CUCKOO (2024)

 

Written & Directed By: Tilman Singer 

Cinematography: Paul Feltz 

Editor: Terel Gibson and Philipp Thomas 

Cast: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Marton Csokas, Jessica Henwick, Greta Fernadez, Jan Bluthardt, Proschart Madani, Astrid Berges-Frisby

Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family. Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. König, her father's boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen's mute half-sister Alma. Something doesn't seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise. Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also concerns her own family.

KINDS OF KINDNESS (2024)

 

Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos 

Written By: Yorgos Lanthinos and Effhimis Filippou 

Cinematography: Robbie Ryan 

Editor: Yorgos Mavropsaridis 

Cast: Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hunter Schaffer, Mamoudou Athie, Joe Alwyn, Yorgos Stefanakos 

a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.