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Flare · 2025

Flare 2025

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Dreams In Nightmares

Three friends go on a road trip looking for a fourth who has disappeared off the grid.

(Country: US, Taiwan, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Shatara Michelle Ford; Writer: Shatara Michelle Ford; Stars: Denée Benton, Mars Rucker, Dezi Bing, Sasha Compère, Charlie Barnett, Molly Bernard, Alfie Fuller, Malek Mouzon, Joss Barton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Regina Taylor, Robert Wisdom, Zoe Himmel, Lindsey Hailes, Zahalea Anderson)

Night Stage (Ato Noturno)

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The film is shot in gorgeous shades of noir by Luciana Baseggio, and has a deliciously dark, sultry score.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
An actor and a politician start an affair and discover a fetish for having sex in public places. The closer they get to their dreams, the more risk taking they become.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2025; Director: Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon; Writer: Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon; Stars: Henrique Barreira, Gabriel Faryas, Cirillo Luna, Ivo Müller, Kaya Rodrigues, Larissa Sanguiné)

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The Wedding Banquet

Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend, Chris, and out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green card marriage with his friend Angela in exchange for expensive in vitro fertilisation treatments for her partner, Lee. Plans change when Min’s grandmother surprises them with an elaborate Korean wedding banquet.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Andrew Ahn; Writer: Andrew Ahn, James Schamus; Stars: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Joan Chen, Youn Yuh-jung, Iris Paluly, Mia Golden, Nick Preston, Carolyn Yonge, Andrew Woo, Bobo Le, Han Gi-Chan, Marlee Walchuk, Lily Yawson, Emma Yi)