bent on exposing him.
- DirectorFrancesco AmatoStarsSalvatore FicarraValentino PiconeBarbara RonchiA modern and comical take about the birth of a baby Jesus sibling. But this time set in Sicily.
- DirectorSimon CurtisStarsHelen MirrenRyan ReynoldsDaniel BrühlMaria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsBarney ClarkBen KingsleyJeremy SwiftAn adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
- DirectorFausto BrizziStarsFabio De LuigiClaudia GeriniFilippo TimiA middle ege couple find back its passion thanks to the help of a friend, who works as successful pornostar in Hollywood.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsDev PatelBenedict CumberbatchRalph FiennesWhen a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him.
- DirectorJames HuthStarsJamel DebbouzeDaniel AuteuilSimon FaliuInspired by Francis Veber's 1976 classic "The Toy", about the richest man in France, opening his toy store to his spoiled child Alexandre, telling him to choose his new toy. He chooses Sami, an employee, and nothing can change his mind.
- DirectorAlexis JacknowStarsDianna AgronMelora HardinJay AliA woman enrolls in a clinical trial to try and fix her seemingly broken biological clock after friends, family, and society pressures her to have children.
- DirectorFabio MolloStarsBarbora BobulovaLiliana BottoneLoris De LunaA film adaptation of the book of the same name published by Einaudi, tells the story of Luca a single Catholic man, and homosexual, who in 2017 adopted Alba, a Down's syndrome child left in hospital shortly after being born. Thirty heterosexual families rejected her before the court decided to entrust her to him: with him, the legal foster care register for singles was inaugurated in Italy. Luca was in fact the first case in Italy of a single, homosexual person succeeding in adopting a daughter. But his was not a charitable gesture: he simply wanted a family.
- DirectorSilvio SoldiniStarsValerio MastandreaAlba RohrwacherGiuseppe BattistonA widowed working-class father falls in love with a struggling, poor artist.
- DirectorNeil BurgerStarsKevin HartBryan CranstonNicole KidmanA comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and an unemployed man with a criminal record who's hired to help him.
► FEBRUARY - DirectorAlessandro AngeliniStarsLeo GassmanValeria BonoAndrea CeravoloVent'anni nella vita del "Califfo" Franco Califano, dalla Roma della Dolce Vita al concerto del 1984 al Teatro Parioli attraverso grandi successi musicali, amori, cadute e risalite.
- DirectorTaika WaititiStarsMichael FassbenderOscar KightleyKaimanaThe story of the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 FIFA match they lost 31-0.
- DirectorCord JeffersonStarsJeffrey WrightTracee Ellis RossJohn OrtizA novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.
- DirectorFrant GwoStarsJing WuYi ShaYanmanzi ZhuHumans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.
- DirectorClaudio BisioStarsAlessio Di DomenicantonioVincenzo SebastianiCarlotta De LeonardisAfter witnessing the death of a friend, a group of three youngsters go on a rescue mission. While trapped in the Second World War, they are buffeted by perilous adventures and a desire for independence that comes at a heavy price.
► MARCH - DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsEmma StoneMark RuffaloWillem DafoeAn account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.
- DirectorRichard BenjaminStarsShirley MacLaineRicki LakeBrendan FraserConnie, unwed and pregnant, is heading to Boston by train when she meets wealthy newlyweds Hugh and Patricia. The train crashes, and when Connie comes to in the hospital, she is mistaken for Patricia, who died in the crash with Hugh.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsJoaquin PhoenixVanessa KirbyTahar RahimAn epic that details the chequered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
- DirectorCasper ChristensenAnthony HinesStarsShailene WoodleyJack WhitehallPaul RustCharles is a womanizer while Elaine is a gold digger. The duo learn humanity when forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsCillian MurphyEmily BluntMatt DamonThe story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
- DirectorMichele RiondinoStarsMichele RiondinoElio GermanoVanessa ScaleraFactory managers decide to make a worker a mole to identify the workers who would be best to get rid of. He begins to stalk his colleagues with the aim of reporting them. Soon, not understanding its degradation, he too asks to be placed in the LAF building (acronym for cold rolling mill), a concentration camp reserved for "uncomfortable" workers.
- DirectorStephen ShimekStarsMischa BartonChris BrowningBianca A. Santos1934. Miranda Green and five other strangers, are invited to the remote island mansion of billionaire Lewis Findley. As the weekend progresses the clues about why they have been invited begin to unfold along with a sinister mystery.
- DirectorNicolas BedosStarsJean DujardinPierre NineyFatou N'DiayeThe third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures.
- DirectorDaniel KaluuyaKibwe TavaresStarsKanoJedaiah BannermanHope Ikpoku JnrIn a dystopian future London where all social housing has been eliminated, Izi and Benji fight to navigate the world as residents of The Kitchen, a community that refuses to abandon their home.
- DirectorAmarsaikhan BaljinnyamStarsAmarsaikhan BaljinnyamTenuun-Erdene GaramkhandDamdin SovdThe encounter between a man, who returns from the big city to countryside and then stays to take up an agricultural role, being brought up by his grandparents.
- DirectorRoger Ross WilliamsStarsGael García BernalRoberta ColindrezPerla De La RosaFollows the true story of Cassandro, the ''exotico'' character created by Saúl Armendáriz, gay amateur wrestler from El Paso who rose to international stardom.
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsPaul GiamattiDa'Vine Joy RandolphDominic SessaA cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go.
- DirectorAnnie BradleyStarsTom Everett ScottAnwen O'DriscollNicola Correia-DamudeA young woman becomes suspicious of her father after her mother dies under suspicious circumstances.
- DirectorGareth EdwardsStarsJohn David WashingtonMadeleine Yuna VoylesGemma ChanAgainst the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child.
► APRIL - DirectorCamille GriffinStarsKeira KnightleyMatthew GoodeRoman Griffin DavisNell, Simon, and their 3 sons are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaMario MonicelliAlberto SordiStarsAlberto SordiMonica VittiEnzo JannacciThree ordinary couples deal with surreal situations: buying a refrigerator, celebrating the anniversary in a luxury hotel, and co-living with a lion escaped from a zoo.
- DirectorJ.M CraviotoStarsMaribel VerdúStephanie CayoAarón DíazOlivia Uriarte is a woman recently divorced from her fifth husband and completely ruined. Intent on preventing the impending decline, Olivia hatches a detailed plan to bring about her death...or rather, her murder.
- DirectorAlessandro GenovesiStarsClaudio BisioFrank MatanoValentina LodoviniA romantic professor Guido is left by his love - his life seems to be pointless. A physical education teacher, his former student tries to help him to go back on track, convincing his parents to move to Naples to be closer to Guido.
► MAY - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsAudrey HepburnPeter FinchEdith EvansAfter leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
- DirectorGabriele MainettiStarsClaudio SantamariaAurora GiovinazzoPietro CastellittoRome, 1943: Matilde, Cencio, Fulvio and Mario are the main attractions of the "Mezza Piotta Circus" run by Israel, meanwhile someone starts looking for the four freaks with a plan that could change the fate of the whole world.
- DirectorCaroline VignalStarsLaure CalamyVincent ElbazSuzanne De BaecqueIris, a woman who has everything: a wonderful husband, two perfect daughters, a successful business - but no sex life. When was the last time she made love? Perhaps the time has come to find a lover.
- DirectorJohn MaddenStarsNicolas CagePenélope CruzJohn HurtWhen a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.