Now that the Oscar nominations are on the table, it’s time for distributors to start bringing the top contenders to our theaters for success on the biggest night of awards season. This week, movie premieres bring under their arms two of the candidates to win the jackpot in the interpretive categoriesas well as another good number of proposals that should not be passed by.
The premieres of January 27, 2023
‘The whale (The Whale)’ (‘The Whale’, 2022)
- ‘The Whale’ is the new film by Darren Aronofsky, director of cult films like ‘Pi’, ‘Requiem for a Dream’ or ‘Mother!’.
- It stars Brendan Fraser, who has earned an Oscar nomination for best actor and a six-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival.
- Originally, Tom Ford was going to be in charge of directing the project with James Corden as the protagonist. glups.
- It’s Aronofsky’s first film shot with a digital camera, but DOP Mattew Libatique’s work is still fantastic.
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‘TÁR’ (2022)
- It is the new from Todd Field, director of ‘Secret Games’ and ‘In the room.
- It stars Cate Blanchett, who could win her third Oscar after her successes with ‘Blue Jasmine’ and ‘The Aviator’.
- The film is also up for five other Oscars, including those for best film, best direction, best cinematography and best original screenplay.
- The film proposes a study on the abuse of power within the history of music, ideal to complement the commotion mounted around Plácido Domingo.
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‘Big Bad Wolf’ (2023)
- It is directed by Gustavo Hernández, responsible for ‘You will not sleep’, ‘Virus 32’ or ‘La casa muta’.
- It is a remake of ‘Big Bad Wolves’, the Israeli film by Nevot Papushado and Aharon Keshales that Quentin Tarantino fell in love with.
- Its truly luxurious cast includes names such as Javier Gutiérrez, Adriana Ugarte and Juana Acosta.
- In it, a policeman and a woman seeking revenge team up to find out who is responsible for the murders of several girls.