Deadpool & Wolverine

Marking the 34th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), the recently released Deadpool & Wolverine serves as a direct sequel to Deadpool 2. Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) unexpectedly teams up with Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) to face a formidable common enemy threatening the stability of their realities.

Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Aaron Stanford
Language: English
IMDB rating: 8.3/10
Production country: United States
Where to watch: Cine Aegli open air cinema, Cine War Museum, Aigli 3D digital cinema, Anesis cinema, Amaryllis garden digital cinema, Artemis Municipal cinema, Options Open Air cinema Smart Park, Cine Pallini,  Mimis Fotopoulos Municipal cinema, Cinema Mpomponiera, Village cinemas (The Mall, Pangrati, Rentis), Cine Alsos,  Tria Asteria 3D digital cinema, Cinemax (Aello), Electra cinema, Galatsi Cinema – Outdoor, Aleka Municipal cinema, Arkadia cinema, Cine Argyroupoli, Cine Garden (Moschato), Nea Maskot Cinema, Open Air Cine Flisvos, Sporting Digital cinema, Katerina digital cinema, Film Cine Pantheon, Fivos Digital Cinema, Options Cinemas (Ilion, Glyfada), Arian cinema, Marina cinema, Ria cinema, Aigli cinema (Saronida), Cine Kekrops, Galazia Akti cinema, Ta chronia tis athootitas cinema, Cine Votsalakia, Dream cinema (Rentis), Cine Perama, Cine Paradisos, Moon cinema (Salamina), Cine Cool Tymvos, Cine Astron, Sissy digiral cinema, Alex cinema, Oropos 3D digital cinema

Mother’s Instinct

Set in suburban America in the 1960s, Mother’s Instinct follows next-door neighbors Alice and Céline, who lead traditional lifestyles as wives of successful husbands and mothers to sons of similar ages. After a tragic accident, the harmony of their lives is shattered, filling their motherhood with suspicion, guilt, and jealousy.

Director: Benoît Delhomme
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Josh Charles, Anders Danielsen Lie
Language: English
IMDB rating: 6.3/10
Production country: United States
Where to watch: Dexameni cinema, Cine Paris, Cinemax (Ellinis, Aello), Cine Filothei, Margarita cinema, Village cinemas (The Mall, Pangrati, Rentis), Chloi cinema, Nostalgia municipal cinema, Lila cinema, Cine Amyntas, Aloma cinema, Cine Philip, Cine Peran, Cine Akti, Koralli cinemax, Options Cinemas (Ilion, Glyfada), Miami cinema, Mariel cinema

Day of the Tiger (Tigru)

Premiering at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2023, Day of the Tiger follows Vera, a veterinarian working in a local zoo in the Transylvania region of Romania. Amid an emotional breakdown, Vera inadvertently causes the escape of a tiger. Inspired by the real escape of a tiger in Bucharest’s zoo, this film marks Andrei Tănase’s directorial debut.

Director: Andrei Tanase
Cast: Catalina Moga,Paul Ipate, Alex Velea
Language: Romanian (only Greek subtitles available)
IMDB rating: 6.6/10
Production countries: Romania, France, Greece
Where to watch: Trianon cinema

Films in Re-Release

The Rules of the Game 1939, (La Règle du jeu)

Considered by film critics as one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir’s The Rules of the Game was one of the most expensive French films at the time, with a budget reaching 5 million francs. Using sophisticated cinematic techniques, Renoir depicts members of the upper-class French society and their servants, highlighting their moral callousness just before the onset of WWII.

Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Roland Toutain, Gaston Modot, Pierre Magnier,  Jean Renoir
Language: French (only Greek subtitles available)
IMDB rating: 7.9/10
Production country: France
Where to watch: Vox cinema

All About My Mother 1999, (Todo sobre mi Madre)

Pedro Almodóvar’s Oscar and Golden Globe-winning film, All About My Mother, is dedicated “…To all actresses who have played actresses, to all women who act, to all men who act and become women, to all the people who want to be mothers…”. After Manuela loses her son, Esteban, in a tragic accident, she sets out to Barcelona to find her ex-husband, Esteban’s father, to inform him of the tragedy. Throughout Manuela’s quest, Almodóvar tackles complex issues such as HIV, gender identity, homosexuality, faith, and existentialism, set against the backdrop of 1990s Spain.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz, Rosa Maria Sardà
Language: Spanish, Catalan, English (Greek subtitles available)
IMDB rating: 7.8/10
Production countries: Spain, France
Where to watch: Athinaia cinema, Panathinaia cinema, Greek Film Archive

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