Anticipated Winter Movies
Films coming to cinemas this season
Father, Mother, Sister, Brother
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Writer(s): Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Plot Synopsis: Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents
Release Date: January 9th
Proyecto Nombre
Director: Kristen Stewart
Writer(s): Kristen Stewart
Starring: Imogen Poots, Thora Birch, Jim Belushi, Tom Sturridge
Genre: Biography/Drama/Romance
Plot Synopsis: Through loss, love, and self-discovery, a woman transforms pain into art-and writes a life on her own terms.
Release Date: January 9th
Young Mothers
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Writer(s): Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Starring: Babette Verbeek, Elsa Houben, Janaina Halloy, Lucie Laruelle, Samia Hilmi
Genre: Drama
Plot Synopsis: Five young mothers living in a shelter strive for a better future for themselves and kids amidst challenging upbringings.
Release Date: January 9th
Dead Man's Wire
Director: Gus Van Sant
Writer(s): Austin Kolodney
Starring: Al Pacino, Bill Skarsgård, Cary Elwes, Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo, Myha'la, Jordan Claire Robbins
Genre: Biography/Crime/Drama
Plot Synopsis: On February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis entered the office of Richard Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off shotgun wired with a "dead man's wire" from the trigger to Tony's own neck.
Release Date: January 16th
Proyecto Nombre
Director: Nia DaCosta
Writer(s): Alex Garland
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Emma Laird, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry
Genre: Horror
Plot Synopsis: As Spike is inducted into Jimmy Crystal's gang on the mainland, Dr. Kelson makes a discovery that could alter the world.
Release Date: January 16th
Proyecto Nombre
Director: Rebecca Zlotowski
Writer(s): Anne Berest, Rebecca Zlotowski
Starring: Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Almaric, Vincent Lacoste, Luana Bajrami
Genre: Drama/Mystery/Thriller
Plot Synopsis: The renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner mounts a private investigation into the death of one of her patients, whom she is convinced has been murdered.
Release Date: January 16th
Sound of Falling
Director: Mascha Schilinski
Writer(s): Louise Peter, Mascha Schilinski
Starring: Hanna Heckt, Lena Urzendowsky, Susanne Wuest, Luise Heyer, Leni Geiseler, Lea Dirndl
Genre: Drama/War
Plot Synopsis: A remote German farm harbors generations of secrets. Four women, separated by decades but united by trauma, uncover the truth behind its weathered walls.
Release Date: January 16th
Send Help
Director: Sam Raimi
Writer(s): Damian Shannon, Mark Swift
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Dylan O'Brien, Bruce Campbell, Dennis Haysbert, Xavier Samuel
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Plot Synopsis: Two colleagues become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it's a battle of wills and wits to make it out alive.
Release Date: January 30th
Dracula
Director: Luc Besson
Writer(s): Luc Besson
Starring: Caleb Landry Jones, Christoph Waltz, Zoë Bleu, Guillaume de Tonquedec, Matilda de Angelis, Ewens Abid
Genre: Horror/Fantasy/Romance
Plot Synopsis: When a 15th-century prince denounces God after the loss of his wife he inherits an eternal curse: he becomes Dracula. Condemned to wander the centuries, he defies fate and death, guided by a single hope - to be reunited with his lost love.
Release Date: February 6th
My Father's Shadow
Director: Akinola Davies
Writer(s): Akinola Davies, Wale Davies
Starring: Sope Dirisu, Godwin Egbo, Chibuike Marvelous Egbo, Efon Wini
Genre: Drama
Plot Synopsis: Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, witnessing both the city's magnitude and their father's daily struggles as political unrest threatens their journey home..
Release Date: February 6th
The President's Cake
Director: Hasan Hadi
Writer(s): Hasan Hadi
Starring: Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Sajad Mohamad Qasem, Muthanna Malagi
Genre: Drama
Plot Synopsis: In 1990s Iraq, 9-year-old Lamia must bake the President's birthday cake. She scrambles to find ingredients for this compulsory task while facing potential punishment if she fails.
Release Date: February 6th
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
Director: Gore Verbinski
Writer(s): Matthew Robinson
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Juno Temple, Michael Peña, Haley Lu Richardson, Zazie Beetz, Asim Chaudry
Genre: Action/Comedy/Sci-Fi
Plot Synopsis: A "Man From the Future" arrives at a diner in Los Angeles where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-night quest to save the world from the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence
Release Date: February 13th
Wuthering Heights
Director: Emerald Fennell
Writer(s): Emerald Fennell
Starring: Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Owen Cooper, Alison Oliver, Hong Chau, Martin Clunes
Genre: Drama/Romance
Plot Synopsis: A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.
Release Date: February 13th
Scream 7
Director: Kevin Williamson
Writer(s): Guy Busick, Kevin Williamson
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, Isabel May, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Anna Camp, Joel McHale, McKenna Grace
Genre: Horror/Mystery
Plot Synopsis: When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target.
Release Date: February 27th